The great Paul McCartney celebrates his 80th birthday this Saturday, and fans of the former Beatle were treated to celebratory performance on the last leg of his US tour on Thursday night.
McCartney played to a packed-out MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Thursday and, as a surprise to fans, invited the legendary Bruce Springsteen on stage to perform two songs with him.
'The Boss' arrived on stage to perform his 1984 hit 'Glory Days', before they performed a song from McCartney's Beatles days, 'I Wanna Be Your Man'.
Brilliant fan footage from inside the stadium captured the performance.
Paul McCartney performs with Bruce Springsteen at New Jersey gig
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Hier soir.
152 ans d’experience.
I Wanna Be Your Man - McCartney & Springsteen. [MetLife 2022] pic.twitter.com/Q5coGMUd4a— 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐨 (@artyshowboy) June 17, 2022
Bruce Springsteen has played at a Paul McCartney gig before, playing the early Beatles hit 'I Saw Her Standing There' with 'Macca' in an August 2013 gig in London.
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He was not the only star on show on Thursday night. McCartney turns 80 on Saturday and, to mark the occasion with an early celebration, Jon Bon Jovi joined the band on stage to sing 'Happy Birthday' to the ex-Beatle, along with the stadium full of fans.
McCartney closed out the gig with the iconic medley of songs which closes off the 1969 Beatles album Abbey Road, and Springsteen returned to the stage to trade guitar solos with McCartney and his band for the concluding performance.
Jersey boy @TheJRob was in his element tonight! 😛
Paul McCartney ➕ Bruce Springsteen pic.twitter.com/Cn8BGulfau— Kimberley A. Martin (@ByKimberleyA) June 17, 2022
McCartney has played a near-two-month long tour of the US as part of his 'Got Back' tour, his first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Each night of the tour brought a heartwarming moment, when video footage of a young John Lennon at the Beatles' final live performance appeared on screen and McCartney dueted with Lennon on their song 'I've Got A Feeling'.
Paul McCartney singing a virtual duet with a video of John Lennon
Says: “Even though it’s virtual, we’re together again” pic.twitter.com/bVivMGVh3e— Hayes Gardner (@HayesGardner) June 13, 2022
Paul McCartney will follow up his US tour by headlining this year's Glastonbury Festival next week. He will perform on the Saturday night of the festival at Worthy Farm, the first to be held since 2019.
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