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‘Give me a Beatles scream’: inside Paul McCartney’s surprise New York show
A last-minute gig at the Bowery Ballroom saw the star play to a smaller crowd than usual, with stories interspersed among classic Beatles and Wings hits
Photograph: MJ KimThen he appeared as the crowd screamed: dressed in navy slacks with a black corduroy jacket over a pinstripe blue shirt, donning a slight stubble and long hair, a buoyant energy from the start. When he played the seminal Beatles classic From Me to You, McCartney discussed how in the early days of the band he tried to write more personal songs with specific “I”, “me” and “you” words, as if he was directly reaching out to the fans: Love Me Do, I Want to Hold Your Hand, I Saw Her Standing There, I Feel Fine. “Let’s hear it for John,” he said at one point as the crowd cheered and he played the Beatles’ most recent song Now and Then, the recording of which won best rock performance at the Grammys earlier this month.
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