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‘SNL50’: Watch Paul McCartney Perform ‘Abbey Road’ Medley

McCartney closes out the anniversary episode how he did a surprise show in New York earlier this week

Paul McCartney closed out Saturday Night Live ‘s 50th anniversary show by performing a medley of the final three songs on the Beatles’ 1969 album Abbey Road. McCartney began on piano with “Golden Slumbers,” singing about getting “back homeward”–a fitting conclusion to a show that began with Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter performing “Homeward Bound,” which Simon and George Harrison played on SNL in 1976. As is the case on Abbey Road, “Golden Slumbers” segued into “Carry That Weight,” and then “The End,” with McCartney hopping up from the bench during the drum solo and picking up his electric guitar.

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