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Paul McCartney review – extraordinarily sublime and humblingly beautiful


Stretching an almost three-hour set from the Quarrymen through to the ‘final Beatles single’ this is like an arena-sized Last Night at the Proms, with Beatlemania

It opens with A Hard Day’s Night and ends two and three quarter hours, 36 songs later with a sublime three-song suite from Abbey Road. The newest song (in a way, at least) is 2023’s “final Beatles single” Now and Then, completed from John Lennon’s old demo and performed in this country for the first time. The visuals are stunning throughout and even Ebenezer Scrooge might be moved by a seasonal Wonderful Christmastime, complete with children’s choir and descending “snow”.

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