Sir Paul McCartney delivered a Glastonbury headline set for the historical past books on Saturday evening, which included a duet with John Lennon and shock appearances from Bruce Springsteen and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl.
As he took to the Pyramid Stage, the previous Beatle grew to become the competition’s oldest solo headliner, only a week after he celebrated his eightieth birthday.
To mark the momentous event, Sir Paul handled the lots within the crowd to a 3 hour set of his solo hits in addition to beloved tracks by The Beatles and from his later group Wings.
He delighted the Glastonbury crowd with a variety of traditional songs together with Hey Jude, Blackbird, Stay And Let Die, Ob-La-Di, Ob‐La‐Da and Get Again.
By way of particular know-how which may isolate John Lennon’s vocals from outdated recordings, Sir Paul was capable of duet The Beatles’ observe I’ve Acquired A Feeling alongside his former bandmate.
Forward of the music Right here At present, he revealed he had written it after John Lennon died, describing it as a “type of a letter” which he by no means received to jot down to his bandmate as he mentioned after they had been children they “couldn’t specific an excessive amount of affection for one another” as they had been “too busy attempting to be arduous and useless cool”.
Because the music ended, he added: “If you wish to inform somebody you’re keen on them, don’t wait, don’t put it off.”
The electrifying present was additional amplified as he launched Dave Grohl to the stage to sing I Noticed Her Standing There and Band On The Run.
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The Foo Fighters frontman revealed he had flown in from the US particularly for the looks, however admitted that the journey was not and not using a few bumps as he had a number of flights cancelled however famous he would “by no means miss being on stage” alongside Sir Paul.
Sir Paul then introduced he had one other shock all the way in which from the east coast of America as Bruce Springsteen took to the stage.
After the US rocker wished Sir Paul a cheerful eightieth birthday, they performed Glory Days and I Wanna Be Your Man.
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Sir Paul additionally remembered his nearest and dearest in the course of the headline set when he devoted a piano-led model of My Valentine to his spouse Nancy and One thing to his Beatles’ bandmate George Harrison.
Elsewhere within the set, Sir Paul delivered an lively guitar solo after taking part in Let Me Roll It.
Following the rendition, he defined that he provides that part on on the finish as a tribute to the “late nice Jimi Hendrix”.
He additionally recounted a fond anecdote about Hendrix, recalling how he put his guitar out of tune whereas protecting the Beatles’ music Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Membership Band, inflicting him to ask guitar maestro Eric Clapton who was within the viewers to assist repair the instrument.
Through the story, Sir Paul briefly paused to permit competition workers to verify on a state of affairs within the crowd and resumed after he was knowledgeable it had been sorted.
After ending his principal set with Hey Jude, the gang chanted the well-known lyrics again to the singer till he returned for an encore.
When he got here again to the stage he was waving the Ukrainian flag whereas members of his band flew a rainbow Delight flag and the Union Jack.
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To finish the historic set he sang the Beatles’ music The Finish to a cheering crowd with Springsteen and Grohl additionally returning to supply guitar solos.
Regardless of nearly all of the Glastonbury headline performances being proven stay on BBC iPlayer, Sir Paul was not aired on the broadcaster’s channels till an hour into his set.
Forward of his history-making set on the Pyramid Stage, Sir Paul delivered a shock preview efficiency at an intimate venue in Frome, Somerset, the place he performed a few of his best-known materials.
Earlier on Saturday, the Pyramid Stage additionally hosted a speech from Greta Thunberg the place she referred to as on society to tackle its “historic duty to set issues proper” with the worldwide local weather disaster.
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The 19-year-old surroundings activist instructed the gang she feels there’s nonetheless hope for the world to decide on a path which is “sustainable” and “results in a future for everybody”.
Her speech was adopted by a set by pop rock band Haim, with Noel Gallagher’s Excessive Flying Birds taking to the Pyramid Stage after them.
The Pyramid Stage additionally hosted musical stars Haim, AJ Tracey, Straightforward Life, Pleasure Crookes and Les Amazones d’Afrique on Saturday.
US pop star Olivia Rodrigo and rapper Megan Thee Stallion each performed on the Different Stage, whereas Mercury-winner Celeste performed the West Holts Stage.
Billie Eilish gave an electrifying headline efficiency on the Pyramid Stage on Friday to finish the primary day of performances at Glastonbury.
Her look was a landmark second for the competition as she grew to become Glastonbury’s youngest ever solo headliner.
