WITH a Glastonbury set on Saturday night (June 25) including two special guests, Sir Paul McCartney became the festival’s oldest solo headliner.
In this historic performance the former Beatle, who turned 80 last week, brought on stage two guest appearances, Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen.
McCartney stepped onto the Pyramid Stage at 9.30pm after Noel Gallagher’s set.
He had room for everything, including anecdotes about Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, but the second half was mainly filled with Beatles and Wings songs.
Aside from a short instrumental cover of Foxy Lady in honour of Hendrix, tributes were also paid to John Lennon (with whom he virtually reunited on stage), while the intro for Something was played on the ukulele to remember George Harrison’s passion for the instrument.
McCartney kicked off the night with Can’t Buy Me Love and many other Beatles songs followed later such as Getting Better, Love Me Do, Blackbird, Lady Madonna, and Hey Jude among the others.
While on stage, he said: "We know when you like an old Beatles song or something, your phones all light up, it looks like a galaxy of stars.
"When we do a new song it looks like a black hole. But we don't care."
Then he treated the Glastonbury audience by bringing out Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl to sing the Beatles classic I Saw Her Standing There.
Sir Paul said: “I’ve got a little surprise for you. My friend from the west coast of America, Dave Grohl.”
Sir Paul McCartney and Dave Grohl played guitar alongside each other on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury festival.
Sir Paul said: “Good evening, this guy flew in especially to do this.”
However, the Foo Fighters frontman Grohl explained that it had not been a smooth journey.
He explained: “Well I started on Wednesday, then the flight got cancelled, back to the airport Thursday and then the flight got cancelled, but I swear I would never miss being on stage with you right now.”
The pair played a medley of songs including Band On The Run.
Sir Paul McCartney thanked Dave Grohl before introducing another special guest to the Glastonbury Pyramid Stage.
“We have another surprise for you from the east coast of America, it’s Mr Bruce Springsteen.”
Taking to the stage, the Boss said: “Happy birthday Paul, here’s to 80 more years, ” and proceeded to play his own Glory Days on the Pyramid Stage.
Sir Paul McCartney continued to amplify the energy during his Glastonbury headline set by performing Live And Let Die, accompanied by a firework display and followed by a rendition on the piano of the Beatles’ classic Hey Jude.
Sir McCartney came back on stage for an encore, while Springsteen Grohl came back to play a guitar solo while they performed the Beatles’ song The End to close the show.
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