Ringo Starr, Ronnie Wooden be part of Paul McCartney eventually ‘Received Again’ gig
Paul McCartney has performed his closing gig of the yr, bringing the ‘Received Again’ 2024 tour to a detailed at The O2 in London final evening (December 19).
- READ MORE: Inside ‘Now And Then’: With a bit assist from AI, The Beatles stay once more
For his closing live performance of the yr, McCartney made positive to carry surprises together with him within the type of Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr and Rolling Stones‘ Ronnie Wooden.
Halfway by way of his set, McCartney launched ‘Get Again’ by speaking about his outdated bass guitar that was stolen over 50 years in the past, earlier than it was lastly returned to him earlier this February. Brandishing it onstage, he revealed that it was the bass’ first stage look because it had gone lacking: “I haven’t performed it in 50 years.”
McCartney continued, constructing as much as one other shock: “And what’s extra, we’ve received a particular visitor for you right here. A Rolling Stone. Ronnie Wooden’. As Wooden made his manner onstage, the 2 dove in ‘Get Again’, which you’ll be able to see footage of beneath.
And Ronnie Wooden! pic.twitter.com/HU80I7joj7
— Andrew Trendell (@AndrewTrendell) December 20, 2024
As soon as the track wrapped, the 2 shared a fast embrace, with Macca elevating Wooden’s hand triumphantly within the air: “Thanks Ronald.”
In the course of the encore section of the present, McCartney stated to the viewers – adopted by deafening applause: “We’ve received one other shock for you. Deliver to the stage the mighty, the one and solely Mr Ringo Starr.”
McCartney quipped as Starr walked on: “Ought to we rock? Get in your equipment la”. The 2 then dove into two Beatles classics, ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Membership Band (Reprise)’ and ‘Helter Skelter’.
Take a look at footage of these songs, courtesy of NME‘s Andrew Trendell, beneath.
So good. #TheBeatles pic.twitter.com/Kx0h9xoTRo
— Andrew Trendell (@AndrewTrendell) December 19, 2024
Afterwards Ringo stated, signifying the top of his time with McCartney for the evening: “Give it up. I’m off now however I’ve had an incredible evening. It’s incredible, taking part in with me outdated mate, however there comes a time after we’ve received to go residence. All that is still to be stated, I’d see you subsequent time.”
Elsewhere throughout his set, McCartney ran by way of his intensive discography, performing his solo hits other than the quite a few Beatles and Wings songs he performed. The setlist included classics like ‘Hey Jude’, ‘Fantastic Christmastime’, ‘Let It Be’, ‘In Spite of All of the Hazard’, ‘Letting Go’ and extra.
And all of us got here to listen to Paul McCartney sing the Beatles basic “Hey Jude” on the 02…
Do you know that the phrase ‘Nah’ seems 240 occasions throughout the track?! ????#Beatles #TheBeatles https://t.co/I6JmyzJG7o pic.twitter.com/3CVaLSaAxT
— Bobby Seagull (@Bobby_Seagull) December 19, 2024
McCartney additionally carried out final yr’s Beatles monitor ‘Now And Then’, which he stated earlier in the course of the tour cycle makes him “very emotional”.
Paul McCartney’s ‘Received Again’ setlist in Manchester, December 19 was:
‘A Onerous Day’s Night time’
‘Junior’s Farm’
‘Letting Go’
‘Drive My Automobile’
‘Received To Get You Into My Life’
‘Come On To Me’
‘Let Me Roll It’
‘Getting Higher’
‘Let ‘Em In’
‘My Valentine’
‘Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-5’
‘Perhaps I’m Amazed’
‘I’ve Simply Seen A Face’
‘In Spite of All of the Hazard’
‘Love Me Do’
‘Dance Tonight’
‘Blackbird’
‘Right here As we speak’
‘Now and Then’
‘Girl Madonna’
‘Jet’
‘Being for the Good thing about Mr. Kite!’
‘One thing’
‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
‘Band on the Run’
‘Fantastic Christmastime’
‘Get Again’ (with Ronnie Wooden)
‘Let It Be’
‘Reside and Let Die’
‘Hey Jude’
‘I’ve Received A Feeling’
‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Membership Band (Reprise)’ (with Ringo Starr)
‘Helter Skelter’ (with Ringo Starr)
‘Golden Slumbers’
‘Carry That Weight’
‘The Finish’
‘Now And Then’ was most just lately nominated for each File Of The Yr and Greatest Rock Efficiency on the 67th Grammy Awards.
Whereas teasing the undertaking for months, Starr revealed that he thought the undertaking was “lovely” and went on to confess that engaged on the monitor was “like having John Lennon again”.
‘Now And Then’ was created from one among John Lennon’s demo tapes and was accomplished with the assistance of AI, which was used to carry the late musician’s vocals from the preliminary recording so Macca and Starr may work with them.