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Macca back in NYC

Paul McCartney
Jul 17, 2009 Updated Jul 20, 2009

For the first time since he played there with The Beatles 40-something years ago, Sir Paul McCartney has returned to New York's Ed Sullivan Theatre.

David Letterman devoted an entire Late Show episode to his chat with Macca, who capped off the programme by playing on the theatre's canopy, just above street level.

Performing a set that included The Beatles' classic Get Back, as well as material from his latest studio album, Sir Paul continued to play for the large midtown Manhattan crowd after the TV show had ended.

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The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by late 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals). Rooted in skiffle and...

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On Jul 18, 2009. 7:26am
StevenD said

Paul will always sit at the head table of rock and roll royalty in heaven .... when he gets there that is :)

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