By John Boston
Rock and roll royalty was reunited on stage on Saturday night when Sir Paul McCartney made a surprise appearance at the second of Bruce Springsteen’s Liverpool concerts.
To the delight and disbelief of the sold-out crowd, Springsteen introduced the 82-year-old Beatles legend as “a young man from Liverpool… I think he’s got a lot of talent and I believe he’s going to be going places”.
The pair then launched into the classic “Can’t Buy Me Love” and followed that up with the lesser-known “Kansas City” from the Beatles for Sale album.
‘Dream come true’ for the Boss
With a simple message – “Thank you Scousers!” – McCartney left the stage, leaving Springsteen to reflect on achieving one of his long-held ambitions.
The 75-year-old admitted: “Oh my gosh. To be in Liverpool and play with a Beatle? That’s one of my dreams come true right there!”
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McCartney back on home turf
The show marked McCartney’s first appearance at Anfield since the 2008 Capital of Culture celebrations and sealed an epic two-night stand for Springsteen at the home of Liverpool FC, but was it not the first time he has teamed up with his close friend.
Springsteen guested on two songs during McCartney’s headlining show on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival in 2022.
Ten years earlier, Sir Paul joined Springsteen on stage at the Boss’s Hyde Park Calling concert, only for the pair to have the plug pulled on their performance mid-song after exceeding the curfew.
Rumours of another reunion began earlier in the week after Springsteen and his guitarist Steve van Zandt joined McCartney on a surprise visit to the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), which McCartney co-founded.
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First Liverpool show for Springsteen
Despite playing well over 50 concerts in the UK since his first appearance at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1975, “Born in the USA” singer Springsteen had never performed in Liverpool.
However, he revealed the debt he and his band owed to the home of the Beatles at the start of Saturday’s show, stating: “Hello Liverpool. We are so glad to be here because without this town there would be no E Street Band.”
His near three-hour shows were the trademark combination of politics – in several speeches to the crowd, Springsteen pulled no punches in his condemnation of Donald Trump and the current political situation in the USA – showmanship and stamina.
The 75-year-old played nearly 30 songs on each night of his Anfield shows, mixing lesser-known tracks such as “Seeds”, “Death to My Hometown”, and “Rainmaker” with all-time classics “Born in the USA”, “Born to Run”, and “Dancing in the Dark”.
His “Land of Hope and Dreams Tour” continues in Germany, with shows also planned in Czechia and Spain before wrapping up in Italy.
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