Paul McCartney plays A Hard Day's Night for first time in 51 YEARS on new world tour

The Beatles legend gave the crowd in Fresno, California, everything they had hoped for and more as he kicked off his world tour. And it wasn't just the thousands of fans who were having the time of their lives. "This is cool," McCartney told them. "I just want to take a little minute to drink it in for myself." One of the highlights was a rousing rendition of A Hard Day's Night.

Admittedly, the man has a pretty extensive back catalogue upon which to draw, but it still seems incredible that he hasn't performed this iconic crowd-pleaser live since the Beatles' heyday. The last time the band played the track live was way back in 1965, a whopping 51 years ago. McCartney also performed other Beatles classic during the show including Eleanor Rigby and 1962's Love Me Do, the Fab Four's first No1 single. The 73-year-old left far younger artists in the shade with a stggering three-hour show in which he delivered a remarkable 38 songs.

The One on One show spanned McCartney's entire career right up to 2015’s global hit single FourFiveSeconds, his collaboration with Kanye West and Rihanna. The set-list also included a rare outing for some of his pre-Beatles material, with the inclusion of The Quarrymen’s In Spite Of All The Danger as well as classics such as Here There And Everywhere, The Fool On The Hill and, for the first time live in America, You Won’t See Me.

Early reviews have been effusive in their praise for the living legend. "Kicking off the show just after 8:30 p.m, the vocalist/multi-instrumentalist delivered a Herculean – nay, Springsteenian – outing, offering up 38 songs in just under three hours. He never seemed to get tired, but rather seemed to grow stronger — more passionate about the music — as the night progressed," said the local Mercury News.

By: Stefan Kyriazis

Source: The Express

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