Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played a concert in Liverpool, and a Beatle joined the show.
Paul McCartney joined Springsteen and E Street for “Can’t Buy Me Love” and “Kansas City” Saturday, June 7, at the second of two shows at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, the city where the Beatles were born.
“Not many days you get to say you’ve seen Sir Paul McCartney perform with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (smiley face emoji),” commented a fan on X.
McCartney, who sang lead vocals on both, wore a light-colored sport jacket and played a Hoffner bass guitar. Check out a clip here on X.
McCartney and Springsteen have performed together several times, including in 2022 at a McCartney MetLife Stadium 80th birthday show where they played “Glory Days,” ”I Wanna Be Your Man” and “The End” with McCartney’s band.
On June 6, McCartney and Springsteen visited the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, according to the school’s Instagram account. McCartney is a co-founder of the school.
On June 5, Max Weinberg’s Jukebox, which features member of the Weeklings of Asbury Park, played the famous Cavern Club of Liverpool, where a pre-Beatlemania Beatles played in the early 1960s. They were joined by E Street Band bassist Garry Tallent.
Bruce Springsteen joins Paul McCartney on stage at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on June 16, 2022. Photo courtesy of Bob Gannon of Toms River.
Saturday’s show was part of the Springsteen Land of Hope and Dreams Tour, and the Boss delivered his statements of democracy at the show, which included calling the Trump administration “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous.”
Springsteen and E Street previously played on June 4 at the Liverpool stadium.
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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at cjordan@app.com.
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Paul McCartney joins Bruce Springsteen for Beatles classics