A week after his 80th birthday, music legend Paul McCartney plays a three-hour concert and brings other music legends to the stage. In addition to the joint appearances with Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen, however, another duet causes goosebumps.
As the oldest headliner, Paul McCartney took to the stage at Glastonbury Music Festival on Saturday night, alongside Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and rock legend Bruce Springsteen. Modern technology also made a very special duet possible.
As the oldest headliner to date, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney wrote Glastonbury history. The 80-year-old musician performed in front of around 200,000 spectators on the main stage of the music festival on Saturday evening and brought several guests of honor onto the stage for his almost three-hour set.
A very special duet was made possible thanks to modern technology: Together with his deceased bandmate John Lennon, McCartney sang the Beatles hit “I’ve Got a Feeling” from 1970. “It’s very special for me,” McCartney said afterwards . “I know it’s virtual. Here I am singing with John again, we’re reunited.”
The British musician then performed hits such as the Beatles song “I Saw Her Standing There” together with Dave Grohl. The Foo Fighters frontman returned to the stage for the first time since the death of his bandmate Taylor Hawkins in late March. Then the 80-year-old welcomed another guest of honor: rock legend Bruce Springsteen. Together they performed the songs “Glory Days” and “I Wanna Be Your Man”. For the grand finale of the set, the three musicians came together again on stage.
As if that weren’t enough, McCartney provided another memorable moment: during the performance of his song “My Valentine,” the music video starring Johnny Depp was shown in the background. McCartney had already shown the clip on stage during his US tour, which was interpreted by many as a sign of support for the Hollywood star in the course of his defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard. In Glastonbury, too, he received great applause from the crowd for the action.
