Sir Paul McCartney paid homage to his roots when he took to the stage to play a secret gig in Brazil wearing a Liverpool T-shirt on Tuesday.
The iconic Beatles star, 81, put on an animated display as he took to the stage at Brasilia’s Clube do Choro, in front of a crowd of just hundreds at the intimate venue for a two-hour set.
The secret gig was ahead of Sir Paul’s Got Back tour kicking off in South America this week, which will see him play eight huge stadium shows across the country finishing back at Rio’s Maracana Stadium – the same venue he set the world record in over 30 years ago.
Beforehand, Paul had reunited with fellow Beatle Ringo Starr, 83, for a picture which appears in daughter Mary McCartney’s new cookbook Feeding Creativity.
The duo were seen beaming as they share a delicious vegetarian pasta after following one of Mary’s recipes.
Sir Paul McCartney, 81, wore a Liverpool T-shirt for a secret Brazil gig at Brasilia’s Clube do Choro on Tuesday
Beforehand, Paul had reunited with fellow Beatle Ringo Starr, 83, for a picture which appears in daughter Mary McCartney’s new cookbook Feeding Creativity
The post was captioned: ‘Paul and @ringostarrmusic enjoy a plate of vegetarian pasta in @marymccartney’s new book ‘Feeding Creativity’ Published by @taschen, the book is out now and available online or in your local bookshop.’
Mary clearly takes after her late mother Linda McCartney who famously created Linda McCartney Foods, specialising in vegetarian and vegan food.
Meanwhile, Paul’s latest intimate gig marked his first appearance in Brazil after almost five years, and made it the smallest ever show in the southern hemisphere – despite the musician performing a series of other small shows over the years.
Sir Paul’s official account shared two snaps of him performing on stage looking typically in his element while on stage.
It captioned: ‘Paul performing his most intimate Brazilian show ever to just hundreds of fans at Brasilia’s Clube do Choro #PaulMcCartneyGotBack.’
Tickets sold out in just minutes for the lucky fans that were lucky to attend, as the live gig kicked off A Hard Day’s Night just after 6pm.
The Beatles legend performed with over twenty song, spanning his entire career – playing famed tune including Maybe I’m Amazed, Get Back, Let It Be and Hey Jude.
Mary’s cookbook Feeding Creativity was published by Tashen and is available on Amazon
Sir Paul performed a two-hour set for a small number of fans at the intimate venue
Mary is the daughter of Paul and first wife photographer Linda McCartney, (pictured), who died aged 56 in 1998 from breast cancer
The sensational set-list at the intimate gig also included more legendary themes as A Hard Day’s Night, Letting Go, Got To Get You Into My Life, My Valentine, 1985, Lady Madonna and more.
Sir Paul and his fellow Beatles member recently made headlines again after releasing their ‘final’ song Now and Then – which has been tipped to become the band’ 18th UK number one, a huge feat over 50 years after the foursome last performed together.
It was the technology used in Peter Jacksons’s 2021 documentary Get Back, which allowed Sir Paul to use the same AI system to separate John Lennon’s vocals from his piano playing on the original demo.
After his death in 1980 aged 40, John’s wife Yoko Ono gave the recording to the remaining Beatles in 1994 along with Free As A Bird and Real Love, which were released by the band in the same decade.
During this period, George Harrison, Sir Paul and Sir Ringo recorded new parts and completed a rough mix for Now And Then with producer and musician Jeff Lynne.
However, the band did not release the song and cited issues to do with extracting John’s vocals and piano due to limited technology at the time. George later died in November 2001 aged 58.
Filmmaker Peter Jackson’s recent Beatles documentary used audio restoration technology that allowed for vocals, music and conversations by the band to be isolated, a technique which was later used for Now And Then.
The song, which includes George’s electric and acoustic guitar recorded in 1995, was finished by Sir Paul and Sir Ringo last year.
A music video for the song was also created by Jackson which sees the Fab Four reunited as John and George can be seen playing instruments alongside recent footage of surviving members Sir Paul and Sir Ringo.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Sir Paul said: ‘I like the idea of not letting go of each other.
‘You know, when you have somebody you love so much. In many cases it’s a relative, and even though they go, you don’t want to let go – that’s what people say when somebody dies.
‘They’re in your memory, always in your heart. And, yes, that’s certainly true of me and the boys.’
Reflecting on how he would like the band to be thought of, he added: ‘I remember the Beatles, I remember joy, talent, humour and love.
‘And if people remember us for those things I’d be very happy.’
Sir Ringo said he would like for the group to be remembered ‘with love’.
The drummer added: ‘How many streams did we do last year? One billion? Three billion? It blows me away. The beat’s still going on, you know?’
Emotional fans took to social media to hail the ‘compelling, emotional and touching’ music video for The Beatles’s final track.
Using CGI, the clip – directed by Peter Jackson – cleverly brings Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr back together again with the dearly departed John Lennon and George Harrison.
Sir Paul and his fellow Beatles member recently made headlines again after releasing their ‘final’ song Now and Then – which has been tipped to become t he band’ 18th UK number one
It was the technology used in Peter Jacksons’s 2021 documentary Get Back, which allowed Sir Paul to use the same AI system to separate John Lennon’s vocals from his piano playing on the original demo
After his death in 1980 aged 40, John’s wife Yoko Ono gave the recording to the remaining Beatles in 1994 along with Free As A Bird and Real Love, which were released by the band in the same decade
The Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show in New York on February 9, 1964
The video includes the earliest ever footage of the band, filmed in a Merseyside church hall in 1962, before they became the world’s most famous rock stars and manager Brian Epstein convinced them to all wear smart suits.
Pete Best, The Beatles’ drummer before Ringo star, handed the cine camera footage – which shows the group dressed in leather – to his former band with the help of his brother Roag.
Roag said he purchased the silent footage from a man who filmed the performance at St Paul’s Presbyterian Church Hall in Birkenhead in February 1962, eight months before they released their debut single.
