Paul McCartney Closes Out Tour With Surprise Guest Bruce Springsteen: ‘He’s a Local Boy’
17.06.2022 - 22:25
/ usmagazine.com
Dynamic duo! Paul McCartney closed out his latest tour with help from a very special guest — Bruce Springsteen.
The Grammy winner, 79, surprised fans at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on Thursday, June 16, when he brought out the “Badlands” singer, 72, for a grand finale. “He’s a local boy,” McCartney quipped before introducing the New Jersey native. “He’s gonna come and sing with us. Ladies and gentlemen, Bruce Springsteen!”
The Born to Run author hugged the former Beatle before wishing him a happy birthday, then launched into his hit “Glory Days.” McCartney, who turns 80 on Saturday, June 18, called the musician’s appearance “a birthday present to himself.”
Springsteen also joined the U.K. native for a rendition of the Beatles song “I Wanna Be Your Man,” and later returned to play guitar for the final song of the evening, “The End,” which also featured fellow New Jersey native Jon Bon Jovi. The rocker, 60, led the crowd in a birthday singalong for McCartney earlier in the encore.
The Wings founder and Springsteen previously teamed up with Steven Van Zandt in 2017 during McCartney’s show at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, where they played the Beatles song “I Saw Her Standing There” — twice.
In 2012, the tables were turned when McCartney made a surprise appearance at Springsteen’s show in London’s Hyde Park. The “Dancing in the Dark” crooner said he’d been waiting for the moment for over 50 years. The pair played two songs together before authorities famously turned off the power to the stage, claiming that the concert had gone on past the local curfew.
“If they’d have called me, my answer would have been for them to jam in the name of the lord,” Boris Johnson, then the mayor of London, said at the time.
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