Paul McCartneywrapped his headlining set at the Corona Capital festival in Mexico City over the weekend with a rendition of his always apt show-closer the Beatles The End featuring guest appearances fromJack WhiteandSt.
Vincent.
A fan-shot video captured the thrilling performance, which began with an extended intro jam featuring five (yes, five) guitarists: White, St. Vincent, McCartneys bandmates Rusty Anderson and Brian Ray, and McCartney himself, who swapped his bass for a six-string for the big finale.
Paul McCartney performing at the 2024 Corona Capital Fest in Mexico City.Medios y Media/Getty Images
McCartney cajoled solos out of everyone, pointing at the others on stage at random and occasionally getting the nod himself to rip a few riffs.
Eventually, the guitar pyrotechnics came to a close and the whole band plus the crowd came together to bring theAbbey Roadcloserto its booming, well, end.
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To kick off the South American leg of his tour back in October, McCartney notably played his first concert ever in Montevideo, Uruguay.
To mark the occasion, he also playedlive for the first timetheBeatles final song, Now and Then.The track,released earlier this year, is based on a piano demo John Lennon recorded in 1977, which Yoko Ono gave to the surviving members of the Beatles in 1994.
At the time, George Harrison laid down some guitar parts for possible inclusion on the Beatles Anthology box sets, but the song was abandoned because the original quality of Lennons demo was too poor.
Years later, McCartney was able to clean up the demo using the same technology Peter Jacksons team developed for theGet Backmovie project.
McCartney and Ringo Starr recorded new drums and vocals, added Harrisons old guitar parts, and completed Now and Then which was justnominated for a couple of Grammys, including Record of the Year.
