Paul McCartney Hits the Bowery
Beatles legend plays surprise show at famed NYC club
At noon today, the news was announced that Paul McCartney will be playing a surprise concert at New York’s Bowery Ballroom around dinnertime.
Tickets for the show were only available at the ticket booth of the legendary Lower East Side venue, cost $50, and sold out in 30 minutes.
According to a report in Variety, Macca took the stage with his longtime touring band for a tight career-spanning set loaded with all the crowd pleasers he brings to his stadium shows. It’s basically the same set he’s been doing for years, though he did break out The Beatles’ Grammy-winning “final” song “Now and Then.” (I put final in quotation marks because we’ve yet to learn the fate of “Carnival of Light”).
Sounded like a good time.
In any case, here’s the setlist.
UPDATE: A second show has been added for Wednesday, Feb. 12. Same protocol applies, so I’m sure there’s a line at the Bowery Ballroom box office as I write this.
Paul McCartney setlist
Bowery Ballroom, New York, 11 Feb. 2025
A Hard Day’s Night
Letting Go
Got to Get You Into My Life
Let Me Roll It
My Valentine
Nineteen Hundred and Eight Five
Maybe I’m Amazed
I’ve Just Seen a Face
From Me to You
Mrs. Vandebilt
Blackbird
Come on to Me
Jet
Ob-la-di Ob-la da
Get Back
Now and Then
Lady Madonna
Let It Be
Hey Jude
Encore:
Golden Slumbers-The End
VIDEO: CBS News covers Paul McCartney’s concert at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom.
VIDEO: WPIX covers the Macca show
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