Glastonbury, England: Paul McCartney with special guests Bruce Springsteen and Dave Grohl joined Glastonbury on Saturday night for an epic performance that spanned the first Beatles demo of some of their latest recordings.
The singer-songwriter, who turned 80 a week ago, was the oldest solo headliner ever at Worthy Farms in south-west England, where the festival celebrated its fiftieth anniversary two years later due to the pandemic.
Beginning with "Can't Buy Me Love", McCartney entertained a capacity crowd with songs spanning more than half a century, from Beatles classics to "Come On To Me" from the 2018 album "Egypt Station" .
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl joined them for "I Saw Her Standing There" and "Band on the Run", to a warm welcome from the audience.
After his "Friends from America's West Coast", McCartney introduced another surprise "From America's East Coast": Bruce Springsteen. Both played "Glory Days" and "I Wanna Be Your Man".
McCartney, one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century along with the late John Lennon, paid tribute to his former bandmates in a nearly three-hour show. He played George Harrison's "Something" and performed a virtual duet with Lennon on "I've Got a Feeling."
Grohl and Springsteen returned for the final encore of "The End" from "Abbey Road".
"Thanks Dave, thanks Bruce, thanks Glasto," McCartney said before leaving the stage.
Glastonbury Festival culminated on Sunday with Diana Ross headlining the slot of the legendary Sunday afternoon and Kendrick Lamar on the Pyramid Stage.