Paul McCartney performs with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band at Anfield in Liverpool.
For the first two encores of their concert at Anfield in Liverpool, June 7, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band were joined by Paul McCartney for the Beatles hit “Can’t Buy Me Love” as well as “Kansas City” (a song that was covered by The Beatles). You can watch a video of the two songs below.
“Thank you, scousers,” Paul McCartney said to the audience, using local slang, after the two songs were over.
“Oh my God!” said Springsteen. “You don’t know … to be in Liverpool and play with a Beatle. That’s one of my dreams come true, right there.”
This was Springsteen’s second concert, ever, in Liverpool. The first took place on June 4.
On June 6, Springsteen and McCartney visited students at The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, which McCartney co-founded.
“We are so glad to be here because without this town there would be no E Street band,” Springsteen reportedly told the crowd at Anfield.
Here is the show’s setlist, according to setlist.fm.
“Ghosts”
“Land of Hope and Dreams”
“Death to My Hometown”
“Seeds”
“Lonesome Day”
“Rainmaker”
“Darkness on the Edge of Town”
“The Promised Land”
“Hungry Heart”
“My Hometown”
“The River”
“Youngstown”
“Murder Incorporated”
“Long Walk Home”
“House of a Thousand Guitars”
“My City of Ruins”
“Because the Night”
“Wrecking Ball”
“The Rising”
“Badlands”
“Thunder Road”
ENCORE
“Can’t Buy Me Love” (with Paul McCartney)
“Kansas City” (with Paul McCartney)
“Born in the USA”
“Born to Run”
“Bobby Jean”
“Dancing in the Dark”
“Tenth Avenue Freeze-out”
“Twist and Shout”
“Chimes of Freedom”
Springsteen and McCartney last performed together in 2022, in both England and New Jersey.
The next show by Springsteen and the E Street Band will be on June 11 at Olympiastadion in Berlin.
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