Paul McCartney closes UK tour with special guests Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood

20 December 2024, 10:03

Paul McCartney enlists a couple of superstars to help him finish his Got Back run.

Paul McCartney finally brought his Got Back tour to the UK this week with a couple of shows each in Manchester and London.

And for his last show on the British leg at The O2 in the capital yesterday (December 19), he brought out a couple of top-level superstars to help him close out the run.

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For his run through The Beatles' classic 'Get Back', Sir Paul enlisted none other than Rolling Stones (and Faces) rival Ronnie Wood.

If that wasn't enough, during his encore he welcomed his friend and Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr for back-to-back performances of 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)' and 'Helter Skelter'.

The two musicians weren't the only surprise appearances at the show.

Prior to introducing Wood, McCartney revealed that he'd brought along his long-lost bass guitar that had been stolen over half a century ago.

Macca had been reunited with the Höfner 500/1 model in an intriguing story that came to a happy conclusion earlier this year.

"I haven’t played it in 50 years," McCartney told the crowd, before adding: "And what is more, we’ve got a special guest for you here. A Rolling Stone. Ronnie Wood."

Paul McCartney and Ronnie Wood Get Back O2 Arena December 19, 2024

During the encore, Sir Paul said: “We’ve got another surprise for you.

"Bring to the stage the mighty, the one and only Mr Ringo Starr."

He then said to Ringo: "Should we rock? Get on your kit la."

Paul McCartney with Ringo Starr, Sgt Pepper/Helter Skelter Live London Night 2 2024

The full 36-track Paul McCartney setlist at The O2 on Thursday, December 19 was as follows:

1. A Hard Day's Night
2. Junior's Farm
3. Letting Go
4. Drive My Car
5. Got to Get You Into My Life
6. Come On to Me
7. Let Me Roll It
8. Getting Better
9. Let 'Em In
10. My Valentine
11. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
12. Maybe I'm Amazed
13. I've Just Seen a Face
14. In Spite of All the Danger
15. Love Me Do
16. Dance Tonight
17. Blackbird
18. Here Today
19. Now and Then
20. Lady Madonna
21. Jet
22. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
23. Something
24. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
25. Band on the Run
26. Wonderful Christmastime
27. Get Back (with Ronnie Wood)
28. Let It Be
29. Live and Let Die
30. Hey Jude
    Encore:
31. I've Got a Feeling
32. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (with Ringo Starr)
33. Helter Skelter (with Ringo Starr)
34. Golden Slumbers
35. Carry That Weight
36. The End