The time on the ticket marked the start of the show at 8pm, on Tuesday (16), but the British punctuality of Paul McCartney, 82, seems to have waited for the public to enter and fill Allianz Parque, in São Paulo. This is because, at 8pm, several seats were still empty for the first show of the tour.”Got Back “. The presentation only started at 8:30 pm and ended at 11:06 pm – that is, it lasted almost three hours.
Although no section was completely sold out – as there were still entire tickets available – Paul McCartney debuted the Brazilian leg of the tour with the excitement that only a former Beatle has after making music for over 60 years. The opening song chosen was the classic “A Hard Day’s Night ”, from 1964.
With several visits to Brazil and arriving on his 11th visit to the country, he to understand the musician’s happiness in returning. Paul used Portuguese at several points during the show, saying phrases like “what’s up, São Paulo?” and “the father is on”.
Returning to the hits, McCartney played other successful tracks, such as “Feel Like Lettin’ Go ”. During the performance, he went out of tune on a high note, but everyone turned a blind eye. After all, it’s Paul McCartney.
The audience seemed to go crazy even with the classics, like “Let It Roll It ”, a 1973 track by Paul with his group Wings .
One of the highlights of the show, in fact, was when he played “Blackbird ” on top of a platform on which images of a black bird were displayed. Another highlight was the classic Beatlemaniac song “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”, in which the entire audience sang along from beginning to end. Both were released in 1968, the Beatles’ first decade of success – the band debuted in 1963.
The audience seemed to get excited towards the end of the night. A long and uninterrupted round of applause began after the performance of “Live and Let Die ”, “Let It Be ” and a fireworks show. Again, Paul went out of tune again in some higher parts of the songs .
The hit “Hey Jude ” excited the audience even more. The audience sang the classic chorus “oh, na na na na” over and over again, while Paul enjoyed the audience’s reaction on stage to the 1968 song, which was written for John Lennon’s son Julian after his divorce. father’s with Cynthia Powell.
Tributes to John Lennon, George Harrison, Jimmy Hendrix and his wife
Still talking about this time travel, Paul McCartney paid tribute to several friends and people close to him at his first show in Brazil. One of them was the musician and guitarist Jimmy Hendrix . In the report, McCartney said he met the guitarist in London, England, in the 1960s. However, when he played a guitar riff to pay tribute, he and the other guitarist got the note wrong .
“Oops, we made a mistake!”, said the ex-Beatle before starting again. Once again, the audience ignored the slip-up and even laughed a little.
The tributes continued: it was time to pay tribute to his wife Nancy Shevell . Sitting at a piano, he played “My Valentine ” and said, in Portuguese: “I wrote this song for my wife, Nancy, who is here today.” In the background, the screen showed the song’s video, with the actors Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp .
Paul paid another tribute and played “Here Today”, this time for his co-worker and former Beatle, John Lennon murdered in 1980.
The song “Something” was dedicated to George Harrison guitarist for the Beatles and composer of the song on the 1969 album “Abbey Road”.
Now, Paul McCartney heads to another show in São Paulo, this Wednesday (16). Afterwards, he goes through Florianópolis to finish the Brazilian part of the “Got Back” tour.
Paul McCartney has already played 36 shows in Brazil; first was in 1990
This content was originally published in Paul McCartney breaks down and risks Portuguese in his first show in SP on the CNN Brasil website.
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