This past July, former Beatle Paul McCartney played in the first series of concerts ever held at Citi Field in Queens, N.Y.
After an enjoyable opening set from Irish pop-rockers The Script, McCartney burst on stage playing "Drive My Car," followed by the Wings classic, "Jet." The 30-plus-song setlist included a very wide and pleasing variety of songs from McCartney's solo career and Wings, in addition to the obvious Beatles material.
Highlights included "Only Mama Knows" from 2007's Memory Almost Full, and "Mrs. Vanderbilt" and "Let Me Roll It," both from 1973's Band On The Run.
Also of note were the two songs dedicated to the deceased Beatles: George Harrison and John Lennon. "Here Today," a song from 1982's Tug Of War, written after Lennon's assassination, was played in his memory.
McCartney also played a wonderful version of "Something" - one of Harrison's signature Beatles songs - on ukulele. He noted that Frank Sinatra once referred to it as his favorite "Lennon-McCartney" song.
The show closed with about 12 enthusiastically played Beatles songs, including a seven-song double encore. Any one of these songs could have easily ended the show, but fittingly, the closing song was "The End."
All in all, the show was everything that was to be expected and more; an incredibly charged and well-played performance from one of the greatest musicians ever.