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| Paul McCartney plays impromptu concert in Covent Garden | Paul McCartney plays impromptu concert in Covent Garden |
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| Sir Paul McCartney has given an impromptu gig in Covent Garden during the lunchtime rush. | |
| "Good afternoon," he told that assembled crowd of more than 2,000 fans. "Welcome to Covent Garden." | "Good afternoon," he told that assembled crowd of more than 2,000 fans. "Welcome to Covent Garden." |
| "Were just going to do some songs from our new album so get your phones out - as if they weren't already," he added. | "Were just going to do some songs from our new album so get your phones out - as if they weren't already," he added. |
| The 71-year-old sang five songs from his latest album, New, from a truck parked on the piazza. It follows a similar stunt in New York last week. | |
| "This is a change from the '60s because we would just have been coming in from the clubs right now," Sir Paul joked with fans. | |
| The London gig began at 1330 BST, and was briefly trailed on Twitter beforehand. "I'm getting ready to pop up in Covent Garden at 1pm today. Oh baby!" tweeted the former Beatle. | |
| The singer opened with the track All My Life, and closed approximately 20 minutes later, telling the audience: "Thank you very much. OK now, back to work!" | |
| The star was mobbed by fans after playing a pop-up show in Times Square on Friday 11 October. | |
| His spate of hit-and-run concerts echo The Beatles' final live performance, a mile down the road from Covent Garden, on the roof of their record label, Apple. | His spate of hit-and-run concerts echo The Beatles' final live performance, a mile down the road from Covent Garden, on the roof of their record label, Apple. |
| That show, in January 1969, brought traffic on Savile Row to a standstill and was eventually shut down by police who ordered the band's touring manager, Mal Evans, to turn off their amplifiers. | That show, in January 1969, brought traffic on Savile Row to a standstill and was eventually shut down by police who ordered the band's touring manager, Mal Evans, to turn off their amplifiers. |
| "It started to filter up from Mal that the police were complaining," Sir Paul later recalled in The Beatles Antholgy. | "It started to filter up from Mal that the police were complaining," Sir Paul later recalled in The Beatles Antholgy. |
| "We said, 'We're not stopping.' He said, The police are going to arrest you'." | "We said, 'We're not stopping.' He said, The police are going to arrest you'." |
| The star remembered replying: "Good end to the film. Let them do it. Great! That's an end: Beatles Busted on Rooftop Gig!" | The star remembered replying: "Good end to the film. Let them do it. Great! That's an end: Beatles Busted on Rooftop Gig!" |
| McCartney's latest solo album was released on Monday. Early sales data suggests the record, which was produced by Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse) and Paul Epworth (Adele), amongst others, is likely to chart at number three this weekend. | McCartney's latest solo album was released on Monday. Early sales data suggests the record, which was produced by Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse) and Paul Epworth (Adele), amongst others, is likely to chart at number three this weekend. |
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