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McCartney and Starr perform together
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 6 April 2009
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr played together at a charity show in New York at the weekend. As previously reported, there was some speculation that the pair would team up for a performance at the concert in aid of The David Lynch Foundation, though all that had really been confirmed previously was that both of the former Beatles were on the bill, not that theirs would be a joint appearance. As previously reported, the foundation promotes transcendental meditation in schools.
Anyway, headliner McCartney played a number of his Beatles and solo tracks before Starr joined him on stage for a rendition of ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’. Starr had already been on stage earlier in the evening to perform his own songs. Introducing his former bandmate, McCartney said: “At this point we would like to introduce somebody to you who you know, you’ve heard his name. He’s going to come out here and play you a little song this joyful night. Ladies and gentlemen: Billy Shears”.
During the course of the evening McCartney also paid an apparently tearful tribute to late bandmate John Lennon, and dedicated a track to new US president Barack Obama.
