{"id":166116,"date":"2025-06-07T22:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T22:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/166116\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T22:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T22:46:09","slug":"watch-paul-mccartney-join-bruce-springsteen-on-stage-in-liverpool-to-cover-the-beatles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/166116\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Paul McCartney join Bruce Springsteen on stage in Liverpool to cover The Beatles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/paul-mccartney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul McCartney<\/a> joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/BRUCE-SPRINGSTEEN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Springsteen<\/a> on stage in Liverpool tonight to play a version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-beatles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Beatles<\/a>\u2019 \u2018Can\u2019t Buy Me Love\u2019 \u2013 watch below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/live\/bruce-springsteen-live-in-london-setlist-photos-3466084\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Bruce Springsteen live in London: the heartland hero remains firmly at his majestic peak<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Boss played the second of two shows at Anfield, the home of Liverpool FC, on Saturday night (June 7) and during his encore, he welcomed the Beatles legend onto the stage.<\/p>\n<p>Returning the favour after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/paul-mccartney-dave-grohl-bruce-springsteen-glastonbury-2022-setlist-footage-3255915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Springsteen appeared during McCartney\u2019s huge Glastonbury set in 2022<\/a>, the two icons played \u2018Can\u2019t Buy Me Love\u2019, from 1964\u2019s \u2018A Hard Day\u2019s Night\u2019, and followed it with the classic rock\u2019n\u2019roll song \u2018Kansas City\u2019, made famous in 1955 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/little-richard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Little Richard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out fan-captured footage of the moment here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bruce Springsteen just brought out Paul McCartney at Anfield!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vPZA8fMKmy\">pic.twitter.com\/vPZA8fMKmy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stuart Daynes (@stuartdaynes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stuartdaynes\/status\/1931455482717143062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not many days you get to say you&#8217;ve seen Sir Paul McCartney perform with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n<p>Kinda makes up for the rugby today \ud83d\ude05 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y2lrhZ42qv\">pic.twitter.com\/Y2lrhZ42qv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Waite (@NicholasWaite17) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicholasWaite17\/status\/1931459367154434236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">McCartney turned up at Springsteen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Springsteen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Springsteen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/McCartney?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#McCartney<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q7dwTF8ck9\">pic.twitter.com\/Q7dwTF8ck9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lambanana (@Lambanana1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lambanana1\/status\/1931462141187641410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Bruce Springsteen played:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Ghosts\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Land Of Hope And Dreams\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Death To My Hometown\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Seeds\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Lonesome Day\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Rainmaker\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Darkness On The Edge Of Town\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018The Promised Land\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Hungry Heart\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018My Hometown\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018The River\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Youngstown\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Murder Incorporated\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Long Walk Home\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018House Of A Thousand Guitars\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018My City Of Ruins\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Because The Night\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Wrecking Ball\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018The Rising\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Badlands\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Thunder Road\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Can\u2019t Buy Me Love\u2019 (with Paul McCartney)\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Kansas City\u2019 (with Paul McCartney)\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Born In The USA\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Born To Run\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Glory Days\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Dancing In The Dark\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the hours before the show, Springsteen and McCartney were also spotted together at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, an institution that was founded by McCartney in 1996.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2 world legends, Bruce Springsteen (75) and Paul McCartney (82). They had a meeting today at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. At the meeting, fans speculated that there was a possibility that Sir Paul would join the Boss on stage for Springsteen&#8217;s show at Anfield this\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1BuG1iUFTu\">pic.twitter.com\/1BuG1iUFTu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Tate (@JamesTate121) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesTate121\/status\/1931161926597284111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sir Paul McCartney &amp; Bruce Springsteen at LIPA this afternoon <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LivEchonews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@LivEchonews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iR1CeqnieX\">pic.twitter.com\/iR1CeqnieX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Teebay (@andyteebaypics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andyteebaypics\/status\/1931035391454531863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/paul-mccartney-dave-grohl-bruce-springsteen-glastonbury-2022-setlist-footage-3255915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Springsteen was a guest during the encore of McCartney\u2019s 2022 Glastonbury headline set<\/a>. \u201cThis guy flew in especially to do this,\u201d McCartney said to introduce him, and the two launched into versions of \u2018Glory Days\u2019 and \u2018I Wanna Be Your Man\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>That came just days after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-paul-mccartney-team-up-with-bruce-springsteen-to-perform-glory-days-and-i-wanna-be-your-man-3249692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they did the same songs together during Macca\u2019s \u2018Get Back\u2019 tour at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey<\/a>. Years earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bruce-springsteen-97-1265277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Springsteen had joined McCartney at Hyde Park in London for a rendition of \u2018I Saw Her Standing There\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/paul-mccartney-honours-bruce-springsteen-at-2024-ivor-novello-awards-hes-never-worked-a-day-in-his-life-3759134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McCartney presented Springsteen with the Fellow Of The Ivors Academy prize at the Ivor Novello Awards<\/a> in London. \u201cLike Bruce\u2019s concerts, I\u2019m going to keep this brief,\u201d he joked, referencing the Boss\u2019 three hour plus concerts, before adding that he \u201ccouldn\u2019t think of a more fitting\u201d recipient \u201cexcept maybe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/bob-dylan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Dylan<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/paul-simon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Simon<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/billy-joel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy Joe<\/a>l, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/beyonce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/taylor-swift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Swift<\/a>. The list goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cHe\u2019s known as the American working man but he admits he\u2019s never worked a day in his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Beatle has also quipped in the past that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/paul-mccartney-blames-bruce-springsteen-for-long-gigs-3463289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Boss is the one he \u201cblames\u201d for fans coming to expect major stars to play long sets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul McCartney joined Bruce Springsteen on stage in Liverpool tonight to play a version of The Beatles\u2019 \u2018Can\u2019t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,453,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-166116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-rock","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114644515756188439","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}