{"id":456157,"date":"2025-09-27T20:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T20:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/456157\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T20:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T20:09:10","slug":"watch-paul-mccartney-play-the-beatles-help-for-the-first-time-in-35-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/456157\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Paul McCartney play The Beatles’ ‘Help!’ for the first time in 35 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul McCartney<\/a> has played The Beatles<\/a> classic \u2018Help!\u2019 for the first time in 35 years \u2013 check out footage below.<\/p>\n

The music legend is kicking off the North American leg of his \u2018Got Back\u2019 tour<\/a> on Monday (September 29) in Palm Desert, California, and to warm up for the shows, he played a one-off show at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Friday (September 26).<\/p>\n

To kick off the show, McCartney dipped into his vast back catalogue and played the vintage 1965 single \u2018Help!\u2019, the first time it has made a Macca playlist since 1990. The bulk of the rest of the setlist reflected the shows he has played in recent years, and it remains to be seen if he has plans to incorporate other new songs in the coming shows.<\/p>\n

Watch fan-captured footage of the soundcheck of \u2018Help!\u2019 here, alongside footage of the last time he played it, as part of a montage of John Lennon<\/a> songs in Chicago in July 1990:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Paul McCartney abri\u00f3 con Help! en la vuelta de Got Back \ud83d\udd19 Setlist completo de una noche memorable https:\/\/t.co\/RkVEU1nMKc<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Nw7NY65pct<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Calico Skies Radio | McCartney \ud83d\udc50\ud83c\udffb (@calicoradio) September 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Paul McCartney\u2019s setlist at the Santa Barbara Bowl:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Help!\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Coming Up\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Got To Get You Into My Life\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Let Me Roll It\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Getting Better\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Let \u2018Em In\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018My Valentine\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018I\u2019ve Just Seen A Face\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Love Me Do\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Dance Tonight\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Blackbird\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Now And Then\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Lady Madonna\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Jet\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Get Back\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Let It Be\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Live And Let Die\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Hey Jude\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018I\u2019ve Got A Feeling\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Sgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Helter Skelter\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Golden Slumbers\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Carry That Weight\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018The End\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Elsewhere, McCartney recently took in one of Oasis\u2019 comeback shows in Los Angeles\u2019 Rose Bowl Stadium<\/a>, alongside other famous names such as Billie Eilish<\/a>, Leonardo DiCaprio<\/a>, Kristen Stewart<\/a> and Metallica<\/a>\u2019s James Hetfield.<\/p>\n

McCartney was also one of several big names to recently urge Keir Starmer to protect the work of creatives against attempts from AI firms<\/a> to avoid revealing the copyrighted material they have used in their systems.<\/p>\n

There is also a definitive anthology collection coming from Wings on November 7<\/a>, personally overseen by McCartney. \u2018WINGS\u2019 will be available on an array of formats and you can explore them here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the story of McCartney\u2019s long-lost bass guitar \u2013 which went missing in 1972 and was returned to him last year<\/a> \u2013 is set to be told in an upcoming documentary<\/a>.<\/p>\n