‘We said we’d come back, and we got back,’ McCartney says as he sets off for his tour. McCartney ‘got back’ and started to sail on 28th April at Spokane Arena.
The name ‘Got Back’ is a continuation of the 2021 Peter Jackson ‘Beatles’ documentary ‘Get Back’. The movie holds various unseen footage along with candid interview scenes in it. The overwhelming emotions that are associated with the Beatles and its fandom are sticking and rare.
Now, McCartney is back on stage for the first time the pandemic hit every part of the world. The evergreen 80-year-old took the responsibility to offer the crowd the much-awaited aura of the four together on stage. And this is the reason he is calling this tour ‘Got Back’.
The tour started with a warm-up show in Spokane. A joyful McCartney is seen again leading and singing with the band. He offered a smorgasbord of Beatles, Wings, and some of his solo classics as well. He sang some portions of the Famed Side, two medleys from Abby Road.
The surprise of the show was John Lennon. Lennon’s old videos with up-close views were played in the show. And McCartney sang along with him once again, spreading goose skin amongst the audience.
McCartney fulfilled the promise he made. He said, ‘Well, we said we’d come back, and we got back’, to the Arena. He continued, ‘and believe me’ he paused, ‘We’re really happy to be back. I’m gonna take a moment for myself to drink it all in.’
Paul’s last tour was in 2019. And his tour in 2020 got canceled due to the COVID outbreak. Within these two years, he recorded the solo LP ‘McCartney III’. In this LP he played most of his instruments and also shared his voice in it. it was carrying the legacy of 1970s McCartney and 1980s McCartney II.
And Jackson’s documentary made him and a lot more people go down memory lane to bring back the spark that made them more famous than Jesus.
McCartney paid his tribute to George Harrison by playing Harrison’s ‘Something’ on a ukulele, which was a gift for Paul from George.
At the climax of the performance he said, ‘We’ve got something a bit special for you here’, and Lennon appeared on the big screen and the band started playing ‘I’ve Got a Feeling’. And he concluded the show with ‘Hey Jude’.
