Paul McCartney Bonnaroo: Former Beatles, Wings Member Performs Two-And-A-Half Hour Concert At Tennessee Music Festival

By Andrew Meola | Jun 17, 2013 02:40 PM EDT

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Paul McCartney gave 80,000 fans a treat at Bonnaroo on Friday as the former member of The Beatles and Wings performed a two-and-a-half hour concert at the Tennessee music festival that featured a veritable Greatest Hits from the 70-year-old's legendary career.

McCartney reached way back into his song catalog, according to Rolling Stone, and pulled out some of his most beloved tracks, including "Let It Be," "Eight Days A Week," "Yesterday," "Hey Jude," "Paperback Writer," "Band on the Run," "Maybe I'm Amazed," "Blackbird," "Eleanor Rigby," "We Can Work It Out," "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da," "Lady Madonna," "All Together Now," "Your Mother Should Know" and "Something," the last of which he played in tribute to former Beatles member, the late George Harrison.

If that weren't enough, McCartney also played some deep tracks from his collection, including Wings' "Junior's Farm," "Listen To What The Man Said" and "Let Me Roll It." That last song also included a long sampling of "Foxy Lady" by Jimi Hendrix, with whom McCartney had a friendship.

The 70-year-old guitarist also performed "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" from Wings' Band on the Run and a cover of Lead Belly's "The Midnight Special" with a country twist.

McCartney engaged the audience throughout the performance as he told stories and interacted one-on-one with certain members of the crowd. He cried out "Free Pussy Riot!" before he performed "Let It Be" and also pointed out, "That's some pretty good weed I can smell" at one point during the show.

ZZ Top, Wu-Tang Clan and Wilco also performed at the music festival in Manchester, Tenn.

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