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What happened
on stage minute by minute:
19.59 - 7pm, queue stretched halfway to Belsize Park. 5
mins to go & the crowd are going wild.
20.05 - And straight into 'Magical Mystery Tour'. This is
one man who doesn't need to worry about wasting his hits
early in the set!
20.07 - Paul's looking damn sharp in a skinny mod suit.
20.09 - It's 'a long time' since he's been in the Roundhouse...
20.12 - He's got his mandolin out. Must be time for 'Dance
Tonight'.
20.15 - The jacket comes off. Some ladies down the front
seem a bit over excited!
20.16 - 'Only Mama Knows' is complemented by a string octet.
20.18 - First Wings song of the night and it's the early
b side 'C'Moon'.
20.24 - Sticking at the piano for 'The Long & Winding Road'.
The first big singalong.
20.29 - There are a lot of glowsticks in the audience tonight.
Anyone would think we were at a Klaxons gig.
20.36 - Macca pays tribute to John with 'Here Today' & gets
the biggest cheer of the night so far.
20.42 - The strings return for 'Calico Skies'.
20.43 - Paul asks for an audience wave, and he gets one.
20.48 - 'Eleanor Rigby' now and Paul's drummer is up and
dad-dancing at the back.
20.51 - The Wings songs are going down as well as The Beatles
ones. Band On The Run now and two headbangers down the front
are loving it.
20.55 - Signs in the crowd show people have travelled from
as far afield as Canada and Japan.
21.04 - Macca's band take over Lennon's vocals on 'I Got
A Feeling'.
21.06 - Macca's spotted an X-Factor contestant in the audience...
21.08 - 'Live and Let Die' comes complete with pyrotechnics.
21.09 - Paul's thumping those keys Jerry Lee Lewis style.
21.11 - An impromptu baby face turns into the ultimate singalong,
'Hey Jude'.
21.15 - 'Na na na, na na na na, na na na na Hey Juuuuuude'.
21.17 - The balcony is finally on its feet.
21.21 - He's off but not for long...Back to the piano for
'Let It Be'.
21.22 - The smoking ban hasn't stopped an age-old tradition.
Lighters in the air.
21.27 - The bass is back on for 'I Saw Her Standing There'.
That voice doesn't seem to have aged. Close your eyes and
you could almost be in The Cavern
21.31 - What a gig! You can tell this audience will be talking
about it for years to come.
21.33 - Hang on, he's back!
21.38 - Macca plays 'Get Back' and then he's gone...but
you get the feeling he could have gone on for a few more
hours at least.
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