Commuters with tickets to ride out of New York's Grand Central Station heard a special serenade on Friday evening, with Paul McCartney taking over a corner of the majestic hub for a concert.
Only invited guests including Jon Bon Jovi, Meryl Streep, Amy Schumer, Kate Moss and Chris Rock were let behind black curtains to see the stage, but everyone could hear a 24-song set that spanned more than 50 years of music.
It was a stunt to promote a new album called 'Egypt Station.' McCartney said he wondered 'what's the coolest station we could think of?' and settled on the Manhattan landmark.
The band set up under a chandelier and in front of a giant clock, just off the 42nd Street entrance.
A surprise concert by Paul McCartney was held at Grand Central Terminal on Friday night
Paul performed a career spanning set including songs from Egypt Station in front of an energetic crowd
The concert was to promote 'Egypt Station,' McCartney's first solo album in five years
Despite grey streaks in his famous mop top, the 76-year-old former Beatle was in fighting trim.
He performed familiar hits like 'Let it Be,' ''Can't Buy Me Love,' ''A Hard Day's Night' and 'Lady Madonna.' He also dug deeper into his songbook for 'I've Got a Feeling,' ''Hi Hi Hi' and '1985.'
While he played three songs from his new album, McCartney did more from the 50-year-old White Album. The sweaty, dancing crowd hardly minded the trip back in time.
McCartney may be the world's most famous musician, but he's also human. Seemingly nervous as he stood on a riser in the middle of the audience with an acoustic guitar for one song, he flubbed the words to 'Blackbird' not once but twice, starting over both times.
Surrounding fans, famous and non-famous, knew all the lyrics and coaxed him on.
Stock image shows Grand Central Station which sits right in front of the Chrysler Building
Meryl Streep is pictured arriving at Paul McCartney's concert
Model Kate Moss and Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon stepped out to watch the legendary Beatle perform
Fellow rock star Jon Bon Jovi is pictured arriving to the event in support of friend Paul McCartney
Fans were able to catch a glimpse of the icon leaving the New York City station
'I know this song,' he said in frustration. 'I wrote it!'
Before singing the Beatles' first single, 'Love Me Do,' McCartney told of his nerves singing the chorus and that he can still hear it in his voice when he hears the recording.
Flash forward a half century, and he talked about a writing session with Kanye West. After a few days in the studio, he wasn't sure they even had a song.
A few months later, West sent him a copy of '4, 5 Seconds' with Rihanna on lead vocals.
'I rang him up and asked, 'am I on this song?'' McCartney said, and West said it included his guitar. At Grand Central, McCartney reclaimed it.
Fans line up outside Grand Central Station to hear the former Beatle perform
Comedian Amy Schumer was among the A-list stars to watch the concert live
Some members of the Beatles' extended family were on hand. Sean Lennon, the son of McCartney's late partner, was in the audience. So was McCartney's wife, Nancy Shevell, and he dedicated the song 'My Valentine' to her.
Giles Martin, the son of longtime Beatles producer George Martin, was handling the concert's sound.
For a new song about bullying, McCartney invited two women from the audience to tell their stories about being treated poorly. 'I got made fun of for being a Beatles fan,' one of them said.
That earned her a Beatle hug.
Actor and comedian Chris Rock arrives for the surprise event Friday evening
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Main photo article Commuters with tickets to ride out of New York’s Grand Central Station heard a special serenade on Friday evening, with Paul McCartney taking over a corner of the majestic hub for a concert.
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It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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