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By Kayla Caldwell
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Former Beatles members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited onstage at the London O2 Arena on Thursday, December 19.
McCartney, 82, invited his former bandmate, 84, onstage during the final night of his Got Back Tour, which began in Spokane, Washington back in April 2022. "Should we rock? Get on your kit la," McCartney told Starr as he hit the stage, per The Hollywood Reporter.
The pair performed "Helter Skelter" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Though the two have performed together more than once since the band split in 1969, Starr made it sound like it might not happen again.
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"It's fantastic, playing with me old mate, but there comes a time when we've got to go home. All that remains to be said.... I've had a great night and I love you all," the famous drummer told the audience as he left the stage.
At the same performance, McCartney also invited Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood to join him in playing the song, "Get Back." McCartney even played his original Hofner 500/1 bass guitar for the first time in over 50 years, after it had been stolen in 1972. The "Live and Let Die" singer was reunited with the guitar this year.
The Oscar winner has played 59 concerts along The Got Back Tour, which spanned across 13 countries after McCartney was forced to cancel the European leg of his Freshen Up Tour due to COVID-19 in 2020.
McCartney played almost 40 songs at Thursday's show, pulling from his catalog with his band Wings, his solo albums, and, of course, his work with the Beatles.
Following the performance, a fan made an edit of photos of McCartney and Starr playing together in similar outfits and positions on stage in 1964 and 2024. "Amazing! 60 years and both men are still strong musicians!" one X (formerly Twitter) user commented.
Former Beatles singer John Lennon died in 1980 after he was shot in New York, and lead guitarist George Harrison died from cancer in 2001.
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