Sir Paul McCartney furiously defended by Piers Morgan over Glastonbury set complaints
Music legend Paul McCartney, who made history as the oldest solo headliner to take on Glastonbury, has come under fire for ‘not playing enough’ Beatles songs
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Sir Paul McCartney has come under fire for ‘not playing enough’ Beatles songs during his Glastonbury performance last night, but he’s had one famous fan leap to his defence.
Although the Beatles split up in 1970, after which Paul, 80, launched a solo career and formed the band Wings, fans were left wanting more of his older hits.
Piers Morgan took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the matter, highlighting that Paul had actually played nine of “the greatest pop songs ever” from his 10 year career with The Beatles.
Piers wrote: “Twitter’s moaning Macca ‘didn’t do enough Beatles hits.’ He played Can’t Buy Me Love, Love Me Do, I Saw Her Standing There, Lady Madonna, Blackbird, Get Back, Something, Let It Be, and Hey Jude.
Sir Paul McCartney, 80, performed 38 songs at Glastonbury
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Paul McCartney was one of the four Beatles members in the 1960s
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“Those songs alone are 9 of the greatest pop songs ever.
“Twitter.. STFU.”#
Piers isn’t the only one to applaud the set list that has come under question, lead singer of rock band Deacon Blue Ricky Ross, 64, has praised Paul’s “damned perfect” set.
He said: “Wow. Does Macca know how to put a show together or what? No one could write this set list.”
Piers leapt to his defence
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Critic Kathryn Flett leapt to Sir Paul’s defence, insisting that with his career he’s entitled to do ‘whatever you f*ing well like’.
She wrote: “So you’re Macca, you’ve written a sizeable percentage of the greatest pop songs ever, you’re 80 and frankly you can do whatever you f*ing well like… On the other hand, given the infinite magnificence of your back catalogue, do you really just stick pins in it to make a set list?”
Darren Richman poked fun at the situation by copying a trending reaction to Twitter backlash, he wrote: “Paul McCartney won’t see your tweets complaining about his set list but your songwriting genius friends with unparalleled bodies of work and careers spanning six decades will.”
Paul headlined the Pyramid Stage
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Paul made history as he took to the stage at the age of 80 to become the oldest ever solo headliner at Glastonbury.
Paul’s setlist was made up of 33 songs, with an additional 5 for the encore. Seven of the songs were from his band Wings, while one was from his first group The Quarrymen.
22 of the 38 songs were Beatles hits, with Paul doing a virtual duet with the late John Lennon as he opened up the encore with I’ve Got a Feeling.
Paul was reunited with a virtual John Lennon for his performance
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From the stage, Paul said: “I know it’s virtual, but there I am singing with John again. We’re back together.”
Paul paid tribute to his rock rivals the Rolling Stones in his intimate warm-up set in Frome. The music legend played I Wanna Be Your Man, which he wrote alongside John Lennon for the Rolling Stones in 1963.
The song went on to be the Stones’ first Top 20 hit, although Lennon would later admit that the two had knocked the song out in minutes, saying: “Well, we weren’t gonna give them anything great, right?”
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