""Let's hear it for John," he said the first time he mentioned the late John Lennon, like Lennon was waiting in the wings, about to come out and duet with him. "Let's hear it for George" came as he swapped a guitar for the ukulele George Harrison once gave him, which he then used to plink out a stripped-down version of "Something.""
"That ukulele performance of "Something" represented one of the few quiet moments of the show, as McCartney's goal was to keep the crowd on its feet for, as he proclaimed early on, "the biggest party in Vegas." It perhaps wasn't quite as raucous as that (perhaps because the crowd demographic leaned heavily towards people who were calling my 40-something ass "young lady"), but McCartney without question delivered a great two-and-a-half-hour hang without a single break in the music."
Paul McCartney opened the October 4, 2025 Allegiant Stadium show with "Help!", performed live for the first time in 35 years, and kept the audience dancing throughout a continuous two-and-a-half-hour set. The setlist mixed Beatles classics, solo material, and relatively recent songs such as 2018's "Come On to Me," which he called "new enough." He paid direct tribute to John Lennon and George Harrison, using a ukulele given by Harrison to perform a stripped-down "Something." The performance aimed for a celebratory, party atmosphere while including a few quiet, reflective moments.
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