"By an hour or so into his concert Friday night at the Santa Barbara Bowl - basically somebody's backyard by the standards of the former Beatle - McCartney had already gotten the capacity crowd to join in on a bunch of all-timers including "I've Just Seen a Face," "Love Me Do," "Jet," "Getting Better," "Lady Madonna," "Let Me Roll It" and "Got to Get You Into My Life." But for Sir Paul, even (or especially) at age 83, there's always a way to take an audience higher. So as his keyboard player plunked out the song's lovably lopsided lick, McCartney and his band cranked through a fast and jumpy rendition of "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da""
"A sellout pretty much as soon as it was announced, Friday's show was a kind of warm-up gig ahead of the launch next week of the latest leg of McCartney's Got Back world tour, which began criss-crossing the globe in 2022 and will resume Monday night in Palm Desert after a nine-month break. On the road he's playing arenas and stadiums, but this hillside amphitheater seats only 4,500 or so; to make the evening even more intimate, fans had to lock their phones in little pouches on the way into the venue."
Paul McCartney performed a sold-out concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl, encouraging the crowd to sing along to many Beatles and solo hits. He led fans through songs including "I've Just Seen a Face," "Love Me Do," "Jet," "Getting Better," "Lady Madonna," "Let Me Roll It" and "Got to Get You Into My Life." At age 83, he energized the audience with a brisk, playful rendition of "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da." The show acted as a warm-up for the Got Back world tour leg resuming after a nine-month break. The small hillside venue seated about 4,500 and required fans to lock phones in pouches; cameras suggested the concert was being filmed. The production was slightly trimmed compared with a previous SoFi Stadium presentation.
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