Paul McCartney played a show in Santa Barbara, California on Friday night, just a few days before the launch of his North American tour.
He played a number of his usual selections, but kicked things off with a Beatles hit he hasn’t played live since 1990: “Help!” Available below is footage from before the concert took place of McCartney soundchecking the song.
Elsewhere in the set list was “Now and Then,” the 2023 Beatles song that was created with archival recordings of John Lennon and George Harrison, plus a few famous numbers by Wings…