On September 26, 2025, Paul McCartney surprised fans by launching the U.S. leg of his Got Back tour with an intimate show at the Santa Barbara Bowl in California.
The concert opened with a momentous surprise: McCartney performed “Help!” — a Beatles favorite he hadn’t played in full since 1990 — reigniting a decades-long silence around the track. Amid a mix of Beatles, Wings, and solo songs, he also brought out “Now and Then,” a Beatles track created from archival recordings of John Lennon and George Harrison.
Backing him were longtime collaborators: Paul “Wix” Wickens on keyboards, Brian Ray on bass/guitar, Rusty Anderson on guitar, and Abe Laboriel Jr. on drums…