It may have been about 57 years since Sir Paul McCartney first played the Cavern Club, but Liverpool’s love for the former Beatle has not dimmed a bit.
When the music legend announced he would be playing a free concert at the club credited with being the birthplace of the Beatles, fans queued to get one of the limited spots in the audience.
Sir Paul McCartney performing a free gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool (Sam Rock/MPL/PA)
Sir Paul played old favourites as well as songs from his new album (Sonny McCartney/MPL/PA)
It was fabulous and brought back loads of beautiful memories and reminded me of where we started @cavernliverpool #PaulMcCartney #EgyptStation pic.twitter.com/9kUFNCWU6Y
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) July 26, 2018
At one stage he paused mid-song to ask fans to stop taking photos as it was putting him off (Sonny McCartney/MPL/PA)
Fans were offered the chance of free tickets (Peter Byrne/PA)
They had to queue at the Echo Arena box office for the chance of a spot in the audience (Peter Byrne/PA)
Wow! Two hours of @PaulMcCartney @cavernliverpool what an afternoon!! #Legend #Beatles 🎤🎹🙌🏼 pic.twitter.com/mwA5BpvDPl
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) July 26, 2018
It was the first time since 1999 Sir Paul has returned to the club (Peter Byrne/PA)
About 270 people were able to attend (Peter Byrne/PA)
What an eventful day! pic.twitter.com/FXVuWGfqmI
— Cavern Club (@cavernliverpool) July 26, 2018
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