{"id":5181,"date":"2025-07-03T10:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T02:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5181"},"modified":"2025-07-03T10:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T02:30:06","slug":"paul-mccartney-delivered-an-unforgettable-and-deeply-emotional-performance-at-the-2022-glastonbury-festival-reuniting-in-spirit-and-song-with-his-late-beatles-bandmate-john-lennon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5181","title":{"rendered":"Paul McCartney delivered an unforgettable and deeply emotional performance at the 2022 Glastonbury Festival, reuniting \u2014 in spirit and song \u2014 with his late Beatles bandmate John Lennon."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cI\u2019m Still With You\u2026 Even Now\u201d \u2014 The Moment Lennon\u2019s Voice Echoed Through the Stadium, Time Shattered, and for One Breathtaking Second, It Felt Like He Was Truly There, Singing With Paul, Not as a Memory, But as Proof That Music, Love, and Legends Never Really Die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul McCartney delivered an unforgettable and deeply emotional performance at the 2022 Glastonbury Festival, reuniting \u2014 in spirit and song \u2014 with his late Beatles bandmate John Lennon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a historic headline set, the 80-year-old legend brought the crowd to tears when he used a video screen to duet with Lennon on the Beatles classic \u201cI\u2019ve Got a Feeling.\u201d Earlier in the night, McCartney had already thrilled fans by welcoming Foo Fighters\u2019 Dave Grohl and rock icon Bruce Springsteen to the stage, but the surprise collaboration with Lennon stood as the evening\u2019s most poignant moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The last time McCartney and Lennon recorded vocals together was during a laid-back studio jam in 1974, and their final posthumous collaboration came in 1996 with the Beatles\u2019 release of \u201cReal Love.\u201d Now, as part of his Got Back tour, McCartney crafted a powerful new version of \u201cI\u2019ve Got a Feeling,\u201d syncing his live vocals with isolated footage of Lennon from 1969.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though McCartney often revisits songs from the Beatles\u2019 catalog in his concerts, this moment was particularly rare \u2014 few times before had he incorporated archival footage into a live performance. While Queen famously used old clips of Freddie Mercury during their 2005 shows, McCartney\u2019s use of Lennon\u2019s voice was a first for him, offering an extraordinary treat for Beatles fans around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Earlier in the evening, McCartney also paid tribute to another fallen bandmate, George Harrison, with a touching ukulele performance of Harrison\u2019s classic \u201cSomething\u201d \u2014 a cover he has occasionally brought into his setlists over the years. McCartney\u2019s tributes to his friends are longstanding; he wrote the heartfelt song \u201cHere Today\u201d in 1982 to honor Lennon, capturing the complexity and deep affection of their friendship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reflecting on \u201cHere Today,\u201d McCartney once shared: \u201cIt was a love song really \u2014 not to John, but about John, about what we meant to each other. I wanted to get out from behind my own defenses and say what I felt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Got Back tour also highlights songs from McCartney III, an album born out of the Covid-19 lockdown \u2014 what McCartney playfully dubbed his period of \u201crockdown.\u201d The album completed a trilogy that had been half a century in the making, beginning with McCartney in 1970.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the emotional Glastonbury duet, the vocals from Lennon were sourced and cleaned up during Peter Jackson\u2019s Get Back documentary project, making the moment even more powerful. After the song ended, McCartney, visibly moved, told the crowd, \u201cThat\u2019s so special for me, man. I know it\u2019s virtual, but come on \u2014 it\u2019s John. We\u2019re back together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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