Starting Friday 31st July, Chicago’s famous Lollapalooza festival is taking place across the weekend. Fuse included a YouTube video with the story. He paused a few times to comment on the imposing EDM fuckery that was bleeding from the Kaskade set over at Perry’s stage.
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Howard took over George Harrison’s familiar guitar lead, then returned – after Paul “Wix” Wickens grooved through Billy Preston’s original keyboard run – to sing a raucous verse of her own.
That Paul McCartney returned to the “Get Back” last night at Lollapalooza wasn’t the surprise; it was who he brought out on stage.
Now, McCartney has delivered a solo rendition of the song.
Fuse called McCartney and Howard’s duet “inspired”.
Among the highlights was a special appearance from Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard during the encore, which also featured a snippet of the Abbey Road medley as well as tunes like “Helter Skelter” and “Can’t Buy Me Love” along with “Hi, Hi, Hi”.
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Any Paul McCartney performance is an exciting prospect at this point, especially at a festival as big as Lollapalooza. Among other headliners, the story said, are Metallica, Florence + The Machine, Sam Smith, A$AP Rocky, the Weeknd and “more than 120 other acts”.
