Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have come collectively as soon as extra.

The surviving Beatles members performed two fan-favorite tracks on the closing live performance of McCartney's Received Again tour in London on Thursday.

"Please welcome to the stage the mighty, the one and solely, Ringo Starr!" McCartney stated in the course of the present's encore.

"I wish to let you know, I've had an incredible evening tonight," Starr stated as he joined his former bandmate.

"Ought to we rock?" McCartney requested as the group screamed. "Get in your equipment, lad!" he urged the drummer.

Starr hopped on the drum set and joined McCartney and his band in a rendition of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Membership Band (Reprise)," from the Beatles' iconic 1967 album of the identical identify. After that, they launched into "Helter Skelter," from the group's 1968 self-titled album, also called The White Album.

Regardless of the latter music's towering stature within the Beatles' discography and within the rock canon, McCartney and Starr have carried out it collectively only a handful of occasions. Because the Beatles retired from stay performances two years earlier than The White Album's launch, the pair have performed "Helter Skelter" collectively solely at McCartney's solo reveals following the band's breakup. Starr beforehand teamed up with McCartney on the observe at a London present in 2018 and at Dodger Stadium in 2019.

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Starr wasn't the one particular visitor at McCartney's closing Received Again present. The "Yesterday" songwriter additionally welcomed Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wooden to carry out "Get Again," from the Beatles' 1970 closing studio album, Let It Be, shortly earlier than the encore.

Moreover, Olivia Harrison, the spouse of late Beatle George Harrison, popped up on the present, showing in a backstage video captured by McCartney's daughter Mary McCartney. Mary's chronicling of her dad's backstage antics additionally revealed him singing "(Theme From) The Monkees" by the Beatles-inspired Nineteen Sixties band the Monkees.

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The present additionally marked McCartney's first stay efficiency along with his authentic bass in additional than 50 years. After the songwriter recorded most of the Beatles' earliest hits with the instrument, his signature 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass was stolen from the again of a van in 1972. It was finally recovered by a devoted group of followers and returned to the musician earlier this 12 months.

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McCartney and Starr just lately reunited within the studio to document the ultimate Beatles observe, "Now and Then." The music, which was primarily based on a demo from John Lennon recovered after his 1980 dying, additionally featured guitar taking part in from Harrison that he recorded in the course of the Anthology classes in 1995. The music, which Leisure Weekly named the most effective tracks of 2023, was nominated for File of the Yr and Greatest Rock Efficiency for the 2025 Grammys.

The Beatles' legendary profession will quickly be dramatized in 4 movies from Skyfall director Sam Mendes. No official casting has been introduced but, however Starr appeared to substantiate that Saltburn actor Barry Keoghan will painting him within the motion pictures, whereas Gladiator II director Ridley Scott alluded to Paul Mescal taking part in McCartney.