Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited on stage in front of thousands of people for the first time in years.
It all went down Saturday night in Los Angeles during the encore of McCartney’s sold out show at Dodger Stadium. Ringo, who just celebrated his 79th birthday, fell right back into sync with McCartney.
And Starr wasn’t the only surprise cameo of the evening: During the encore’s performance of the Abbey Road medley “Golden Slumbers”/“Carry That Weight”/“The End,” Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh came out for a shredding solo. (McCartney later self-deprecatingly remarked, “We didn’t have a clue what we were doing,” but Walsh seemed perfectly in sync with the band.) Pierce Brosnan was also caught on the venue’s video screens singing along to the “na na na na” refrain of “Hey Jude”.
The setlist for his final “Freshen Up” tour date was:
A Hard Day’s Night
Junior’s Farm
Can’t Buy Me Love
Letting Go
Who Cares
Got to Get You Into My Life
Come On to Me
Let Me Roll It
I’ve Got a Feeling
Let ‘Em In
My Valentine
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
Maybe I’m Amazed
I’ve Just Seen a Face
In Spite of All the Danger
From Me to You
Dance Tonight
Love Me Do
Blackbird
Here Today
Queenie Eye
Lady Madonna
Eleanor Rigby
Fuh You
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Something
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Band on the Run
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Let It Be
Live and Let Die
Hey Jude
Birthday
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Helter Skelter
Golden Slumbers
Carry That Weight
The End
At the end of night, McCartney proclaimed sweetly, “Farewell to you guys, farewell to America. There’s only one thing left to be said: We’ll see you next time.”