Paul McCartney shocks Times Square
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2013-10-11
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STORY: Former Beatle Paul McCartney performed a surprise mini-concert in New York's Times Square on Thursday (October 10) to the delight of throngs of workers, tourists and fans.
71-year-old McCartney and his band sang tracks from his upcoming album, "New," which is due to be released in the United States on October 15.
"Wow! Really excited to be playing New York Times Square at 1 p.m. this afternoon!" McCartney tweeted about an hour before the packed mini-concert.
"Come on down to Times Square. It's all going to be happening there!" he added.
Security guards at the site said the 15-minute, lunch-time concert was kept a secret until shortly before its start.
"New," which features 12 tracks including "New" and "Save Us" is McCartney's first album of new material in six years.
"A lot of the tracks are quite vsystem.scripts.aried and not necessarily in a style you'd recognize as mine," the singer and bassist said
STORY: Former Beatle Paul McCartney performed a surprise mini-concert in New York's Times Square on Thursday (October 10) to the delight of throngs of workers, tourists and fans.
71-year-old McCartney and his band sang tracks from his upcoming album, "New," which is due to be released in the United States on October 15.
"Wow! Really excited to be playing New York Times Square at 1 p.m. this afternoon!" McCartney tweeted about an hour before the packed mini-concert.
"Come on down to Times Square. It's all going to be happening there!" he added.
Security guards at the site said the 15-minute, lunch-time concert was kept a secret until shortly before its start.
"New," which features 12 tracks including "New" and "Save Us" is McCartney's first album of new material in six years.
"A lot of the tracks are quite vsystem.scripts.aried and not necessarily in a style you'd recognize as mine," the singer and bassist said
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