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Paul McCartney Plays “Help!” For the First Time Fully Since 1965

Paul McCartney Plays “Help!” For the First Time Fully Since 1965

Sir Paul McCartney launched the US leg of his 2025 Got Back Tour on Friday (9/26) at the Santa Barbara Bowl, surprising the sold-out crowd by opening with “Help!” the Beatles song he had not performed in full since 1965.

The set drew from his full career, mixing Beatles, Wings, his solo material, and even a nod to his first group, The Quarrymen.

A few days later on Monday (9/29), he brought the tour into the High Desert of the Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms, adding a few extra tunes he didn’t play in Santa Barbara.

The Got Back Tour began in 2022 and has now comprised 79 shows worldwide including a stop in Liverpool earlier this summer where The Boss joined him, and in Mexico City last winter where Jack White and St. Vincent jammed with him.

read more at: Setlist.fm

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Paul McCartney at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA

  1. I Want to Hold Your Hand
  2. I Saw Her Standing There

Last verified October 8, 2026.

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