Stewart, meanwhile, joined McCartney for a rendition of “Get Back”, during which the latter played his original Hofner 500/1 bass guitar for the first time in more than 50 years.

Paul McCartney closed his 2024 Got Back world tour in London last night (Dec. 19) with assistance from Ringo Starr and Ron Wood. McCartney also took the opportunity during his three-hour, 36-song ...

It saw McCartney reunite with his original Hofner 500/1 bass guitar for the first time in more than 50 years. The instrument was stolen in 1972, but he was reunited with it earlier this year.

McCartney’s date at the O2 last Thursday was notable for an onstage reunion with his old bandmate Ringo Starr – the first time the two surviving Beatles have performed together in five years.

When Paul McCartney decided to revisit his iconic Höfner bass in the late 1980s, he wasn’t playing the violin bass that had spent so many nights in the dank, smoky depths of the Cavern Club in ...