Paul McCartney Remembers Charleston Victims
Paul McCartney headlined the Firefly Festival over the weekend, taking time out from his set to honor those killed in the Charleston, South Carolina church shooting last week. “Let’s take a moment to pray for peace and harmony amongst people of different colors in the world,” McCartney told the audience, following the moment of silence with a performance of “The Long Winding Road.”More »
By on June 23, 2015
Paul McCartney headlined the Firefly Festival over the weekend, taking time out from his set to honor those killed in the Charleston, South Carolina church shooting last week. “Let’s take a moment to pray for peace and harmony amongst people of different colors in the world,” McCartney told the audience, following the moment of silence with a performance of “The Long Winding Road.” Run the Jewels, which also performed at Firefly, had its own tribute to the victims of the shooting. “We’re going to Europe on tour shortly,” El-P told the crowd. “We’ll always bring with us the ridiculous tragic arrogance that America has provided us, everywhere we go.” Full list of songs played by Macca at Firefly, according to Billboard: “Birthday” “Save Us” “Got to Get You Into My Life” “Your Way” “Foxy Lady” “Paperback Writer” “My Valentine” “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five” “The Long and Winding Road” “Maybe I’m Amazed” “I’ve Just Seen a Face” “We Can Work It Out” “Another Day” “And I Love Her” “Blackbird” “Here Today” “New” “Queenie Eye” “Lady Madonna” “Eleanor Rigby” “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” ENCORE “Hi, Hi, Hi” “Can’t Buy Me Love” “Helter Skelter” “Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End” Copyright(c) 2015 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «
