[imagesource: The Scotsman]

On Saturday, Sir Paul McCartney headlined the Pyramid Stage, once more joining a long and illustrious list of musicians to have done so.

In doing so, the 80-year-old became the oldest musician even to headline the festival. Billie Eilish, who headlined the Pyramid Stage on Friday, became the youngest to do so at the age of 20.

McCartney, who also headlined in 2004 along with Oasis and Muse, invited both Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen on stage this time around. His old pal John Lennon also made an appearance of sorts.

Let’s start with Grohl. This below via NME:

After playing ‘Get Back’ by the Fab Four, McCartney beckoned the Foo Fighters frontman on stage.

“Now, I’ve got a little surprise for you,” teased McCartney, before inviting “your hero from the west coast of America – Dave Grohl!”

After some light banter of Paul offering, “Hi Dave,” before Grohl replied, “Hi Paul. How are you?” the pair then tore into The Beatles’ ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ and Wings’ ‘Band On The Run’.

“This guy flew in especially to do this,” Macca then jovially told the crowd.

I’d say playing with one of The Beatles is worth battling flight cancellations from Los Angeles.

Grohl’s appearance was also his first time on stage since the death of his Foo Fighters bandmate, Taylor Hawkins:

Dave ticked the US west coast box and then it was time for an east coast hero.

None other than The Boss himself, Bruce Springsteen:

…to the awe of the thousands in attendance, Springsteen took to the stage to a rapturous response to perform his own ‘Glory Days’ and The Beatles’ ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’…

“Are you kidding?” joked McCartney after turning to Springsteen. “Thank you for coming, man.”

Official footage of Bruce on stage has yet to be released so we will have to make do with this video:

McCartney then performed a virtual duet with former bandmate John Lennon.

Fear not – ‘I’ve Got a Feeling’ is not a cover of the truly horrendous Black Eyed Peas song, but rather The Beatles’ 1970 track from the album Let It Be:

Following that, Grohl and Springsteen returned to close the set and let loose:

Losing my mind at this McCartney / Springsteen / Grohl jam session 🤯😱💓 #glastonbury pic.twitter.com/tLiXqrgCAk

— Elizabeth Holloway (@LizzeeRascal) June 26, 2022

That is a rock-solid jam sesh.

Even at the ripe old age of 80, McCartney was full of beans and played a mammoth 38-song, nearly three-hour set.

[source:nme]