Sir Paul McCartney, 81, wears Liverpool T-shirt for secret Brazil gig after reuniting with fellow Beatle Ringo Starr, 83, to promote daughter Mary’s cookbook

Sir Paul McCartney paid tribute to his roots as he took to the stage for a secret performance in Brazil on Tuesday, wearing a Liverpool T-shirt.

The iconic Beatles star, 81, put on an animated show as he took to the stage at the Clube do Choro in Brasilia, in front of a crowd of just hundreds at the intimate venue for a two-hour set.

The secret performance took place ahead of Sir Paul’s Got Back tour which kicks off this week in South America, where he will play eight major stadium shows across the country, ending at Rio’s Maracana Stadium – the same venue he has played in set the world record for more than 30 years. past.

Beforehand, Paul reunited with fellow Beatle Ringo Starr, 83, for a photo that appears in daughter Mary McCartney’s new cookbook Feeding Creativity.

The duo were seen beaming as they shared a delicious vegetarian pasta after following one of Mary’s recipes.

The post was captioned: ‘Paul and @ringostarrmusic enjoy a plate of vegetarian pasta in @marymccartney’s new book ‘Feeding Creativity’, published by @taschen, the book is out now and available online or at your local bookstore.”

Mary clearly takes after her late mother Linda McCartney, who founded the famous Linda McCartney Foods, specializing in vegetarian and vegan food.

Meanwhile, Paul’s latest intimate performance marked his first appearance in Brazil after almost five years, making it the smallest show ever in the southern hemisphere – despite the musician performing a series of other small shows over the years.

Sir Paul’s official account shared two photos of him performing on stage, looking typically in his element while on stage.

The caption: ‘Paul performs his most intimate Brazilian show ever in front of just hundreds of fans at Brasilia’s Clube do Choro #PaulMcCartneyGotBack.’

Tickets sold out within minutes for the lucky fans who were able to attend as the live performance kicked off just after 6pm with A Hard Day’s Night.

The Beatles legend performed more than 20 songs spanning his career, playing famous songs like Maybe I’m Amazed, Get Back, Let It Be and Hey Jude.

The intimate performance’s sensational setlist also included more legendary themes such as A Hard Day’s Night, Letting Go, Got To Get You Into My Life, My Valentine, 1985, Lady Madonna and more.

Sir Paul and his fellow Beatle member recently made headlines again after releasing their ‘final’ song Now and Then – which is tipped to become the band’s 18th UK number one, a huge achievement more than 50 years after the foursome performed together for the last time.

It was the technology used in Peter Jackson’s 2021 documentary Get Back, which allowed Sir Paul to use the same AI system to separate John Lennon’s vocals from his piano playing on the original demo.

After his death in 1980 at the age of 40, John’s wife Yoko Ono gave the recording to the surviving Beatles in 1994, along with Free As A Bird and Real Love, which were released by the band in the same decade.

During this period, George Harrison, Sir Paul and Sir Ringo recorded new parts and completed a rough mix for Now And Then with producer and musician Jeff Lynne.

However, the band did not release the song, citing issues related to extracting John’s vocals and piano due to limited technology at the time. George later died in November 2001 at the age of 58.

Filmmaker Peter Jackson’s recent Beatles documentary used audio restoration technology that allowed the band’s vocals, music and conversations to be isolated, a technique later used for Now And Then.

The song, which features George’s electric and acoustic guitar, recorded in 1995, was completed last year by Sir Paul and Sir Ringo.

Jackson has also created a music video for the song, which reunites the Fab Four as John and George play instruments alongside recent footage of surviving members Sir Paul and Sir Ringo.

In an interview with The Sunday Times, Sir Paul said: ‘I like the idea of ​​not letting go of each other.

“You know, when you have someone you love so much. In many cases it is a family member, and even if they go, you don’t want to let them go – that’s what people say when someone dies.

‘They are in your memory, always in your heart. And yes, that certainly applies to me and the boys.’

Reflecting on how he would like the band to be remembered, he added: ‘I remember the Beatles, I remember joy, talent, humor and love.

“And if people remember us for those things, I would be very happy.”

Sir Ringo said he would like the group to be remembered ‘fondly’.

The drummer added, “How many streams did we do last year? A billion? Three billion? It blows me away. The beat’s still going, you know?’

Emotional fans took to social media to applaud the “compelling, emotional and moving” music video for The Beatles’ latest song.

Using CGI, the clip – directed by Peter Jackson – cleverly reunites Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr with the dearly departed John Lennon and George Harrison.

The video contains the earliest ever footage of the band, filmed in a church hall in Merseyside in 1962, before they became the world’s most famous rock stars and manager Brian Epstein convinced them to all wear smart suits.

Pete Best, The Beatles’ drummer before Ringo stardom, handed over the movie camera footage – which shows the leather-clad group – to his former band with the help of his brother Roag.

Roag said he bought the silent footage from a man who filmed the performance at St Paul’s Presbyterian Church Hall in Birkenhead in February 1962, eight months before they released their debut single.