Paul McCartney live: Irving Plaza, New York

Paul McCartney performed a special show at Manhattan’s Irving Plaza for Valentine’s Day night.

The concert had been rumoured for several days, and was confirmed by McCartney’s Twitter account the morning of the show.

Paul will play a special Valentine's Day concert this evening at Irving Plaza, NYC. Ticket details HERE: http://t.co/NT5iY0O85O

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) February 14, 2015

Paul McCartney – Irving Plaza, New York City, 14th February 2015 pic.twitter.com/uhhdTtjX3k

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) February 14, 2015

Tickets went on sale at 1-0am ET at just $40, with a limit of one per person. Fans were given numbered wristbands and told to attend the venue at 9.30pm. The upper balcony was reserved for celebrity guests.

McCartney and his band took to the stage shortly after 11pm, and performed a set lasting a little over 90 minutes.

Celebrities in the audience included John Kerry, Steve Martin, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Murphy, Emma Stone, Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, Kristen Wiig, Billy Crystal, Chris Rock, Meryl Streep, Lorne Michaels, Steve Buscemi, and Steve van Zandt.

Getting ready to rock Irving Plaza! #NewYorkCity #ValentinesDay photo by@mjkim_lalala pic.twitter.com/GNDGhYowe4

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) February 15, 2015

McCartney’s band was Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens (vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion, harmonica), Brian Ray (vocals, guitar, bass), Rusty Anderson (vocals, guitar), and Abe Laboriel Jr (vocals, drums).

New York City! Best Valentines Day Ever! pic.twitter.com/YDQO4xm6u8

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) February 15, 2015

The 26-song setlist included a rare version of The Beatles’ One After 909, and a cover version of The Crickets’ It’s So Easy.

• ‘Eight Days A Week’
• ‘Save Us’
• ‘All My Loving’
• ‘One After 909’
• ‘Matchbox’
• ‘Let Me Roll It’
• ‘Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five’
• ‘My Valentine’
• ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
• ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
• ‘It’s So Easy’
• ‘Every Night’
• ‘Another Day’
• ‘We Can Work It Out’
• ‘And I Love Her’
• ‘New’
• ‘Lady Madonna’
• ‘Jet’
• ‘Drive My Car’
• ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
• ‘Back In The USSR’
• ‘Let It Be’
• ‘Hey Jude’

• ‘Golden Slumbers’
• ‘Carry That Weight’
• ‘The End’