Paul McCartney rumoured to play another surprise, intimate New York gig tonight

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Paul McCartney is rumoured to play another surprise, intimate show in New York tonight (February 12).The soloist and Beatles icon took to the stage at the 575-capacity Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan last night (February 11), after announcing the tiny gig shortly beforehand on social media.Tickets for the set – dubbed ‘Paul McCartney Rocks The Bowery’ – were available on a first-come, first-served basis, and limited to one per person.

No phones or audio or video recording was allowed. The rare event sold out almost instantly.McCartney treated fans who had managed to bag a ticket to a 22-track setlist comprising solo material, Beatles classics and Wings music (see it in full below).Now, there is talk of Macca returning to the Bowery today for a second small show.In a review of last night’s performance, Variety noted that “both of the Max McNown concerts originally scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday at the Bowery have been moved uptown to the Irving Plaza”.A post shared by Paul McCartney (@paulmccartney)A post shared by Paul McCartney (@paulmccartney)Elsewhere, Setlist.FM currently lists a page for another Bowery gig for McCartney tonight.

Fans on social media are also speculating that a second date is scheduled to be announced soon.One person who attended last night’s show wrote on Reddit that they “did hear some people say that there may be other shows this week”, with Macca being in New York for the Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary special.Additionally, fans have noticed that the official merchandise on sale at yesterday’s gig said ‘New York, NY – February 2025’ – instead of including one specific date.Sharing a series of official photographs from last night’s concert on social media, Macca wrote: “BOWERY!