Paul McCartney played a surprise intimate NYC show at Bowery Ballroom – setlist

As announced just hours beforehand, Paul McCartney played a surprise, very intimate NYC show on Tuesday night (2/11) at Bowery Ballroom, ahead of his scheduled appearance at this Sunday’s (2/16) SNL 50th anniversary special. Tickets were only available in person at the box office on Tuesday afternoon and sold out quickly, and Paul took the stage at 6:44 PM and treated the under-600-person crowd to a 22-song setlist that featured 14 Beatles songs, including the band’s “final” song, 2023’s “Now and Then.” Here’s an excerpt of Jem Aswad’s review for Variety:

But the most remarkable thing about the show — well, apart from seeing Paul McCartney perform 15 feet in front of you — was the banter. McCartney is usually quite chatty during his shows, but everyone knows his jocular comments in arenas aren’t actually directed at any one person, even if he makes it seem that way. Here, he was responding directly to fans’ shouts, which this time he could actually hear, although they were usually “We love you!”s or calls for relatively obscure songs. After one man shouted loudly for the flop 1980 single, “Temporary Secretary,” McCartney chuckled and said to the band, “Can we work that one in?”; after another shouted “Yeah!” to a mundane comment, he joked, “You’ll say ‘Yeah!’ to anything!”

Read more here. Variety also points out that both of the Max McNown shows originally scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday at Bowery Ballroom were moved to Irving Plaza, meaning Bowery will now be available on Wednesday night too… is another surprise planned?

Phones weren’t allowed at the Bowery show so we haven’t seen any video, but you can see a video of Paul outside the venue, some pics from the official Paul McCartney Instagram account, and the setlist below…

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@brooklynvegan Hundreds flocked to Bowery Ballroom in NYC after Paul McCartney announced an intimate, last minute show at the venue, happening tonight (2/11). Tickets were only sold in person, limit of 1 each, and sold out very soon after the announcement. #paulmccartney #boweryballroom ♬ original sound – BrooklynVegan

@brooklynvegan Hundreds flocked to Bowery Ballroom after Paul McCartney announced an intimate, last minute show at the venue, happening tonight (2/11). Tickets were only sold in person, limit of 1 each, and sold out very soon after the announcement – but this person got one! #paulmccartney #boweryballroom ♬ original sound – BrooklynVegan

Paul McCartney @ Bowery Ballroom – 2/11/25 Setlist (via)
A Hard Day’s Night (The Beatles song)
Letting Go (Wings song)
Got to Get You Into My Life (The Beatles song)
Let Me Roll It (Wings song)
My Valentine
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five (Wings song)
Maybe I’m Amazed
I’ve Just Seen a Face (The Beatles song)
From Me to You (The Beatles song)
Mrs. Vandebilt (Wings song)
Blackbird (The Beatles song)
Come On to Me
Jet (Wings song)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (The Beatles song)
Get Back (The Beatles song)
Now and Then (The Beatles song)
Lady Madonna (The Beatles song)
Let It Be (The Beatles song)
Hey Jude (The Beatles song)

Encore:
Golden Slumbers (The Beatles song)
Carry That Weight (The Beatles song)
The End (The Beatles song)