Sir Paul McCartney has spoken out about his recurring dream in which his concert audience deserts him for the bar. The Beatle's legend, who is set to headline Saturday night of Glastonbury Festival this year, has also admitted the challenge he faces in choosing setlists for his concert tours.
Sir Paul has more than 60 years of music behind him, and began his Got Back Tour on April 28 in the USA. He is set to visit 13 American cities before heading to Glastonbury to top the iconic Pyramid Stage.
Speaking during rehearsals, the music star said he wanted to include the track Women and Wives in his upcoming shows but worried that fans might switch off. He said: “I’m now just starting to think about that. Last time we rehearsed we worked up Women And Wives, so hopefully we’ll include that in the tour.
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“The trouble with that though, is there’s always the eternal dilemma of what do you take out, knowing the audiences really want to hear the hits so you’ve got to balance it very carefully. You’re taking out something they know very well and putting in something they don’t necessarily know, and I’m always dreading that’s the signal for them to go get a beer.
“It’s actually a recurring dream of mine: I’m playing and people start walking out, and I’m trying to think of a song that will get them back – ‘do Long Tall Sally, quick!’ – but they keep walking – ‘let’s do Yesterday!’ – it’s typical performer’s insecurities.
“I’d like to do a whole show of new songs but that’s for the anoraks in the crowd, that’s for the deep fans.”
Sir Paul said most of the audience “have paid good money, have brought their mums and dads” and do not want to hear his “deep cuts”. He added: “I think they want Beatles stuff mainly, Wings stuff, and maybe some of the new stuff.
“I force some of the new stuff on them. I know which ones people like because you can see it all light up, all the phones recording. When you say you want to do a new one it’s like a black hole!”
The 2022 Glastonbury Festival line-up also includes household names Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Diana Ross. This year's addition will take place at Worthy Farm from June 22-26.
