Sir Paul McCartney welcomed the surviving members of Nirvana, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear, to join him on stage in Seattle of Friday night (July 19, 2013).
McCartney was playing the very first rock show at the new Safeco Field in Seattle and revived his grunge backing-band for the occasion.
McCartney, Grohl, Novoselic and Smear first performed together live for the Sandy Relief Concert in December, 2012. They first got together to record the track ‘Cut Me Some Slack’ for Grohl’s Sound City movie project.
The Nirvana members joined Sir Paul for the encore of his Seattle show to perform Cut Me Some Slack, Get Back, Long Tall Sally, Helter Skelter and The End.
Here is the setlist from the show:
Eight Days A Week (from Beatles For Sale, 1964)
Junior’s Farm (single, 1974)
All My Loving (from With The Beatles, 1963)
Listen To What The Man Said (from Venus & Mars, 1975)
Let Me Roll It (from Band On The Run, 1973)
Paperback Writer (single, 1966)
My Valentine (from Kisses On The Bottom, 2012)
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five (from Band On The Run, 1973)
The Long And Winding Road (from Let It Be, 1970)
Maybe I’m Amazed (from McCartney, 1970)
I’ve Just Seen A Face (from Help, 1965)
We Can Work It Out (single, 1965)
Another Day (single, 1971)
And I Love Her (From A Hard Days Night, 1964)
Blackbird (from The Beatles, 1968)
Here Today (from Tug Of War, 1982)
Your Mother Should Know (from Magical Mystery Tour, 1967)
Lady Madonna (single, 1968)
All Together Now (from Yellow Submarine, 1969)
Mrs Vandebilt (from Band On The Run, 1973)
Eleanor Rigby (from Revolver, 1966)
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite (from Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967)
Something (from Abbey Road, 1969)
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (from The Beatles, 1968)
Band On The Run (from Band On The Run, 1973)
Back In The USSR (from The Beatles, 1968)
Let It Be (from Let It Be, 1970)
Live and Let Die (single, 1973)
Hey Jude (single, 1968)
Day Tripper (single, 1965)
Cut Me Some Slack (Sound City soundtrack, 2013) (with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
Get Back (from Let It Be, 1969) (with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
Long Tall Sally (from 1964 EP) (with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
Yesterday (from Help, 1965)
Helter Skelter (from The Beatles, 1968) (with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
Golden Slumbers (from Abbey Road, 1969) (with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
Carry That Weight (from Abbey Road, 1969) (with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
The End (from Abbey Road, 1969) (with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
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