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Beth Simpson

“All the guys in the audience were looking at the chords you were playing, and they’d study it… and we kind of liked that. And all the girls weren’t”: Paul McCartney recalls one of things he noticed on the Beatles' first trip to the US in 1964

The Beatles perform at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California, during their Summer 1964 United States and Canada Tour, 19th August 1964. Left to right: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr. (Photo by William Lovelace/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images).

Paul McCartney returned to the stage over the weekend with a two-night stint in the comparatively intimate surroundings of the Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles.

Usually, of course, McCartney – one of the few individuals for whom that hackneyed phrase ‘living legend’ is applicable – plays arenas and stadiums, something he acknowledged early on, saying: “It’s great to be at these little gigs - I mean, it’s not that little.”

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