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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

‘It’s a bit emotional’: Paul McCartney plays new songs to fans at Abbey Road

Paul McCartney standing with the palms of his hands together before the crowd
Paul McCartney at London's Abbey Road Studios on Tuesday. Photograph: Sonny McCartney

Studio Two at Abbey Road was dressed with an armchair, a guitar and a bookcase of Paul McCartney memorabilia. Without the spotlights and cameras, it might have passed for his living room. Even so, the 50 competition-winning Beatles fans gathered to enjoy their prize – a preview listen to McCartney’s new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane – were surely not expecting the man himself to walk in.

Then the room hushed. One fan said keenly: “He must be here.” And he was.

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