Paul McCartney will reportedly continue his streak of live performances with a gig at Apple headquarters to celebrate the tech company's 50th anniversary.
Just days after he returned to the stage with a star-studded intimate gig at Hollywood's historic Fonda Theater, the Beatles musician, 83, will reportedly perform for staff at Apple's sprawling Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California on Wednesday (1 April).
McCartney's appearance was teased via reference to a “British invasion” singer that the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs would've been happy to see.
Pictures on social media showed McCartney playing an electric guitar on stage during a soundcheck on Tuesday (31 March). The legendary musician was seen performing beneath the rainbow arch in the middle of the park, which is home to 12,000 employees.
It’s a turnaround for McCartney, who was at one point involved in a lengthy dispute with the tech giant regarding The Beatles’ record company, named Apple Corps.
In 1978 Apple Corps – which is owned by McCartney, Ringo Starr and the estates of John Lennon and George Harrison – sued Apple Computer, as it was then known, for copyright infringement.
The lawsuit was settled in 1981, with Apple Computer paying the record label $80,000 and agreeing to stay out of music. In 2003, they sued again following the introduction of the iPod and iTunes, but lost the trial when it made it to court in 2006.
The trademark dispute was settled in 2007, with the Beatles' entire back catalogue being added to iTunes in 2010.
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Over the weekend, McCartney played two rare shows in Los Angeles, to a crowd was packed out with celebrities from the world of music.
Among those in attendance were Stevie Nicks, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Margot Robbie. Starr, McCartney’s former bandmate, also showed up to support him, with the musician playing tracks including “Blackbird”, “Let It Be” and “Hey Jude”.
During the set, McCartney reportedly poked fun at Donald Trump's dance moves, with a mention of his name prompting boos from the crowd.
The shows were tied to the release of McCartney's upcoming album, The Boys of Dungeons of Lane, which will be released on 29 May.
The title references a street in London which McCartney still sees when he returns home, and the musician says he sees as a symbolic gateway to a world before Beatlemania: one of “smoky bars and cheap guitars”, or of afternoons spent birdwatching by the Mersey.
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