Watch Paul McCartney perform live with Jack White and St Vincent in Mexico
While closing out the final set at the Corona Capital music festival, Beatles legend Paul McCartney was joined onstage by Jack White and St Vincent for a version of the Abbey Road staple ‘The End’.
The conclusion of the iconic Fab Four album is famous for its guitar battle between McCartney, George Harrison, and John Lennon. As White took to the stage, he played off the other musicians, taking his own stabs at his signature bluesy guitar fills in between the iconic lines.
St Vincent (real name: Annie Clark) had also been working with McCartney earlier in the set, joining him onstage for a performance of the Beatles track, ‘Get Back’. After extending the jam from the album version, both White and Clark kept their playing reserved as McCartney brought the night to a close.
This marks only one spot on McCartney’s run of tour dates this year through Southern America in November 2024, after which he will be heading north for a tour of both Europe and the UK. White has also announced tour dates for 2025, while St Vincent is going to be sharing the stage with Nick Cave and Olivia Rodrigo.
Aside from being one of the biggest rock musicians in the world, McCartney has been a personal part of White’s life since he was a child. Admiring the high register that the Beatle sang in when covering ‘The Hippy Hippy Shake’, White used the tune as the basis for his sound, saying, “My voice isn’t comfortable in that higher range, but that song was a big influence on me trying to get my voice somewhere like that.”
Despite the massive influence of the band as a whole, White also had no reservations in calling McCartney his favourite Beatles. While this was the first performance that White had alongside McCartney, he had the opportunity to perform for him at The White House in 2010, performing a cover of the White Album acoustic song, ‘Mother Nature’s Son’.
Clark also has had fond memories of working with McCartney. Before collaborating onstage, she had previously taken part in McCartney III Reimagined, where she submitted her own version of the bluesy tune ‘Women and Wives’.
After having her song included on the record, Clark remembered getting a personal call from McCartney saying how much he liked her version, which she considered a major career highlight. She has also been known for making multiple covers of McCartney’s Beatles material, including the Let It Be track ‘Dig a Pony’ and the jaunty White Album deep cut ‘Martha My Dear.’
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