A pause for something more pleasant. Last night, Paul McCartney played in Tel-Aviv, as part of the celebration of Israel’s 60th birthday, defying bitter criticisms and even death threats. Good on Macca. There are video clips on YouTube already, including this one of Paul doing his beautiful song Blackbird, with just acoustic guitar (and a whole lot of audience participation).

Click here to go directly to YouTube or play below.

The person who uploaded it to YouTube leaves this note:

Paul McCartney Sings “Blackbird” alone on the stage, in the concert “Friendship First” in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
He gives a little explanation about the song at the beginning of the video.
You can hear me clearly at the background, ruining this beautiful song.
I’ve waited a long time for seeing him live, and I’ve never thought that the first time I’ll see him live would be in Israel!!!!!
Paul, Thank You Very Much For Coming!

And here is Yesterday:

(These clips might be deleted at any time, I suspect.)

Here’s a story on the show from the Jerusalem Post.

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