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Stewart Hume,

Correspondent (Music)

 

In 1969, one of the most famous unprompted gigs happened in the centre of London as the Beatles hit the roof top of  Savile Row Apple headquarters to perform a set for the busy lunch time rush. This event has gone down in history and as we have learnt from our past, history has a way of repeating itself.

Sir Paul McCartney was taking a leaf out of his own book as he put on an unannounced secret show in the middle of Covent Garden, promoting his new album ‘New’. This time the singer was not on top of a large building but had a team set up a stage on the back of a lorry. An hour before he began to play, he announced the show on Twitter. By the time it was in full swing, more than 2,000 fans had come to see the veteran performing an exclusive set.

This took place exactly a week after the singer carried out a similar stunt in the middle of Times Square in New York. The idea to do these impromptu gigs came from his daughter Stella. He hoped that as soon as his show had been spotted, the Twitter world would explode with excitement. A technological advance that certainly the Beatle’s show in the 60’s did not have.

It certainly shows the power our various social networks have, where under 140 characters you can gather a huge crowd of music fans to enjoy an exclusive show.

His new album was released on Monday, October 21 and it is already expected to do well.

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