{"id":30579,"date":"2024-10-10T18:02:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T18:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-oct-10-2013-paul-mccartney-plays-surprise-free-show-in-times-square\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T18:02:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T18:02:34","slug":"on-this-day-oct-10-2013-paul-mccartney-plays-surprise-free-show-in-times-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-oct-10-2013-paul-mccartney-plays-surprise-free-show-in-times-square\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, Oct. 10, 2013: Paul McCartney plays surprise free show in Times Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-10-10\/ABCAudio_ThisDayInHistory_v03_ag.jpg\" alt><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On This Day, Oct. 10, 2013 &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Paul McCartney\u00a0<\/strong>surprised fans in New York City with an impromptu free concert in Times Square, announcing the show on social media about one hour before it occurred.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The rocker was promoting his 16th studio album,\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">New<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">,<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">and treated fans to four songs off the record: \u201cSave Us,\u201d \u201cEverybody Out There,\u201d \u201cQueenie Eye\u201d and the title track.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fans who could not make it to the Big Apple were able to enjoy the concert at home thanks to a Times Square webcam.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">New<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, which at the time was McCartney\u2019s first album of new material in six years, was released one day later on Oct. 11.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">McCartney is currently on the latest leg of his Got Back tour. 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