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NEW YORK (AP) – Travelers with tickets to New York Central Station heard a special serenade Friday night Paul McCartney takes a corner of the majestic center for a concert.

Only guests such as Jon Bon Jovi, Meryl Streep, Amy Schumer, Kate Moss and Steve Buscemi were left behind black curtains to see the scene, but everyone could hear a set of 24 songs spanning more than 50 years of music.

It was a master stroke to promote a new album entitled "Egypt Station". McCartney said that he was wondering "what is the coolest resort you could think of?" and installed on the Manhattan landmark. The group is installed under a chandelier and in front of a giant clock, just off the entrance to 42nd Street.

Despite gray streaks in his famous t-shirt, the 76-year-old former Beatle was fighting.

He played familiar hits like "Let it be," "Can not Buy Me Love," "A Hard Day's Night" and "Lady Madonna." He also dug deeper into his songbook for "I Got A Feeling", "Hi Hi Hi" and "1985".

While he was playing three songs from his new album, McCartney made over 50-year-old white album. The sweaty and dancing crowd did not care much about time travel.

McCartney is perhaps the most famous musician in the world, but he is also human. Apparently nervous while he was standing on a riser in the middle of the audience with an acoustic guitar for a song, he dismissed the words to "Blackbird" not once but twice, starting with both times. Fans who surrounded her, famous and not famous, knew all the words and encouraged her.

"I know this song," he says with frustration. "I wrote it!"

Before singing the Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do," McCartney spoke of his nerves by singing the chorus and that he can still hear it in his voice when he hears it. ;recording.

Flash for half a century and he talked about a writing session with Kanye West. After a few days in the studio, he was not sure to even have a song. A few months later, West sent him a copy of "4, 5 Seconds" with Rihanna singing.

"I phoned him and asked him," Am I on this song? McCartney said, and West said it included his guitar, and at Grand Central McCartney picked it up.

Some members of the Beatles' extended family were present. Sean Lennon, the son of McCartney's last partner, was in the audience. As well as McCartney's wife, Nancy Shevell, and he dedicated to her the song "My Valentine". Giles Martin, the son of Beatles' long-time producer George Martin, was in charge of the concert sound.

For a new song on intimidation, McCartney has invited two women from the audience to tell their story about being mishandled. "I made fun of being a fan of the Beatles," said one of them.

This earned him a hug from The Beatles.

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