Sir Paul McCartney plays free gig in Covent Garden

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Sir Paul McCartney surprises passers-by with an unannounced free gig in central London - echoing his famous rooftop gig with The Beatles 44 years ago. • The star replaced the jugglers and living statues who often gather around St Paul's Church in Covent Garden to perform a selection of new tracks from the back of a truck. • Thousands of people gathered in the cobbled piazza and got a grandstand view from the balcony of the market building opposite. • Onlookers started gathering at around 11am after they twigged the musician may be playing after spotting one of his flight cases. The truck - forming his makeshift stage - pulled into the square at about 6am, with stacks of speakers set up in front. • Stepping onstage at 1.30pm, he told the crowd: Good afternoon, and welcome to Covent Garden. We're just going to do a few songs from our new album so get your phones out - as if they weren't out already. • After playing current single New, he joked: Busking - I've always wanted to busk here. • Sir Paul memorably performed with The Beatles in January 1969 on the roof of the group's Apple HQ in London's Savile Row. • Today's performance follows a whirlwind week of promotion for his latest album - also called New -which has involved intimate shows at BBC studios and numerous TV and radio interviews. • Source: AP • Get the latest headlines http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ • Subscribe to The Telegraph http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... • Like us on Facebook / telegraph.co.uk • Follow us on Twitter / telegraph • Follow us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/1028913550727... • Telegraph.co.uk and / telegraphtv are websites of The Daily Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.

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