Paul McCartney returned to a concert stage Saturday after being sidelined for two months because of a virus, spinning out songs from the Beatles, Wings and a solo career that has spanned more than 50 years of rock 'n' roll.
"It's great to be back," said McCartney, who turned 72 two weeks ago. He looked none the worse for wear, putting on a show of just under three hours with 38 songs before finishing with the three-song medley that ends the Abbey Road album.
McCartney was briefly hospitalized in Tokyo in May because of the viral infection. The illness forced him to cancel a Japanese tour and a concert in South Korea and reschedule half a dozen June dates in the United States before resuming his "Out There" tour in Albany.
Before his illness, McCartney last performed May 1 in Costa Rica.
McCartney opened with the Beatles' Eight Days a Week. He wore black jeans and a sky blue blazer. When he took the jacket off four songs in, he joked that it was the only wardrobe change of the evening.
The crowd-pleasing show contained a mix of expected hits like Hey Jude and Let it Be, four songs from McCartney's latest album and a generous sampling from more obscure corners of his catalogue, including the Beatles' songs Lovely Rita and Wings work such as Another Day and 1985. Most of the 1980s and 1990s were passed over.
He paid tribute to the two late members of the Beatles, singing Here Today to former songwriting partner John Lennon, which McCartney described as the conversation they never had. He began playing George Harrison's song Something on the ukulele, and it built into a full band rendition.
McCartney also honoured another late rock star, Jimi Hendrix, with an instrumental interlude of Purple Haze.
McCartney's wife, Nancy, was on hand and he dedicated the song My Valentine to her. Perhaps one oblique reference to his absence was the new song, On My Way to Work, which McCartney said he hadn't performed publicly before.
It's a busy year for McCartney, who marked the 50th anniversary of his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show this winter, which marked the beginning of Beatlemania in the United States. He has 19 U.S. shows scheduled, including one at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, where the Beatles made their final concert appearance in 1966.
The other surviving ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr, is also on the road this summer.
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