Macca and rooftops

Paul McCartney performed outside on a rooftop of sorts to the delight of fans below. 

It wasn’t the Apple Corps building on London’s Saville Row, made famous by the Beatles fabled appearance there in 1969, but New York’s Ed Sullivan Theater, at 53rd Street and Broadway, where McCartney was appearing on the Dave Letterman show. 

It was July 15, 2009 and Sir Paul McCartney was marking the 45th anniversary of the Beatles' triumphant appearance on Ed Sullivan. For the occasion, he and his band played “Get Back” and “Sing the Changes,” taped for the Late Show broadcast, but then thundered through a mini-set that included through “Coming Up,” “Band On the Run,” “Let Me Roll It,” “Helter Skelter” and “Back In the USSR.” 

The performance took place atop the building’s marquee, where others including Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Audioslave, Phish, Eminem and Jay-Z have also appeared.