Paul McCartney Blames Bruce Springsteen for Setting a Standard of Hours-Long Performances

In recent years, many artists have been performing for hours during their concerts including Taylor Swift for her "The Eras Tour" which reportedly runs for three hours every single show. However, things were not like this in the past and Paul McCartney blamed one musician for setting a standard.

The Beatles member recently spoke with the "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend" podcast where he revealed that Bruce Springsteen was the person to blame why concert sets lasts for three or four hours nowadays.

Recalling his early touring days with the classic band, the legendary musician said they were "on package bills" at the time, but there have been a lot of changes in today's standards because aside from the main act, there would also be a warm-up act.

Paul McCartney Blames Bruce Springsteen for Hours-Long Performances

"Then, it was a lot of people on the bill because nobody did long [sets]. Now people will do three, four hours," he explained. (via Consequence Sound)

He later blamed the other iconic singer, saying, "I blame Bruce Springsteen. I've told him so. I said, 'It's your fault, man!'"

When asked if Springsteen had ruined the experience for other artists, McCartney agreed because singers can't do one-hour shows anymore compared to his time with the Beatles where they would only perform for 30 minutes and they got paid for it.

He later explained why they only had short performances back in the day, saying it was because there were "a lot of people in the bill" and doing half-hour shows for the band was already "epic" and people didn't find it strange.

Paul McCartney Updates

In other updates about Paul McCartney, the musician set the record for being the oldest headliner for Glastonbury Music Festival last year, but for the 2023 edition of the event, the singer enjoyed his time as a concertgoer.

Regarding the recent updates on the Beatles' new album, which is set to be released this year, the musician shared a statement online to clarify his earlier remarks.

Initially, fans were surprised as McCartney said in an interview that the band's album would contain John Lennon's voice through the use of artificial intelligence.

But he later clarified in a post that "nothing has been artificially or synthetically created" for the project. (via The Guardian)

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