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McCartney, 72, surprised the audience by singing the Beatles'
"Another Girl," the first time the song has ever been performed
live, the singer's publicist said.
The veteran British musician also performed both Beatles hits
and his own, and addressed the excited crowd in Japanese, saying
"Long time no see Budokan."
"It was sensational and quite emotional remembering the first
time and then experiencing this fantastic audience tonight,"
McCartney said in a statement.
The Beatles first played the Budokon arena in 1966, amid
protests from locals angered at the use of the venue for a
musical act, as it was intended to be a sporting arena.
The controversy died down and over the past five decades,
several musical acts have come to the Tokyo arena.
McCartney last performed in Japan in 2013, near the beginning of
his international "Out There" tour, but not at the Budokan
venue. His current tour will wrap up in July in Chicago.
(Reporting by Reuters TV, Writing by Piya Sinha-Roy in Los
Angeles; Editing by Dan Grebler)
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