Sir Paul McCartney rocks night of Liverpool Sound

SIR Paul McCartney rocked Liverpool in a thrilling night for Capital of Culture.

And if Anfield had a roof Macca would have blown it right off.

The former Beatle played almost 30 songs from across his five-decade career during two triumphant hours on stage at last night's Liverpool Sound.

He told the ecstatic 36,000-strong crowd: "Thank you for coming here to the city of culture, epicentre of the universe."

Sir Paul was introduced by comedian Peter Kay, whose surprise appearance sparked roars of delight from the stadium.

The Bolton-born comedian joked: "He's a local lad who's done very well for himself. He's played with them all, Stevie Wonder, Rupert the Bear and the Beatles. "It's Sir Paul Mildred McCartney."

Wearing a black 'Beatles-style' jacket, trousers and white shirt, Macca appeared on the stage - a 200ft wide platform with Liverpool spelt out in giant letters overhead - and broke into a breakneck speed version of Hippy Hippy Shake.