The 82-year-old delivers an extraordinary set drawn almost entirely from The Beatles and Wings canons, bringing tears, nostalgia and even screaming

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The rising storm of strings from “A Day in the Life” reach their skull-burst crescendo, the Hofner bass on the stage-back screen explodes into fireworks and Paul McCartney steps onto the Co-Op Arena stage for the first of four UK shows to a reception worthy of a homecoming emperor. There’s something fundamentally historic about sharing a room – even a giant black box with nightmarish toilet facilities – with the world’s most important living musician. Particularly since the cracks in his voice, noted by many watching his momentous 2022 Glastonbury headline set at home, had suggested that this 82-year-old titan of pop might only have a limited number of convincing “oooh”s, “beep-beep yeah!”s and “bedah-bedah-AAAAAH!”s left in him.