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Paul McCartney, a five-time SNL musical guest, performed three songs on Will Ferrell’s season finale— Days We Left Behind, Band on the Run, and an extended encore of Coming Up— and also appeared in Ferrell’s monologue and a mechanics sketch, ahead of his upcoming album The Boys of Dungeon Lane due May 29.
Paul McCartney headlined SNL's Season 51 finale on May 16, debuting 'Days We Left Behind' from his upcoming The Boys of Dungeon Lane, performing with Chad Smith on drums, and revisiting 'Band on the Run'—plus a teaser of 'Coming Up' and a Will Ferrell-hosted sketch; it's McCartney's fifth official SNL musical-guest appearance.
Paul McCartney closed SNL's season with performances of 'Days We Left Behind' from his upcoming The Boys of Dungeon Lane and Wings' 'Band on the Run,' backed by Chad Smith on drums, followed by a surprise encore; the appearance promotes his 18th solo album, produced with Andrew Watt, which includes tracks like 'Salesman Saint' and 'Home to Us,' his first duet with Ringo Starr.
Paul McCartney recalls in Audible's Words + Music how a night with Fela Kuti led him to smoke weed, leaving him nervous but moved by Kuti’s music; he smooths over a misunderstanding about supposedly stealing Black music and the two become friends, with the full interview now on Audible.
Morgan Neville’s Man on the Run reexamines Wings as Paul McCartney’s audacious post‑Beatles project, detailing his partnership with Linda, the controversial inclusion of his wife in the band, and his stubborn push away from Beatles nostalgia toward a democratic, sometimes chaotic 1970s era that produced Ram and Band on the Run—told with intimate archival moments that cast Wings in a newer light.