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Sir Paul McCartney halts Glastonbury gig over concerns for audience member

Sir Paul McCartney halted his headlining gig at Glastonbury Festival tonight to check on an audience member.

The legendary singer made history this evening as he became the oldest ever performer to headline at Worthy Farm at 80 years old.

But Paul paused his tribute to Jimi Hendrix to make sure that a festival goer was OK.

A source told the Mirror: "The crowd were going wild for Paul as soon as he stepped on stage.

"He was in the middle of his tribute to Jimi Hendrix when he stopped to check on someone in the crowd."

Sir Paul McCartney halted his headline gig at Glastonbury Festival tonight (Daily Mirror)

As soon as the iconic musician stepped up on stage, the musician received a huge round of applause from the crowd.

"It's so good to be here," he told festival goers. "We were supposed to be doing this three years ago."

Paul was overcome with emotion as he was serenaded by the crowd and said: "OK, so here we are. We've got some old songs, we've got some new songs and we've got some inbetweeners.

"I've got a feeling we're going to have a great time tonight!"

The crowd were thrilled to watch the legendary musician on the stage (PA)

He went on to dedicate his piano-led version of My Valentine to his wife Nancy, who was watching his Glastonbury set in the audience.

“The next song I’ll do is one I wrote for my wife Nancy, she’s in the audience tonight with us, this one’s for you Nanc,” he said.

Sir Paul previously played at the Pyramid Stage in 2004.

He dedicated a song to his wife (PA)

His much-anticipated performance came after Worthy Farm welcomed the festival's youngest ever headliner, Billie Eilish.

Before his big performance on Saturday, Sir Paul rehearsed with a secret sell-out intimate pub gig on Friday.

The P.S. I Love You singer played in front of 600 people at a tiny establishment called the Cheese & Grain in Frome.

He told the crowd: "Good evening, Frome. Why am I getting a feeling we are going to have some fun? We've got some old songs and some new songs and some in-between."

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