It was his first performance in the former Soviet republic and he sang and played a range of Beatles hits as well as solo material during his set, which lasted a full two-and-a-half hours.
8The concert, organised by Ukrainian billionaireViktor Pinchuk, was also broadcast live on television screens across the country as well as showing on giant screens in five other cities.
Sir Paul McCartney’s first number was the Beatles hit Drive My Car and then he played Hey Jude, Let it Be, Back in the USSR, and Penny Lane, which were all Beatles songs too.
The high point of the gig was McCartney’s performance of the James Bond theme Live And Let Die, which had a pyrotechnics and firework display to go with it.
