Paul McCartney performs with special guests: Lac-Megantic survivors
Posted Jul 24, 2013 3:30 am.
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QUEBEC – Paul McCartney paid tribute to victims of the Lac-Megantic tragedy Tuesday night, offering free concert tickets and dedicating a song to survivors at a concert.
The pop legend received his longest ovation of the concert on Quebec City’s historic Plains of Abraham upon playing “Let It Be.”
The song came with a special greeting from McCartney, delivered in French, to the people of Lac-Megantic.
About 1,000 people from the community had been given free tickets to the show, two weeks after a train disaster killed dozens of its residents.
“I would like to dedicate this song to the people of Lac-Megantic,” McCartney said in English, before continuing in French and adding, “I dedicate this song to you.”
The show began at dusk. As a DJ played a medley of Beatles covers, tens of thousands of people scrambled for spots offering the best vantage points from among the hills of the historic Plains of Abraham battlefield.
