Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr

Beatles legends Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr came together on-stage on Saturday (April 4) to perform at Radio City Music Hall for a benefit concert “Change Begins Within” organized by The David Lynch Foundation. This is the second time these two Beatles stars reunited, the first being their 2002 performance at London´s Royal Albert Hall for a memorial concert for George Harrison, who had died from cancer at the age of 58.

“Change Begins Within” was directed towards teaching Transcendental Meditation to millions of students all over the world. During the show, the former Beatles members reminisced their trip to India together 40 years ago, a trip that taught them transcendental meditation. They had learnt the technique from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the period popularly known as ¨crazy 60s.¨ McCartney reflected “It was a great gift the Maharishi gave us. For me it came at a time when we were looking for some stability towards the end of the crazy 60s. It’s a lifelong gift that we can call on any time.” He also added “Allowing children to experience something that they wouldn’t have been able to experience otherwise is a great thing. It started for us when we met the Maharishi in India and it’s going to get bigger and bigger and rule the world.”

Saturday, McCartney and Starr performed individually. However, McCartney called Starr on stage to sing ¨With a Little Help From My Friends¨ with him. Later Starr moved on to the drums, and other musicians (Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Eddie Vedder, Bettye LaVette, Moby and Ben Harper) joined the pair for two more 1960s songs, “I Saw Her Standing There” and “Cosmically Conscious.” Both these songs were written by McCartney in the Maharishi´s ashram in Rishikesh while he was on his India trip just mentioned.

John Lennon and Harrison were remembered through Starr who spoke about writing “It Don’t Come Easy” with Harrison and “My Sweet Lord” sung by Crow. There was also McCartney´s tearful tribute to Lennon as he played “Here Today.”

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