21 avril...

Paul McCartney and other stars performed Thursday April 21at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall for the Hole in the Wall Camps star-studded benefit. The show lasted nearly two hours.

Tony Bennett opened the show and others performed after him. Then Robin Williams joked about Paul being a Knight, "just like Elton John is is a Knight ...and something else."

Then, one of the camp kids (who were featured between the acts) came on and introduced Paul, asking him how he wrote "Yesterday." Paul told the "I dreamed it" story, complete with reference to the original Scrambled Eggs lyrics. Laughter from the audience.

Then, only accompanied by a string quartet, he played "Yesterday" on the Epiphone guitar that he always uses when he plays the song -- the one from the Ed Sullivan show.

A woman in the audience shouted out "I LOVE YOU!" Paul heard her but couldn't make out what she said. He replied, "I'm not talking to you now... I'm doing a show." She shouted again something unintelligible, and he stopped, looked towards her, and said. "OK, then, what do you want to say?" He paused. No response. "See, it happens that way all the time," he said and then went on with the show.

Next was "Lady Madonna" with Paul at the piano, backed by the string quartet. The sound wasn't mixed right (even though Paul brought his tour soundman Pablo with him) at the start of the song, but the vocals gradually grew louder after a few bars.

After Paul there was one final performer (?), who did a song, which ended the show. During the last chorus all the night's performers came out, thanked Paul Newman and took several bows. Paul stood onstage near the end of the line of performers, between Robin Williams and Tony Bennett. Paul and Robin were doing some funny dance steps as they stood in the long line of entertainers taking a bow.