Paul McCartney @ Citi Field, 7.17.09

Jul 18th, 2009 - Newsday

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Yes, it was a home run that sparked those fireworks high above Citi Field Friday night – not from one of the usual sources, but from pop music’s most-dependable slugger, Sir Paul McCartney.

The blasts that punctuated “Live and Let Die,” both on the massive stage set up in centerfield and above it, served as a not-so-subtle reminder that the man who ushered in the era of stadium rock in 1965, when The Beatles made history by playing Shea Stadium, was in town to christen another stadium.

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