Drummer Dave Grohl, bassist Krist Novoselic and guitarist Pat Smear joined the winsome ambassador of pop for his premier performance at Safeco Field. The three, who have become entwined with 21st century Seattleite folklore, poignantly ‘reformed’ in their hometown for McCartney’s encore of 6 Beatle’s tracks.

The four opened with ‘Cut Me Some Slack’, a song they recorded together for Dave Grohl’s Sound City Film project, a composition that topped both the US Billboard Top Soundtracks and Top Hard Rock Album charts. This was the first time however that they had played multiple tunes together in a live capacity.

For those who winged and cringed about the desecration of Grunge’s paradigms at the 12/12/12 show in aid of Hurricane Sandy last year, the idea that the local legends first united performance in Seattle for 20 years was with the alleged impersonator, wont make them feel any better.

The stage was overrun with four guitarists and two bassists for ‘Get Back’, ‘Long Tall Sally’, ‘Helter Skelter’, ‘Golden Slumbers’, ‘Carry That Weight’ and ‘The End’. The thrills they were all receiving from the unannounced convergence during performance was palpable, after all, it is better in a public place of acute awareness and pain that celebration is had rather than remorse.