According to Paul McCartney, The Beatles only played 30-minute shows when they were at the height of their career.
Over the years, the music industry has evolved in many ways and has undergone several changes, such as the duration of concerts, which have become longer. Although, Paul McCartney complained about it and blamed it on Bruce Springsteenresponsible for hits like “Dancing In The Dark,” “I’m On Fire” It is “Born in the USA“
While participating in the podcast Needs A Friendpresented by Conan O’Brienthe legendary member of the Beatles commented on how the setlists got longer and longer. As McCartney explained, Springsteen he was the one who started the trend of putting on shows that were hours long – and other artists couldn’t put on shorter shows.
Furthermore, macca commented as the Fab Four it only played 30-minute shows when it was at its peak in the 1960s – and fans never complained about it. “These days, basically there’s the main act and there might be an opening act,” he said.
At that time [nos anos 1960], there were a lot of people on the bill because no one had been there for a long time, now people are going to do three or four hours. I blame Bruce Springsteen – I said this to him: ‘It’s your fault, man.
“Now we can’t do an hour, we used to do half an hour. Beatles – half an hour and we were paid for it,” continued the world rock star. At another point in the conversation, he explained why live performances lasted less in the past.
“I tried to figure out why it was so short. Well, because there were a lot of people on the bill. I think when you went to something, if you were a comedian, the promoter would say, ‘How long can you get? Four minutes?’ The guy said yes, so they did four and we were like, ‘Well, half an hour of this is epic.’ It didn’t seem strange,” said Paul McCartney.
Source: Rollingstone
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