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We went to Desert Trip last weekend, and loved all of it , especially Sir Paul McCartney's glorious performance. And while it was hard to believe that Oldchella's Weekend 2 could get any better...it did!
On Saturday night Rihanna herself joined Macca on stage to sing "FourFiveSeconds," last year's hit that was also co-written, produced and performed by Kanye West. It's a beautiful song, and Rihanna crushes it, as per usual, in both her vocals and sartorial choice.
I'll never forget the night I got to be front row to see Paul McCartney and then Rihanna came on stage dressed as Bobby Brown. #DesertTrip pic.twitter.com/4m8CRybz6O
— Daniel Van Kirk (@danielvankirk) October 16, 2016
As Desert Sun reporter Bruce Fessier noted , Macca introduced Rihanna by saying, "We finally found someone under 50." Good one, dad!
Paul has been making the most of his time in the desert; he played an intimate show at Pappy & Harriet's earlier this week. He may be 74 (damn!!) but he's still full of surprises!
