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Beyoncé had a word of thanks for Sir Paul McCartney. As the music icon closed out the Cowboy Carter tour’s six-show run at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, she posted her gratitude to the former Beatle on her Instagram. Bey famously covered McCartney’s Beatles song “Blackbird” (stylized as “Blackbiird”) on her Grammy-winning album, Cowboy Carter.
“Thank you, Sir Paul McCartney, for writing one of the best songs ever made. Every time I sing it, I feel so honored. And it is a full circle moment to wear your beautiful daughter’s design,” Beyoncé wrote in her Instagram post, also acknowledging Paul’s famous fashion designer daughter, Stella McCartney.
McCartney wrote “Blackbird” in 1968 while the Beatles were in India studying under the transcendental meditation guru Mahareshi Mahesh Yogi. Included on their double album The Beatles aka “The White Album,” the song was inspired by the Civil Rights struggles of African-Americans in the United States, particularly the Little Rock Nine, Black students who faced scathing racism while integrating an Arkansas high school back in 1957.
McCartney’s master recording is used in Beyoncé’s version, which also features Black female country artists Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts and Tiera Kennedy.
Beyoncé’s IG post served as a “thank you” to her fans in the U.K. From there, her tour moves to Paris on June 19.
“Thank you, London, for creating unforgettable memories for me and my family,” she wrote. “Holla at ‘ya when I come on tour again!”
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