Watch The Rolling Stones cover The Beatles’ ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’ in Liverpool
nme.comThe Rolling Stones paid tribute to The Beatles by covering their 1963 hit ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’.Originally penned by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the Stones were actually the first to release a version of the song.
They put it out as a single – their second – on November 1, 1963, exactly three weeks before The Beatles’ own recording appeared on their second UK album, ‘With The Beatles’.
Yesterday’s performance marked the first time the Stones had played ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’ since 2012.Before launching into the song, singer Mick Jagger told the crowd that the Stones had initially planned to cover ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ by Gerry And The Pacemakers – which is played before every Liverpool soccer match at Anfield Stadium, where the show took place – but “decided instead to do a cover song written by other local lads”.Take a look at the performance below:The Rolling Stones are currently underway with their ‘SIXTY’ tour of Europe and the UK, which continues next Monday (June 13) in Amsterdam.
As its name suggests, the run comes in celebration of the Stones’ six-decade tenure, having officially formed in June of 1962 (they’d perform their first show as The Rolling Stones a month later).
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