Dozens of Beatles fans were left stunned after spotting Sir Paul McCartney while on a Fab Four-themed sightseeing bus in Liverpool. Passengers aboard the Magical Mystery Tour were thrilled to catch a glimpse of the music legend during their trip.
FaceTime call with Ringo Starr
The surprise encounter became even more memorable when Sir Paul appeared to be on a FaceTime call with fellow Beatle Sir Ringo Starr as he waved to delighted fans from his car. Tour guide Tony Curley, 71, described the moment as "amazing."
He said: "We were driving along Hope Street towards the Cathedral and the driver Neil noticed someone was flagging us down. We pulled up at the red lights and there he was waving whilst sat in the back of a car. We pulled our window down and, like a proper Scouser, he said to us, 'you alright, lads?' Of course we were - as a Beatles fan seeing Paul for the first time was amazing. I got on the microphone and said to all the fans on the bus 'get your phones out there is Paul McCartney.' He then waved at everyone on the bus and pulled out Ringo on his phone."
Magical coincidence
Tony said the encounter "probably only lasted a minute but was a magical coincidence." He added that Sir Paul had only been spotted on the tour once before, in 2018, when the pop icon was outside his childhood house filming a TV programme with James Corden.
Tony, who has been doing tours for the past 10 years, said that Sir Paul must get a "buzz" out of showing his face to fans. He said: "I think he must have been sat there in the car on the phone to Ringo and seen us coming along and decided to say hello. I'm sure he would have had a giggle over it. I also think he must get a huge sense of pride as well when seeing the bus. People travel from all over the world to come on our tours. It was just perfect timing that we had to be there at that exact moment."
Fans over the moon
Tony said the fans on the bus were "over the moon." He noted that what made it even better was that he only agreed to fill in the shift on Saturday after someone had called in sick. Tony added: "It will be a couple of weeks until we come back down to earth."
