Party atmosphere prior to Paul McCartney’s concert at GNP Stadium

And the “chi lobs iu ye, ye, ye” sounds and resonates at the top of our lungs at the main entrance to the GNP Seguros Stadium, joined by a spontaneous and growing chorus that accompanies that emblematic song by The Beatles. The throats scream as if she were an arriving ranchera, the kind that makes you want to scream and drink.

This is not the case; Here everything is joy and expectation. It has been an afternoon of celebration that has extended until the early hours of the night, waiting for the first of the three concerts that Sir Paul McCartney will give in the Mexican capital to begin, starting this Tuesday.

And now are the choruses of And I Love her those that sound loud, then Let it be, Don’t let me down and, of course, it could not be missed Yesterdaywhile part of the crowd that incessantly arrives at this recently renovated entertainment center, located to the east of the city, decides to join that improvised concert that takes place at the main entrance of the aforementioned venue, between screams and overwhelming ovations.

They are two young people who are barely over 20 years old and who, according to what they say, have just met there. Both came to enjoy the genius and music of the former Beatle, but, as they brought their respective guitars, they decided to join their talents to pay sonic tribute to the Liverpool quartet before the performance. And so, for more than an hour, they enjoy the hits that made John, Paul, Ringo and George.

Yes, a contagious atmosphere of party and camaraderie is what is experienced and enjoyed in the preamble to the first concert in Chilangolandia of the Got Back tour, which brings Paul McCartney to Mexico again, after last year he performed in two occasions around these dates.

Even before it got dark, the impact on traffic around the area and the movement of street vendors foreshadowed the human tide that was about to arrive, whose highest waves were felt starting at seven at night, two hours before the start of the show.

And there they are seen in droves, anxious, smiling, some worried, some having a riot, boyfriends who do not miss the opportunity to kiss and, why not, get hands on each other. There are many, too many, a lot, as a family, as a couple, some alone. The public following the former bassist and composer of The Beatles continues to arrive at the former Foro Sol.

There are all ages, from some octogenarians to one or another little boy or girl of primary school age. Paul’s magic and creativity allows and drives these encounters and generational crossovers.

“I come with my dad; “He told me that if I don’t go to school tomorrow there’s no problem, because he says this concert is historic,” says Iván, 9, whose father, 40, calls himself a lifelong “Beatles fan.”

They come from all the mayors of the city, from nearby entities such as Morelos, the state of Mexico and Hidalgo; and there are those from a little further away, like León and Celaya, Guanajuato; There were even those who traveled from Mazatlán for this historic presentation and will leave first thing tomorrow morning.

There are quite a few who dressed up in the colorful costumes in which The Beatles appear on the cover of the legendary Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band the eighth album by the British band. They swarm by the dozens. Several people are also seen who, without distinction of gender or age, carry a flag of the United Kingdom on their backs, like a cape.

There were those who chose to buy a t-shirt, sweatshirt, cap or any poster alluding to the occasion. For the first they had to pay between 200 and 250 pesos, while for the second, 300 or 350 pesos, and the caps can be obtained from 50, with fluorescent ink, “the kind that shines with a light in the dark.”

As happens on this type of occasion, the expense goes beyond acquiring seats, whose prices range from 16 thousand pesos, with the Platinum Package, to 1,300 pesos in the area called Verde C. In resale they could be obtained at a lower price. cost, from 1,600 to 1,200 and even a thousand, as show time arrived.

Parking is 350 pesos in those places arranged around the stadium, such as the Conade headquarters, while with some flaneros you have to pay from 200 and 300 pesos to leave the car on the street.

And if hunger gets worse or you have a craving, you have to lose love at 100 pesos for two hot dogs or a Hawaiian hamburger; Yes, both dishes accompanied by an order of potatoes; or 40 pesos for each steak or campechano taco, the same as for a Coca Cola.

And the improvised concert of that pair of youngsters continues between songs of Ole Ole, Paul, “so that he listens to us, because he is already in the forum”, and cheers for John Lennon, “who hears us from up there”, in heaven .

Music, singing, camaraderie, common union, expectation. Paul, The Beatles. What more could you ask for? And the concert inside is about to begin. ‘It will be memorable’, is the majority feeling.