AN UNEXPECTED FAREWELL: It began with silence. Beneath the soft glow, Paul McCartney turned toward Ringo Starr, their eyes meeting as if to say, “We made it.” When the first notes of “Yesterday” rang out, the hall fell still — every chord a memory, every pause a prayer. And as Ringo’s sticks tapped gently behind him, the music carried not just nostalgia… but peace.
When Paul McCartney first woke up with the melody to “Yesterday” in his head, he...