About 12,000 fans attended the event at Hamburg's Color Line Arena Wednesday night.
The former member of the the Beatles is scheduled to play a seven-date series of shows in the harbor-side city.
"The former Beatle's return to the city signifies the historic relationship between the Fab Four and Hamburg, which began almost 50 years ago," Hamburg Marketing said in a news release. "Between 1960 and 1962, The Beatles took residence in the city to perform a series of concerts in the clubs in Hamburg's Reeperbahn district. These legendary concerts created a platform on which The Beatles could hone their skills and develop themselves into the world-conquering band they later became. This mutual love and respect has never waned; Paul was quoted as saying, 'This is my chance to bring our current show home to where it all began.'"
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