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Sir Paul McCartney paid heartfelt tribute to the late John Lennon on what would have been his 84th birthday.
The 82-year-old singer took to Instagram Wednesday to share A photo of John performing on stage in 2022 with footage of him playing guitar behind him.
The footage is taken from Peter Jackson's Disney+ documentary The Beatles: Get Back, which airs in November 2021 and follows the making of the band's 1970 album Let It Be.
Sir Paul captioned the sweet snap: 'Happy birthday John. Thank you for being there.'
The touching tribute comes after Sir Paul revealed he would have been overwhelmed with guilt had he not mended his friendship with John before his tragic murder in 1980.
Sir Paul McCartney has paid heartfelt tribute to the late John Lennon on what would have been his 84th birthday, sharing a photo of him performing in front of a video of the late star.
John was shot dead outside his home in New York City at the age of 40 by fanatical fan Mark Chapman.
He left The Beatles in 1969 and became embroiled in legal battles over the band's backlist, which caused tension between him and his former songwriting partner Sir Paul.
The feud between the two was well documented by the press at the time, and John said in an interview in 1971 that he could not hope to work with Sir Paul again.
However, the pair managed to rekindle their friendship in the mid-1970s, and Sir Paul spent time with his second wife, Yoko Ono, at the home John shared in New York.
Reflecting on the mending of their friendship, Sir Paul said on the McCartney: A Life in Lyrics podcast: 'In the end, when he was murdered, I was really glad I had some good times with him before that. happened
'If he had been killed and we still had a bad relationship, that would have been the worst thing in the world. It would have been a huge guilt trip for me.
'Luckily, we were friendly and talked about how to bake bread.
'You have to remember that he was sued in court, his friends in Liverpool, lifelong friends, sued him in court. There is much to be done.'
The poignant tribute comes after Sir Paul revealed he would have been overwhelmed with guilt if he hadn't mended his friendship with John before John was tragically murdered in 1980 (pictured 1963).
In 2022, Sir Paul said he could not talk about John's death after he was killed in 1980.
He described how he came home from the studio the day his friends died and turned on the TV to see what people were thinking about what John had said.
He said: 'When John died it was very difficult. It affected me so much that I couldn't talk about it.
'I remember coming home from the studio the day we heard the news of his death. He turned on the TV and saw people saying, “Well, this is John Lennon” and “he was what he was” and “I remember meeting him”.
“I can't be one of those people. I can't go on TV and say what John told me.” It was very deep. I can't put it into words.'
Sir Paul told how in 1982 he expressed his grief over the loss of John in the song Hear Today.
The artist revealed that he 'sat on the wooden floor in the corner with my guitar' and came up with the opening chords to the track.
The Beatles formed in Liverpool in 1960 and put together a string of hits (LR: Ringo Starr, John, Sir Paul, George Harrison in 1964)
