"We had a blast-and you were the blasters!," Paul McCartney told the crowd at the end of his surprise Tuesday show at New York City. McCartney played a spontaneous gig at the Bowery Ballroom, a beloved rock bar on the Lower East Side that holds only 575 people.

Paul McCartney announced a second surprise show at the Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday night, but tickets were quickly snapped up and the show was sold out by 11 a.m. McCartney, 82, shocked New Yorkers on Tuesday afternoon when he announced plans to play the theater that night. Tickets for that show almost immediately sold out as well.

Paul McCartney will play a special show tonight, Feb. 11, in New York City, with tickets on-sale now - but only available in person. The show will take place at NYC's storied Bowery Ballroom, with doors set for 5 p.

Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Paul McCartney surprised fans with a pop-up New York City performance on Tuesday. The iconic musician and former member of The Beatles announced "Paul McCartney Rocks the Bowery" hours before he was to take the Bowery Ballroom stage. Fans snatched up all available tickets in under an hour, CBS News reports.

Paul McCartney and his band played an exhilarating 100-minute, career-spanning set Tuesday at a surprise show at New York's intimate Bowery Ballroom

Paul McCartney gave New Yorkers an opportunity to “come together” for one night, and one night only –– for a surprise concert at the Bowery Ballroom in Lower Manhattan.

Feb. 11, Paul McCartney announced he'd be performing a surprise, 575-person venue show in New York City. The concert, which sold out in-person in 30 minutes, is set to take place at the Bowery Ballroom.

At a surprise performance announced earlier in the day, the writer Jayson Greene witnessed the ageless icon play a 20-song, hits-heavy set amid a small, awestruck crowd of fans young and old.