Nearby, two brothers and their friend, who brought guitars with them from New Jersey, lead a rendition of “I Saw Her Standing There.” Several people are pacing up and down the crowd muttering a headcount to themselves to figure out their number in line. Others are offering money to cut ahead and are harshly rebuffed.

Paul McCartney is treating New Yorkers to a third surprise concert, Friday, February 14—truly proving that he is a gift that keeps on giving. McCartney announced the Valentine's Day performance on his Instagram this afternoon. Tickets are on sale right now.

"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.