The album, Kisses on the Bottom, is not a Beatles retrospective. Instead, McCartney is treading the well-worn path of countless other aging rockers and singing songs from "the great American Songbook" (look for songs like "Bye- Bye Blackbird" and "It's Only a Paper Moon"). The album features 16 songs, four of which are original compositions. McCartney sings duets with Stevie Wonder and Eric Clapton, among others. It's unclear how much of the album McCartney will perform when he takes the stage Thursday night a 7 p.m. PT. It is called a "performance" and not a "concert," which might indicate that it's as little as just a handful of songs from the album (which released on Feb. 6 and is available on iTunes for $9.99).
The free performance will stream through the iTunes Store and over Apple TV, which means you can watch the performance on your HDTV. It's a good bet that Beatles and Wings (McCartney's other band) fans will be tuning in tomorrow night and many will have their fingers crossed that he'll perform at least one or two classics from the great Beatles songbook.