Springsteen silenced for breaking curfew

Concert organisers pulled the plug on rock stars Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney after the pair defied the sound curfew at Hyde Park in London, silencing their microphones at the tail end of the show.

Springsteen had already exceeded the 10.30pm curfew by half an hour on Saturday night when he welcomed McCartney on stage and the pair sang the Beatles hits “I Saw Her Standing There” and “Twist and Shout.”

But the microphones were turned off before they could thank the crowd, forcing them to leave the stage in silence.