The Heritage Orchestra, led by Ben Foster, added new flourishes to her back catalogue, with funky stabs of brass punctuating Pretty Please, and Maria gaining a playful Mariachi vibe.

The inclusion of Mas Que Nada on the soundtrack to Mike Myers' Austin Powers film introduced Mendes to a whole new audience in 1997, and by the early 21st Century, most of his back catalogue had been reissued for new fans.

As anticipation for the gigs builds, sales and streams of the band's back catalogue have surged, with three albums going back into the top five of the UK charts on Friday.

As anticipation for the gigs builds, sales and streams of the band's back catalogue have surged, with three albums going back into the UK top five chart on Friday.

The annual Sunday Times Rich List calculated that the wealth of the 81-year-old musician and his wife, Nancy Shevell, had grown by 50 million pounds since last year thanks to McCartney’s 2023 Got Back tour, the rising value of his back catalogue and Beyonce’s cover of The Beatles’ “Blackbird” on her “Cowboy Carter” album.