Paul McCartney tells Polish Radio “we always wanted to play Poland” ahead of his gig at Warsaw's National Stadium on 22 June.

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“I've always wanted to play Poland – I have known quite a lot of Polish people since I was a kid,” McCartney says in an exclusive interview by Polish Radio with the Beatles' legend.

He adds that even though the Beatles never gigged in Poland, they suspected they were popular behind the Iron Curtain.

“We knew that the records were getting through [...] we always thought the Polish people would be pretty cool,” he says.

Paul McCartney was talking to Polish Radio's Piotr Metz and the piece is introduced by Agnieszka Bielawska.