HAMILTON – Thanks to music legend Paul McCartney, Scotland came to the Hammer Friday night.

You didn’t have to go to Scotland to hear or weep to these beautiful and mystical bagpipes and drums.

The Paris Port Dover Pipe Band walked off the TD Coliseum stage after performing to perform at the renovated forme r Copps Coliseum on opening night.

“As I was walking off the stage I could see the (Scottish guitar handler) wipe his eyes of tears before he could bring the guitar up to Paul,” said Pipe Major Gord Black.

He wasn’t alone.

“It was a very emotional moment,” said Black. “A lot of us were fighting tears.”

McCartney, 83, even acknowledged this — saying how he had a number of people on his crew from Scotland who were very moved by this performance.

It was pretty special – not ju

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