The first time the song was performed live by any of the Beatles was on 2 December 2009 , when McCartney played it in Hamburg , Germany , on the first night of a European tour . Author Howard Sounes comments that , despite Lennon 's derision of the song , it " went down a storm " in Hamburg – the city where the Beatles had honed their act in the early 1960s . McCartney included " Ob-La-Di , Ob-La-Da " in his set list for the 2009 tour and in the set list for tours he made through to 2012 . He also performed it in front of Buckingham Palace for the Queen 's Diamond Jubilee celebrations , then at San Francisco 's Outside Lands concert on 9 August 2013 . McCartney again featured the song in his set list for his 2013 – 15 Out There ! tour and his 2016 – 17 One on One tour , as well as his 7 September 2018 Grand Central Terminal concert
Queen 's Diamond Jubilee celebrations
Diamond Jubilee Concert
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da