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HALIFAX - A Paul McCartney fan has followed through on her pledge to get the former Beatle's autograph tattooed on her arm.

Audrey McCombs, 19, of Fortuna, Calif., stole the show at McCartney's Saturday concert in Halifax when she held up a sign that read: "Will you sign my arm so I can get it tattooed?"

McCartney brought the young woman on stage and signed her upper arm to the delight of the estimated 50,000 spectators on the Halifax Common.

"I just hugged him, I could have stayed there forever," McCombs said yesterday. "Being that close to someone who has influenced me more than anybody is the greatest feeling."

McCombs flew in from California for the Nova Scotia show because she knew it was general admission and she would be able to get close to the stage.

Being an avid fan, she said she knew McCartney would talk about the banners audience members held up after he played "Calico Skies."

"After the first verse he looked at it and he got this really puzzled look on his face, I'll never forget it. And then he kept smiling at me throughout the song," said McCombs.

She said the tattoo artist in Eureka, Calif., was booked ahead for 5 1/2 months but her friend called and he agreed to do it right away.

"He would not do my tattoo if we were not listening to the Beatles," she said in an interview from home.

"When 'All My Loving' came on, I lost it," McCombs said. "I totally started crying. I was just so happy."