Sir Paul McCartney hit the stage Tuesday evening as the sun set and the rain held off for an epic performance. He’s back again tonight — weather permitting. (Boston Herald)
McCartney indulged in some nostalgia, but he spent more time rumbling through high volume, big energy rock – “Junior’s Farm” and “Get Back” and “Band on the Run.”
McCartney gets an absurd amount of respect. He might deserve a bit more.
People gleefully crow about Willie Nelson and Keith Richards’ immortality, but forget that McCartney will be 80 next week and still fills and thrills stadiums with two and a half shows – he booked Fenway for back to back dates Tuesday and Wednesday.
On Tuesday night , for 2 hours and 40 minutes — an amount of time that seemed incredibly generous and yet somehow also way too brief.
More specifically, he took us back through a setlist of 36 thoughtfully curated selections, including 21 from the Beatles’ run through the ’60s and seven by his ’70s band Wings.
Of the 36 songs he plays 21 Beatles' songs, while another is his heartfelt tribute to Lennon: 1982’s “Here Today”, written in the wake of his old friend’s murder in 1980, and delivered here with devastating sincerity. He even makes room for a pre-Beatles song, “In Spite Of All The Danger”, which McCartney wrote in 1958 and was the first tune ever recorded by The Quarrymen. (Independent reports)
When Sir Paul first played Fenway back in 2009, he was a mere 67 and performed 34 songs. Tuesday night, the 79-year-old played two more in a set that ran from 1958 Quarrymen obscurity “In Spite of All the Danger” to songs off 2018 album “Egypt Station,” from rock to just about everything else.
He did twangy-heavy folk (“I’ve Just Seen a Face”) and protest folk (“Black Bird”). He did a huge blustery ballad that defined a ’70s sound (“Maybe I’m Amazed”) and proto-new wave art rock (“Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five”). He did songs for people on acid (“Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!”) and people enjoying a second glass of white wine (“My Valentine” for wife Nancy, who was in the audience).
Below other video from previous concerts in USA
In typical fashion, McCartney’s first Seattle show in six years was a 2.5-hour stroll through the superstar’s extensive catalog of solo material, choice Wings cuts and Beatles classics, which includes some of the most enduring songs in popular music history.
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The Set list (found at the bottom of the page) was similar to the Spokane set. The Other VIdeos below are from others venues of the tour
While there was undoubtedly a nostalgia factor for the many baby boomers in the house, it wasn’t entirely a night of throwbacks. McCartney joked about how the sea of cellphones that lit up for every Beatles hit go dark whenever he plays a new one. “Women and Wives,” a standout off his savory pandemic album “McCartney III,” might not have been a crowd favorite by comparison, but perfectly suits the huskiness in his voice these days. (Seattletimes)
The tour will mark some other firsts and landmarks for Macca, who will make his live debut in three cities — Hollywood (FL), Knoxville (TN) and Winston-Salem (NC) — as well as his first gigs in Fort Worth, Texas and Baltimore, Maryland since 1976 with Wings and 1964 with the Beatles, respectively; he’ll also play in Oakland for the first time in 20 years.
Paul McCartney is set to headline Glastonbury one week after he turns 80 in June
Paul McCartney is set to headline Glastonbury one week after he turns 80 in June.
Set list -Can’t Buy Me Love - Junior’s Farm -Letting Go- Got to Get You Into My Life -Come on to Me -Let Me Roll It -Getting Better- Women and Wives- My Valentine- Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five- Maybe I’m Amazed -I’ve Just Seen a Face - In Spite of All the Danger- Love Me Do- Dance Tonight- Blackbird -Here Today- New-Lady Madonna- Fuh You- Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!- Something- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da- You Never Give Me Your Money- Get Back- Band on the Run- Let It Be- Live and Let Die- Hey Jude -Encore:- I’ve Got a Feeling-Birthday-Helter Skelter- Golden Slumbers-Carry That Weight-The End medley
Earlier las month two "old friends" Paul, Ringo and their wives, met for dinner in L.A. prior to starting their long awaited tours. Paul next week and Ringo in May. Last week in Los Angeles, Paul McCartney, 79, and Ringo Starr, 81, were seen having a good time with their wives, Nancy Shevell, 62, and Barbara Bach, 74, at a low-key dinner.(news.florida.com)
Sir Paul McCartney is also reportedly being considered for a peerage this summer to mark his 80th birthday. Telegraph reports. Other sources told The Sun that discussions over how to mark his landmark birthday the week before are underway.
“The idea of offering him the chance to sit as a cross-bencher in the Lords has been mooted,” the newspaper reported.
“He has given incredible service to British culture, so it could be a very fitting tribute and mark of all that he has done for his country.” Sir Paul was knighted 25 years ago, before being appointed Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 2017 for services to music.
Membership is granted to those who have made a major contribution to the arts, science, medicine, or government over a long period.
Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamar and Olivia Rodrigo have been announced as among the stars performing at this summer’s Glastonbury festival.
Out of the 89 names announced so far, 48 are women or acts that include female artists, meeting festival co-organiser Emily Eavis’s previously stated intention for Glastonbury to achieve gender parity on its bill. “Our future has to be 50/50,” she told the BBC in 2020.
The festival will also feature debut sets from Herbie Hancock, Phoebe Bridgers, Sam Fender, Turnstile, TLC, Wet Leg and Yves Tumor.
PAUL ANNOUNCES GOT BACK NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2022 FIRST LIVE SHOWS SINCE 2019
“I said I was going to get back to you” Paul’s first full-fledged trek since 2019 will kick off in April
TOUR DATES:Saturday 4 June – Syracuse,NY – Carrier Dome
Tuesday 7 June – Boston,MA – Fenway Park
Sunday 12 June – Baltimore,MD – Oriole Park
Thursday 16 June – East Rutherford,NJ- Met Life Stadium
Tickets for all GOT BACK tour dates will be on sale to the public beginning Friday, February 25 at 10am local time.
