A Walk Down Abbey Road

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A Walk Down Abbey Road
Tour by Alan Parsons
Associated albumVaried
Start date2001
End date2002

Alan Parsons' A Walk Down Abbey Road was a concert tour that was launched in North America in 2001 to pay tribute to The Beatles and promote the hits of various headlining band members. Similar to Ringo Starr's All Starr Band tours, each successive year the band members swapped out and featured the songs of the new line-up.

Contents

The first set included all band members assembled to play each other's hits. The second set featured all Beatles songs performed by various band members depending on the specific tune and the strength and style of the performer.

An obvious play on concert-goers expectations with Who bassist John Entwistle in the group, the second song of the opening set was "Open My Eyes" from Todd Rundgren's first band, The Nazz. The chord pattern at the beginning is lifted directly from The Who's "I Can't Explain".[ citation needed ] It was one of Entwistle's last concert series as he died on 27 June 2002, one day before the scheduled first show of The Who's 2002 US tour.

2001 tour

Band

Additional musicians:

Set list: Set 1

  1. "Magical Mystery Tour (Pack, Wilson)
  2. "Open My Eyes" (Rundgren)
  3. "Eye In The Sky" (Parsons)
  4. "Crazy On You" (Wilson)
  5. "My Wife" (Entwistle)
  6. "Hello, It's Me" (Rundgren)
  7. "Don't Answer Me" (Parsons)
  8. "Biggest Part Of Me" (Pack)
  9. "How Much I Feel" (Pack)
  10. "Bang The Drum All Day" (Rundgren)
  11. "The Real Me" (Townsend)
  12. "Dreamboat Annie" (Wilson)
  13. "Games People Play" (Parsons)
  14. "Barracuda" (Wilson)
  15. "My Generation" (Pack, Rundgren)

Set list: Set 2

  1. "Back in the U.S.S.R." (Pack)
  2. "Lady Madonna" (Rundgren)
  3. "I'm Down" (Wilson)
  4. "The Fool on the Hill" (Pack)
  5. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Rundgren, Wilson)
  6. "Here Comes the Sun" (Entwistle)
  7. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (Pack, Wilson)
  8. "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (Rundgren acoustic solo)
  9. "Maybe I'm Amazed" (Wilson)
  10. "Rain" (Rundgren)
  11. "Blackbird" (Parsons acoustic solo)
  12. "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" (Wilson)
  13. "Revolution" (Rundgren)
  14. "Day Tripper" (Pack, Rundgren)
  15. "Ticket to Ride" (Pack, Rundgren)
  16. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Pack, Rundgren)
  17. "Hey Jude" (Wilson)

Encore

  1. "Birthday" (All)
  2. "Golden Slumbers" / "Carry That Weight" / "The End" (Wilson)

Tour dates

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DateCityCountryVenue
North America
June 13, 2001 Redmond United States Deschutes County Fairgrounds
June 15, 2001 Kelseyville Konocti Harbor
June 16, 2001 Anaheim Sun Theater
June 17, 2001
June 18, 2001 Saratoga Villa Montalvo
June 19, 2001
June 20, 2001
June 22, 2001 San Diego Humphrey's Concerts By the Bay
June 23, 2001 Phoenix Celebrity Theater
June 24, 2001 Mescalero Inn of the Mountain Gods Casino
June 26, 2001 Houston Arena Theater
June 27, 2001 Mobile Saenger Theater
June 29, 2001 Clarkston DTE Energy Music Theater
June 30, 2001 Seven Springs Seven Springs Mountain Resort
July 2, 2001 Saint Paul Harriet Island Regional Park
July 3, 2001 Milwaukee Henry W. Maier Festival Park
July 5, 2001 Chicago Grant Park
July 6, 2001 Dayton Fraze Pavilion
July 7, 2001 Big Flats Tag's Summer Stage
July 8, 2001 Hamilton Canada Copps Coliseum
July 9, 2001 Verona United States Turning Stone Resort & Casino
July 10, 2001 Montville Mohegan Sun Casino
July 11, 2001 Boston Fleet Pavilion
July 13, 2001 Waikoloa Village Hilton Waikoloa Village
July 16, 2001 Barnstable Cape Cod Melody Tent
July 17, 2001 Vienna Filene Center
July 19, 2001 Oyster Bay Westbury Music Fair
July 21, 2001 Stanhope Waterloo Village
July 22, 2001 Wallingford Oakdale Theater
July 25, 2001 York York Expo Center
July 26, 2001 New York City Seaside Park
July 27, 2001 Mantua Township Washington Township High School
July 28, 2001 Marion Carolina Amphitheater
Asia
November 9, 2001 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Kousei Nenkin Kaikan
November 10, 2001
November 12, 2001 Osaka Osaka Kousei Nenkin Kaikan
November 13, 2001 Fukuoka Fukuoka Sun Palace
November 14, 2001 Nagoya Nagoya Shimin Kaikan

2002 tour

Band

Additional musicians:

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