The 'US' Tour

The 'US' Tour

Tour by Paul McCartney
Location	North America
Associated album	Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Start date	16 September 2005 (2005-09-16)
End date	30 November 2005 (2005-11-30)
No. of shows	37
Box office	U.S. $77 million ($123.97 in 2024 dollars) [1]
Paul McCartney concert chronology
'04 Summer Tour (2004) The 'US' Tour (2005) Secret Tour 2007 (2007)

The 'US' Tour was a concert tour by English musician Paul McCartney to promote his 2005 album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard . The tour, his second North American venture of the 21st century, began on 16 September 2005 in Miami, United States, and concluded on 30 November 2005 in Los Angeles. It was a commercial success, grossing $77 million from 37 shows across North America and selling over 565,000 tickets. Rusty Anderson, Brian Ray, Paul "Wix" Wickens, and Abe Laboriel, Jr. returned as the backing band, the first to fully remain intact for more than one solo McCartney tour, following the previous year's summer jaunt in the UK. McCartney's then-wife Heather Mills and their daughter, Beatrice, accompanied him on the tour and were in the audience every night.

On 12 November 2005 in Anaheim, California, two songs and some dialogue from the concert were broadcast to the International Space Station and astronauts Valeri Tokarev and Bill McArthur. ^[2] The songs played were The Beatles' "Good Day Sunshine" and McCartney's "English Tea", a song from his Chaos and Creation in the Backyard album. A concert film and documentary of the tour was released the following year. It is available on the DVD The Space Within US .

Set list

1. "Magical Mystery Tour"
2. "Flaming Pie"
3. "Jet"
4. "I'll Get You"
5. "Drive My Car"
6. "Till There Was You"
7. "Let Me Roll It/Foxy Lady"
8. "Got to Get You into My Life"
9. "Fine Line"
10. "Maybe I'm Amazed"
11. "The Long and Winding Road"
12. "In Spite of All the Danger"
13. "I Will"
14. "Jenny Wren"
15. "For No One"
16. "Fixing a Hole"
17. "English Tea"
18. "I'll Follow the Sun"
19. "Follow Me"
20. "Blackbird"
21. "Eleanor Rigby"
22. "Too Many People/She Came In Through the Bathroom Window"
23. "Good Day Sunshine"
24. "Band on the Run"
25. "Penny Lane"
26. "I've Got a Feeling"
27. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
28. "Hey Jude"
29. "Live And Let Die"
    • Encore 1
30. "Yesterday"
31. "Get Back"
32. "Helter Skelter"
    • Encore 2
33. "Please Please Me"
34. "Mull of Kintyre" (only in Canada)
35. "Let It Be"
36. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)/The End"

Tour dates

List of 2005 concerts ^[3]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
16 September	Miami	United States	American Airlines Arena	15,011 / 15,536	$2,137,915
17 September	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum	15,268 / 16,325	$2,277,952
20 September	Atlanta		Philips Arena	14,096 / 14,096	$1,930,941
22 September	Philadelphia		Wachovia Center	32,930 / 32,930	$4,665,795
23 September
26 September	Boston		TD Banknorth Garden	29,582 / 29,582	$3,814,392
27 September
30 September	New York City		Madison Square Garden	63,867 / 63,867	$8,495,513
1 October
4 October
5 October
8 October	Washington, D.C.		MCI Center	15,813 / 15,813	$2,011,464
10 October	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre	16,924 / 16,924	$2,385,658
14 October	Auburn Hills	United States	The Palace of Auburn Hills	33,511 / 33,511	$4,733,526
15 October
18 October	Chicago		United Center	32,647 / 32,647	$4,087,404
19 October
22 October	Columbus		Schottenstein Center	15,051 / 15,051	$1,978,288
23 October	Milwaukee		Bradley Center	16,764 / 16,764	$2,090,400
26 October	St. Paul		Xcel Energy Center	16,515 / 16,515	$2,377,200
27 October	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena	14,204 / 14,204	$1,620,717
30 October	Omaha		Qwest Center Omaha	15,162 / 15,162	$1,690,185
1 November	Denver		Pepsi Center	15,091 / 15,091	$1,994,777
3 November	Seattle		KeyArena	13,492 / 13,511	$2,105,150
4 November	Portland		Rose Garden	15,834 / 15,933	$1,948,380
7 November	San Jose		HP Pavilion	28,012 / 28,012	$3,649,232
8 November
11 November	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	28,632 / 28,632	$3,394,958
12 November
16 November	Sacramento		ARCO Arena	14,623 / 14,773	$1,971,370
19 November	Houston		Toyota Center	14,151 / 14,151	$2,068,565
20 November	Dallas		American Airlines Center	15,095 / 15,095	$2,116,940
23 November	Glendale		Glendale Arena	14,802 / 14,802	$2,295,285
25 November	Paradise		MGM Grand Garden Arena	29,535 / 29,535	$5,058,113
26 November
29 November	Los Angeles		Staples Center	31,149 / 31,149	$4,144,879
30 November
Total				567,761 / 569,611	$77,044,999

Personnel

• Paul McCartney - Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, and piano
• Rusty Anderson - Backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
• Brian Ray - Backing vocals, acoustic, electric and bass guitars
• Paul "Wix" Wickens - Backing vocals, keyboards, accordion, electric guitar, harmonica, percussion
• Abe Laboriel, Jr. - Backing vocals, drums, percussion

References

1. 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" . Retrieved 29 February 2024.
2. "Paul McCartney Provides First-Ever Live Station Wakeup Music". NASA. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
3. Box score:
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 41. 8 October 2005. p. 28. ISSN   0006-2510.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 42. 15 October 2005. p. 23. ISSN   0006-2510.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 43. 22 October 2005. p. 25. ISSN   0006-2510.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 44. 29 October 2005. p. 57. ISSN   0006-2510.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 45. 5 November 2005. p. 28. ISSN   0006-2510.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 45. 5 November 2005. p. 28. ISSN   0006-2510.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 46. 12 November 2005. p. 16. ISSN   0006-2510.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 47. 19 November 2005. p. 23. ISSN   0006-2510.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 48. 26 November 2005. p. 28. ISSN   0006-2510.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 49. 3 December 2005. p. 24. ISSN   0006-2510.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 50. 10 December 2005. p. 22. ISSN   0006-2510.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 51. 17 December 2005. p. 18. ISSN   0006-2510.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Top 25 Boxscores". Billboard. Vol. 118, no. 31. 5 August 2006. p. 36. ISSN   0006-2510.