Out There (tour)

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Out There
Tour by Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney Out There.png
Associated album New
Start date4 May 2013 (2013-05-04)
End date22 October 2015 (2015-10-22)
Legs14
No. of shows91
Box office$275 million
Paul McCartney concert chronology

Out There was a concert tour by English singer-songwriter Paul McCartney lasting from 4 May 2013 to 22 October 2015. Some notable nights of the tour included concerts at Warsaw's National Stadium, [1] Verona's Roman Amphitheatre, [2] and Vienna's Happel Stadium, [3] the latter of which he would play for the first time since 2003's Back in the World tour. [3] McCartney played in Belo Horizonte, Cariacica, Goiânia and Fortaleza, all in Brazil (his first time playing in all four cities) [4] and in Japan for the first time since the Driving World Tour back in 2002.

Contents

The setlist for Out There included songs by McCartney's former bands the Beatles and Wings, along with songs from his solo career. Following the release of McCartney's solo album New in October 2013, the songs "New" and "Queenie Eye" were added to the setlist.

Background

The first official show announced for this tour was a show in Warsaw, Poland. In this announcement, a statement stated that the "Out There! Tour" will "see McCartney and his band travel the world throughout the year, even visiting some places they've never been before." [1] At the press conference for the Brazilian shows, the manager of the Brazilian leg explained that the "Out There! Tour" will feature a new lighting rig, a platform to carry McCartney into the audience, and new songs into McCartney's live repertoire. [5] The tour's announcement was taken at an unusual pace. Rather than announcing the full tour in bulk, each show was announced individually at different dates and times. This gave each venue an opportunity to be exposed in the spotlight. The production was teased in rehearsal photos leaked online, and later released on McCartney's website before the first show in Brazil. These photos displayed elements of the production including a scissor-lift platform that carried McCartney six metres (20 feet) into the air, and the use of laser lights. The first show revealed new video graphics and a stage floor consisting of illuminated LED panels.

In South America

McCartney being swarmed with grasshoppers in Goiania. McCartney Grasshoppers.jpg
McCartney being swarmed with grasshoppers in Goiânia.

After much success in Latin America during the Up and Coming and On the Run tours, a petition was started in the town of Belo Horizonte for McCartney to perform in the city. An announcement from PaulMcCartney.com listed three Brazilian shows to begin his 2013 tour. [4] The tour started on 4 May 2013 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and continued to Goiânia and Fortaleza. This marked his first time performing in all three cities. McCartney was greeted on arrival with billboards across the town of Belo Horizonte welcoming him to the city. Fans were camped outside of the stadium for days to earn a good spot for his show.

On the first night of the tour, McCartney played several Beatles songs live for the first time: "Eight Days a Week", "Your Mother Should Know", "All Together Now", "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" and "Lovely Rita". [6] This show was performed to a sold-out crowd of 55,000 fans. [7] As a sign of appreciation during "Hey Jude", fans held up signs that read "Thank You" to McCartney after responding to their petition.

At the next show in Goiânia, the stage was swarmed with grasshoppers. [8] The Esperanca Grilo, which translates to the Hope Grasshopper, swarmed the stage, equipment, and even the band and crew during the show. McCartney made notation of the grasshoppers during "Hey Jude", as he sang the line "The movement you need is on your shoulder", turning to his shoulder, singing to the grasshoppers.

Nearly four months after the last show in Japan, McCartney decided to extend the tour during 2014, by announcing a new South American leg, which started in Montevideo, Uruguay, travelling then to Santiago, Chile, [9] to continue after with a show in Lima, Peru, [10] and another in Quito, Ecuador, this being McCartney's first ever show in the country. [11]

In Europe

The announcement of the first show of the tour came on 20 March 2013. With the headline "Paul McCartney Is Getting 'Out There!'" a performance was listed for Warsaw, Poland at the Stadion Narodowy. [1] This performance on 22 June 2013 marked McCartney's first ever performance in the country of Poland. In the hours following this announcement, a second European show for Vienna, Austria was listed for 27 June 2013. [3] This concert at the Ernst Happel Stadion was his fourth ever concert in Vienna and his first since 2003 during the Back in the World tour. A third European show for 2013 was announced on 26 March 2013, to take place at the Arena di Verona in Verona, Italy for his first Verona performance. [2]

In North America

Within the announcements of the extension of the tour during 2014, on 13 March, McCartney announced his first ever concert in Costa Rica. [12]

McCartney commanding a sea of fans at Bonnaroo 2013. Paul McCartney Bonnaroo Crowd.jpg
McCartney commanding a sea of fans at Bonnaroo 2013.

McCartney's first live information for 2013 was announced on 19 February 2013. In a special webcast announcing the 2013 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, McCartney was confirmed as a headliner of the festival in Manchester, Tennessee. [13] McCartney's specific date and set time was announced 1 May 2013. McCartney took the stage for this performance on 14 June 2013, with a two and a half hour set. Following the announcements of shows in Europe and South America, and Bonnaroo, a show for Boston's Fenway Park was announced for 9 July 2013. [14] This was his first show at Fenway Park since two performances there in 2009. Following the Boston date were shows in Austin, Texas at the Frank Erwin Center for McCartney's Austin debut, Washington, D.C. for his first performance at Nationals Park, a return to the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [15] [16] Shortly after the previous announcements came the confirmation of his first performances in Memphis, Tennessee and Orlando, Florida since his 1993 New World Tour, at the FedExForum and Amway Center respectively. [17] [18] A performance for Seattle's Safeco Field was added to the tour, marking the first major performance at the park. [19]

McCartney also played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on 14 July 2013. [20] Due to popular demand, a second show was booked for Orlando, Austin, and Tulsa. A much rumoured show at Miller Park in Milwaukee was confirmed on 15 April 2013. [21] This performance of 16 July was his first show in Milwaukee since 2005, and his first concert at Miller Park. In a video released on 16 April 2013 by the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, McCartney was named as a headliner of the festival. [22] It was later announced on 24 June that McCartney would headline on Friday, 9 August 2013. This will be his first performance in California since his 2010 performance at AT&T Park in San Francisco.

On 18 April 2013, it was announced that McCartney would take the stage for the first time at the Barclays Center in New York City on 8 and 10 June for a return to New York since his highly successful Yankee Stadium shows in 2011 and the 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief appearance. [23] With mostly American dates announced, in mid April, McCartney announced his first Canadian dates of 2013. Shows at the Investors Group Field in Winnipeg, Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field in Regina, and the Scotiabank Place (to be renamed "Canadian Tire Centre" days prior to the show) in Ottawa were all announced on 22 April 2013, just hours apart from each other. [24] This is to be McCartney's first performances in Ottawa and Regina, and a return to Winnipeg since 1993. On 25 April 2013, McCartney announced a return to the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City from his concert celebrating the city's 400th anniversary. [25] The show was played on 23 July 2013.

Many shows on the tour had anomalies from the average stage show, making them highlights. The first show in Orlando featured "Hope of Deliverance" in the set which was played in the prior Brazil leg of the tour. This was the only time the song was performed in North America this year as it was usually replaced by either "I've Just Seen a Face" or "Things We Said Today" for the remainder of the tour. The second night in Orlando saw the tour debut of "I Saw Her Standing There" in place of "Get Back". These two songs would usually alternate between shows. At Bonnaroo, which was the largest attendance crowd on the tour, McCartney performed "Midnight Special" because of lyrics referring to nearby Nashville. The show in Ottawa brought the tour debuts of the songs "Michelle" and "Mull of Kintyre" to the setlist. "Mull of Kintyre" was performed with the full Ottawa Police Service Pipe Band. In Seattle, McCartney brought onstage the remaining members of Nirvana  Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, plus their touring musician Pat Smear  – to perform their collaborative effort "Cut Me Some Slack" from Grohl's movie Sound City. The three continued onstage with McCartney and the band to finish the encore, which included the first performance of "Long Tall Sally" since 1986. [26] "Birthday" was performed for the first time on the tour at the Plains of Abraham show, which also featured "Michelle". At Outside Lands, McCartney replaced "All My Loving" with "Magical Mystery Tour" early in the show. He also performed "San Francisco Bay Blues" and dedicated that song to both "Shelly" and the city of San Francisco. During the encore, McCartney brought the Kronos Quartet, who had already performed with The National earlier in the day, onstage with him and Wickens to perform "Yesterday". "Mull of Kintyre" at the next show in Winnipeg was performed with the City of Winnipeg Police Pipe Band. In Regina, SK, the City of Regina Pipe Band joined McCartney for this number.

McCartney entered 2014 with more access to his fans via the social media app Instagram. After already having used this app to announce and promote shows in Asia and Latin America, McCartney used the app as one of his main ways of announcing shows. He would often post when a series of dates were announced, putting a hashtag (#) with each city he would play. The first announcement appeared on Instagram as well as several other social media outlets on 8 April. The cities were New Orleans, Louisville, Albany, and Pittsburgh at the Smoothie King Center, Yum! Center, Times Union Center, and the Consol Energy Center respectively. [27] McCartney visited Louisville and Albany for the first time, and returning to New Orleans for the first time since 2002, and Pittsburgh since 2010. Another announcement came on 16 April which reported McCartney's first show in Lubbock at the United Supermarkets Arena in homage to his boyhood idol Buddy Holly, his return to Dallas and Atlanta since 2009 at the American Airlines Center and the Philips Arena respectively, his first full headlining show in Jacksonville at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena having only played during the Super Bowl XXXIX halftime in 2005 and the Beatles only Floridian concert in 1964, and McCartney's return to the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, and the EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City from his visits during his 2010 Up and Coming Tour. [28] Midwestern United States shows were announced on 21 April at the United Center in Chicago after a couple of shows at the historic Wrigley Field in 2011, McCartney's first appearance in Fargo and Lincoln at the Fargodome and Pinnacle Bank Arena respectively, a return to the Sprint Center in Kansas City from 2010, and a concert at Target Field in Minneapolis for McCartney's first Twin Cities show since 2005. [29] This was followed by his first-ever appearance in Missoula, Montana, announced on 28 April along with a concert date in Phoenix, where he had previously performed in 2010. [30] A historic return and final concert for McCartney at Candlestick Park in San Francisco was announced on 24 April after months of rumours and even a pledge from the mayor of San Francisco himself. McCartney performed in San Francisco last exactly a year and a day prior to the Candlestick Park date, at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in 2013. This is a notable venue seeing as it held the final official Beatles concert in history. An announcement for a show at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles came a day later. This will be another historic concert as the Beatles played their second to final official concert at the stadium in 1966, the day before the Candlestick Park farewell. It will be the first McCartney event in Southern California since the duo of shows at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles during the 2010 Up and Coming tour. [31] After the cancellation of the entire 2014 Asian leg of the tour, McCartney later postponed all June 2014 shows to October of that year. [32]

On 25 February 2015, PaulMcCartney.com confirmed the rumours that McCartney would headline the Firefly Music Festival on Friday 19 June 2015.

McCartney announced his first non-festival US date for 2015 on 24 April. The show was performed at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on 21 June. This was his first trip to Philadelphia since his Up and Coming Tour on 14 and 15 August 2010. On 28 April 2015 South Carolina governor Nikki Haley announced that McCartney was coming to Columbia, South Carolina. [33] On 25 June 2015 during his stop in Columbia, South Carolina, McCartney dedicated "The Long and Winding Road" to the ones who died in the Charleston, South Carolina church shooting. [34]

The tour itself concluded in October 2015 after a series of five shows in the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.

In Asia

Almost exactly 11 years to the day since McCartney last embarked on a run of shows in Japan during the Driving World Tour, November 2013 saw him bring his Out There! Tour to Japan to play six shows in Osaka, Fukuoka and Tokyo. [35] The news was announced on 16 July 2013 on his official website. The first date will take place in Osaka on 11 November and the tour will continue on the Fukuoka Dome on 15 November. A run of shows at the Tokyo Dome followed, taking place on 18, 19, 21 November. On 26 March 2014, McCartney announced three new shows in Japan, playing this time in stadiums on the same cities, adding later his first show ever in South Korea, but when arriving to Japan, he came down with a virus that forced him to postpone, and then cancel all the Asian leg shows.

In 2015, the cancelled Asian leg shows were rescheduled. The first show was held in Osaka on 21 April 2015. At the Tokyo Dome, there were three shows on 23, 25, 27 April. On 28 April, the show continued on the Budokan, where the Beatles held their concert in 1966.

On 28 April 2015 at the Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, McCartney performed live "Another Girl" (the fifth song from the Beatles' Help! album) for the first time ever by a Beatle. [36] [37] [38] At the same show, he performed live the song "Dance Tonight" for the first time since 2012. [39]

On 2 May 2015 at the Seoul Olympic Stadium, South Korea, accompanying himself with his Hofner bass guitar, McCartney played and sang with the audience a reprise of "Hey Jude" for the first time ever. [40]

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
South America [41] [42]
4 May 2013 Belo Horizonte Brazil Estádio Mineirão 51,621 / 51,621$6,290,700
6 May 2013 Goiânia Estádio Serra Dourada 42,514 / 42,514$4,214,890
9 May 2013 Fortaleza Estádio Castelão 48,668 / 48,668$5,436,730
North America [41] [43]
18 May 2013 Orlando United States Amway Center 26,261 / 26,775$3,798,540
19 May 2013
22 May 2013 Austin Frank Erwin Center 25,487 / 25,840$3,890,013
23 May 2013
26 May 2013 Memphis FedExForum 13,562 / 13,562$2,012,584
29 May 2013 Tulsa BOK Center 26,827 / 26,827$3,382,796
30 May 2013
8 June 2013 Brooklyn Barclays Center 29,898 / 29,898$5,189,250
10 June 2013
14 June 2013 [lower-alpha 1] Manchester Great Stage Park
Europe [41]
22 June 2013 Warsaw Poland Stadion Narodowy
25 June 2013 Verona Italy Roman Amphitheatre
27 June 2013 Vienna Austria Ernst-Happel-Stadion
North America [41] [44]
7 July 2013 Ottawa Canada Scotiabank Place 14,379 / 14,388$2,068,790
9 July 2013 Boston United States Fenway Park 36,278 / 36,393$5,211,572
12 July 2013 Washington, D.C. Nationals Park 39,515 / 39,515$4,452,036
14 July 2013 Indianapolis Bankers Life Fieldhouse 14,784 / 14,784$1,885,141
16 July 2013 Milwaukee Miller Park 43,747 / 43,747$4,114,943
19 July 2013 Seattle Safeco Field 45,229 / 45,229$4,525,200
23 July 2013 Quebec City Canada Plains of Abraham
9 August 2013 [lower-alpha 2] San Francisco United States Golden Gate Park
12 August 2013 Winnipeg Canada Investors Group Field 30,149 / 30,149$4,079,490
14 August 2013 Regina Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field 38,750 / 38,750$4,553,590
Asia [41] [45]
11 November 2013 Osaka Japan Kyocera Dome 71,320 / 74,974$11,611,700
12 November 2013
15 November 2013 Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome 34,525 / 34,525$5,593,970
18 November 2013 Tokyo Tokyo Dome 146,845 / 146,845$23,493,800
19 November 2013
21 November 2013
South America [41] [46]
19 April 2014 Montevideo Uruguay Estadio Centenario
22 April 2014 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena
23 April 2014 [lower-alpha 3]
25 April 2014 Lima Peru Estadio Nacional 20,481 / 41,466$2,776,690
28 April 2014 Quito Ecuador Estadio de Liga
Central America
1 May 2014 San José Costa Rica Estadio Nacional 27,001 / 35,228$2,477,140
North America [48] [49]
5 July 2014 Albany United States Times Union Center 13,044 / 13,044$2,110,984
7 July 2014 Pittsburgh Consol Energy Center 15,003 / 15,003$2,247,429
9 July 2014 Chicago United Center 15,776 / 15,776$2,551,520
12 July 2014 Fargo Fargodome 18,220 / 18,220$2,247,472
14 July 2014 Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena 13,983 / 13,983$2,178,832
16 July 2014 Kansas City Sprint Center 14,421 / 14,421$2,314,540
2 August 2014 Minneapolis Target Field 43,143 / 43,143$4,949,623
5 August 2014 Missoula Washington–Grizzly Stadium 25,192 / 25,192$3,775,111
7 August 2014 Salt Lake City EnergySolutions Arena 15,064 / 15,064$2,001,260
10 August 2014 Los Angeles Dodger Stadium 52,605 / 52,605$5,211,134
12 August 2014 Phoenix US Airways Center 14,035 / 14,035$2,143,968
14 August 2014 San Francisco Candlestick Park 53,477 / 53,477$7,023,107
28 September 2014 San Diego Petco Park 45,352 / 45,352$4,968,567
2 October 2014 [lower-alpha 4] Lubbock United Supermarkets Arena 11,446 / 11,446$1,820,456
11 October 2014 [lower-alpha 5] New Orleans Smoothie King Center 14,931 / 14,931$2,178,726
13 October 2014 [lower-alpha 6] Dallas American Airlines Center 14,916 / 14,916$2,302,579
15 October 2014 [lower-alpha 7] Atlanta Philips Arena 13,044 / 13,044$2,016,129
16 October 2014 [lower-alpha 8] Nashville Bridgestone Arena 14,832 / 14,832$2,320,689
25 October 2014 [lower-alpha 9] Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 12,398 / 12,398$2,042,584
28 October 2014 [lower-alpha 10] Louisville KFC Yum! Center 17,611 / 17,611$2,533,185
30 October 2014 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 15,992 / 15,992$2,352,299
South America
10 November 2014 Cariacica Brazil Estádio Kléber Andrade
12 November 2014 Rio de Janeiro HSBC Arena
23 November 2014 Brasília Estádio Nacional de Brasília
25 November 2014 São Paulo Allianz Parque
26 November 2014
Asia [50] [51]
21 April 2015 Osaka JapanKyocera Dome38,517 / 38,517$5,616,936
23 April 2015 Tokyo Tokyo Dome149,117 / 149,117$21,746,535
25 April 2015
27 April 2015
28 April 2015 Nippon Budokan 11,833 / 11,833$6,878,517
2 May 2015 Seoul South Korea Seoul Olympic Stadium 38,212 / 38,212$4,249,207
Europe [52] [53]
23 May 2015 London England The O2 Arena 31,146 / 31,422$4,002,240
24 May 2015
27 May 2015 Birmingham Barclaycard Arena 10,840 / 10,840$1,645,850
28 May 2015 Liverpool Echo Arena Liverpool 9,274 / 9,274$1,630,760
5 June 2015 Marseille France Nouveau Stade Vélodrome
7 June 2015 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome 30,040 / 33,700$3,596,828
8 June 2015
11 June 2015 Saint-Denis France Stade de France
North America [54] [55]
19 June 2015 [lower-alpha 11] Dover United StatesWoodlands of Dover International Speedway
21 June 2015 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 15,669 / 15,669$2,695,337
23 June 2015 Charlottesville John Paul Jones Arena 12,974 / 12,974$2,024,000
25 June 2015 Columbia Colonial Life Arena 13,551 / 13,551$2,185,147
Europe [52]
4 July 2015 [lower-alpha 12] Roskilde DenmarkFestivalpladsen
7 July 2015 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena
9 July 2015 Stockholm Sweden Tele2 Arena
North America [56] [57]
31 July 2015 [lower-alpha 13] Chicago United States Grant Park
13 October 2015 Columbus Nationwide Arena 15,107 / 15,107$2,498,770
15 October 2015 University Park Bryce Jordan Center 12,525 / 12,525$2,040,691
17 October 2015 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 16,640 / 16,640$2,481,120
21 October 2015 Detroit United States Joe Louis Arena
22 October 2015 Buffalo First Niagara Center 15,552 / 15,552$2,755,354
Total1,671,677 / 1,705,709 (97.9%)$275,700,000

Notes

  1. The show on 14 June 2013 in Manchester was part of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival.
  2. The show on 9 August 2013 in San Francisco was part of the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival.
  3. The concert of 23 April 2014 in Santiago, Chile at the Movistar Arena was originally planned to take place on 21 April but was rescheduled due to delayed flight carrying technical equipment. [47]
  4. The concert of 2 October 2014 in Lubbock, Texas at the United Supermarkets Arena was originally planned to take place on 14 June but was rescheduled due to illness. [32]
  5. The concert of 11 October 2014 in New Orleans at The Smoothie King Center was originally planned to take place on 19 June but was rescheduled due to illness. [32]
  6. The concert of 13 October 2014 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center was originally planned to take place on 16 June but was rescheduled due to illness. [32]
  7. The concert of 15 October 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Philips Arena was originally planned to take place on 21 June but was rescheduled due to illness. [32]
  8. The concert of 16 October 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee at the Bridgestone Arena was originally planned to take place on 25 June but was rescheduled due to illness. [32]
  9. The concert of 25 October 2014 in Jacksonville, Florida at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena was originally planned to take place on 22 June but was rescheduled due to illness. [32]
  10. The concert of 28 October 2014 in Louisville, Kentucky at the KFC Yum! Center was originally planned to take place on 26 June but was rescheduled due to illness. [32]
  11. The show on 19 June 2015 in Dover was part of the Firefly Music Festival.
  12. The show on 4 July 2015 in Roskilde was part of the Roskilde Festival.
  13. The show on 31 July 2015 in Chicago is part of the Lollapalooza Festival.

Set list

Average set list

  1. "Eight Days a Week" or "Magical Mystery Tour"
  2. "Save Us"++ or "Junior's Farm"+
  3. "All My Loving" or "Another Girl"+++ or "Can't Buy Me Love"+++ or "Got to Get You Into My Life"+++
  4. "Listen to What the Man Said" or "Good Day Sunshine"+++ or "Jet" or "One After 909"
  5. "Temporary Secretary"+++
  6. "Let Me Roll It"
  7. "Paperback Writer"
  8. "My Valentine"
  9. "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"
  10. "The Long and Winding Road"
  11. "Maybe I'm Amazed"
  12. "I've Just Seen a Face" or "I'm Looking Through You"+++ or "Things We Said Today" or "Hope of Deliverance"
  13. "We Can Work It Out"
  14. "Another Day"
  15. "Hope for the Future"+++
  16. "And I Love Her"
  17. "Blackbird"
  18. "Here Today"
  19. "New"++ or "Your Mother Should Know"+
  20. "Queenie Eye"++
  21. "Lady Madonna"
  22. "All Together Now"
  23. "Lovely Rita"
  24. "Everybody Out There"++ (not played in all cities) or "Mrs. Vandebilt"+
  25. "Eleanor Rigby"
  26. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"
  27. "Something"
  28. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
  29. "Band on the Run"
  30. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
  31. "Let It Be"
  32. "Live and Let Die"
  33. "Hey Jude"
    • Encore 1
  34. "Day Tripper" or "Another Girl"+++
  35. "Hi, Hi, Hi" or "Birthday"
  36. "Get Back" or "I Saw Her Standing There" or "Can't Buy Me Love"+++
    • Encore 2
  37. "Yesterday"
  38. "Helter Skelter"
  39. "Golden Slumbers"/"Carry That Weight"/"The End"

Other set lists

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The Summer Live '09 tour was the fourth North American concert tour of the 21st century by Paul McCartney. The tour began on 11 July 2009 at the Halifax Common in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and closed at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas on 19 August 2009. It visited 7 cities across North America, earning $36 million from ten shows.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Good Evening Europe Tour</span> 2009 concert tour by Paul McCartney

The Good Evening Europe Tour was a concert tour by Paul McCartney in Europe. The tour began on 2 December 2009, at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany, and concluded on 22 December 2009, at The O2 in London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Up and Coming Tour</span> 2010–11 concert tour by Paul McCartney

The Up and Coming Tour was a concert tour by Paul McCartney. The tour began on 28 March 2010, at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona, northwest of Downtown Phoenix. As with McCartney's other concert tours as a solo artist, the setlist for the Up and Coming Tour was composed of songs by his former bands the Beatles and Wings, as well as songs from his solo career. The tour included two concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, followed by concerts in Miami and San Juan, the latter marking both McCartney's first concert in Puerto Rico and the first visit by a member of the Beatles. The tour ended on 10 June 2011 with a show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

<i>James Paul McCartney</i> (TV programme) 1973 television special

James Paul McCartney is the title of a 1973 television special produced by ATV and starring English musician Paul McCartney and his then current rock group Wings. It was first broadcast on 16 April 1973 in the United States on the ABC network, and was later broadcast in the United Kingdom on 10 May 1973. It was issued on DVD as part of the super-deluxe Red Rose Speedway box set in December 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">On the Run (Paul McCartney)</span> 2011–12 concert tour by Paul McCartney

On the Run was a concert tour by English singer-songwriter Paul McCartney. The tour began on 15 July 2011, with McCartney's first two concerts at Yankee Stadium in New York City. McCartney's appearances at Yankee Stadium occurred nearly two years to the day after his 17, 18, and 21 July 2009 concerts at Citi Field, documented on the Good Evening New York City CD/DVD.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Driving World Tour</span> 2002 concert tour by Paul McCartney

The Driving World Tour was a concert tour by English musician Paul McCartney. It marked his first tour of the 21st century and of any kind since 1993's New World Tour. For the first time in nearly a decade, McCartney returned to the road following the death of first wife, Linda McCartney, the death of George Harrison, and 9/11. This was in promotion of his 2001 album Driving Rain. Paul "Wix" Wickens returned on keyboards and is credited as Musical Director. New to the fold were Americans Rusty Anderson, Brian Ray, and Abe Laboriel Jr. Paul McCartney's then-fiancée Heather Mills accompanied him on the tour and was in the audience for every American performance.

The Final Tour was a concert tour by heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. At the time, it had been announced as the band's final tour before their initial hiatus from 2016 until their announced comeback reunion in 2019. Alice Cooper was announced as the opening act for the tour. The first leg of the tour began on July 2, 2014 in Grand Rapids, Michigan and concluded on November 22, 2014 in Spokane, Washington. The band further announced more dates for the second and final leg of the tour, which started February 11, 2015 in Kobe, Japan, and ended with three concerts at Staples Center in the band's hometown of Los Angeles on December 28, 30 and 31, 2015. The Tour was kicked off by a drum solo by Producer Joe of the FreeBeer & Hotwings show.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">One on One (tour)</span> 2016–17 concert tour by Paul McCartney

One on One was a concert tour by English musician Paul McCartney that began on 13 April 2016 and traveled through the United States, Canada, Argentina, Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand, ending on 16 December 2017. The tour marked McCartney's first-ever performances in Fresno, South Dakota, and Arkansas. Prior to the announcement of the tour, McCartney revealed two European festival dates for June 2016 at the Pinkpop Festival and Rock Werchter respectively.

The On My Way Home Tour was the fourth headlining concert tour by American a cappella group Pentatonix to promote their EP PTX, Vol. III. The tour began on February 25, 2015, in Oakland, California, at the Fox Oakland Theatre, concluding on June 16, 2015, in Osaka, Japan, at Zepp Namba.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Freshen Up (tour)</span> 2018–2019 concert tour by Paul McCartney

Freshen Up was a concert tour by English musician Paul McCartney that commenced on 17 September 2018 with a four-concert leg in Canada. The tour was McCartney's first tour after the release of his album Egypt Station, which was released on 7 September. As with McCartney's other concert tours as a solo artist, the setlist for the Freshen Up tour was composed of songs by his former bands the Beatles and Wings, as well as songs from his solo career.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Got Back</span> 2022–2023 concert tour by Paul McCartney

Got Back was a concert tour by English musician Paul McCartney, that started on 28 April 2022 and ended on 16 December 2023. The tour is McCartney's first following the COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in the cancellation of a planned European leg of his Freshen Up tour in 2020, which included a planned performance at Glastonbury Festival. McCartney performed at Glastonbury on 25 June 2022, as a conclusion to the first leg of the Got Back tour.

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