Wings live: Châteauvallon, Ollioules

Wings performed at the Centre Culturel de Châteauvallon in Ollioules, France, on 9 July 1972.

It was the opening night of the Wings Over Europe Tour. Two thousand fans paid 20 francs to see the band, which was Paul McCartney’s first European concert since 1966.

We wanted to start at, sort of, quite a smallish place to play in you see, so this is quite a small, out of the way place, but still get quite a reasonable audience – that’s the truth!

Wings were Paul McCartney on vocals, guitar, and bass guitar; Linda McCartney on vocals and keyboards; Denny Laine on vocals, guitar, and bass guitar; Henry McCullough on guitar and vocals; and Denny Seiwell on drums.

Concert setlist

• ‘Bip Bop’
• ‘Smile Away’
• ‘Mumbo’
• ‘Give Ireland Back to the Irish’
• ‘1882’
• ‘I Would Only Smile’
• ‘Blue Moon Of Kentucky’
• ‘The Mess’
• ‘Best Friend’
• ‘Soily’
• ‘I Am Your Singer’
• ‘Henry’s Blues’
• ‘Say You Don’t Mind’
• ‘Seaside Woman’
• ‘Wild Life’
• ‘My Love’
• ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’
• ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
• ‘Hi, Hi, Hi’

Wings Over Europe Tour dates

• 9 July 1972: Châteauvallon, Ollioules, France
• 12 July 1972: Théâtre de la Mer, Juan-les-Pins, France
• 13 July 1972: Théâtre Antique, Arles, France
• 16 July 1972: Olympia Theatre, Paris, France
• 18 July 1972: Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
• 19 July 1972: Stadthalle, Offenbach am Main, Germany
• 21 July 1972: Tonhalle, Zürich, Switzerland
• 22 July 1972: Pavillon, Montreux, Switzerland
• 1 August 1972: KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 4 August 1972: Messuhalli, Helsinki, Finland
• 5 August 1972: Kupittaan Urheiluhalli, Turku, Finland
• 7 August 1972: Gröna Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
• 8 August 1972: Idrottshuset, Örebro, Sweden
• 9 August 1972: Njårdhallen, Oslo, Norway
• 10 August 1972: Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden
• 11 August 1972: Olympen, Lund, Sweden
• 12 August 1972: Fyns Forum, Odense, Denmark
• 14 August 1972: Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark
• 16 August 1972: Rheinhalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
• 17 August 1972: De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 19 August 1972: Martinihal, Groningen, Netherlands,
• 20 August 1972: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 21 August 1972: Congresgebouw, The Hague, Netherlands
• 22 August 1972: Kinema Roma, Antwerp, Belgium
• 24 August 1972: Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany