Paul McCartney live: Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis

Tuesday 27 April 1993 | Live, Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney performed at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, on 27 April 1993.

It was the 20th night of the New World Tour, which lasted for 77 dates across 19 countries between February and December 1993. The show was seen by 42,003 fans.

Memphis – The New World Tour arrives in the birthplace of Blair Theodore Cunningham, ‘our new drummer’. To celebrate this homecoming, Blair’s entire family arrive for the show in droves and the local boy is in much demand with Tennessee TV stations. Also at the show is rock and roll luminary Carl Perkins, who jams with Paul backstage before the concert. Together they guitar-duet through ‘Blue Suede Shoes’, ‘Maybellene’, ‘Matchbox’ and ‘My Old Friend’ – a song Carl wrote for Paul when they recorded together on Montserrat. After joining a crowd of 42,000 to watch the concert, Carl Perkins stops a reporter later and tells him, ‘Get your notebook out, son, and write this down: you can tell anyone in the world that Carl Perkins has just witnessed absolutely the greatest show he has ever seen in his life. That boy just blows my mind.’

Geoff Baker, publicist
Club Sandwich, Summer 1993

McCartney’s band was Linda McCartney on vocals, keyboards, and percussion; Hamish Stuart on guitar, bass guitar, and vocals; Robbie McIntosh on guitar and vocals; Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens on keyboards and vocals; and Blair Cunningham on drums and percussion.

Soundcheck setlist

Concert setlist

New World Tour dates

18 February 1993: Forum di Assago, Milan, Italy
19 February 1993: Forum di Assago, Milan, Italy
22 February 1993: Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
23 February 1993: Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
5 March 1993: Subiaco Oval, Perth, Australia
9 March 1993: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
10 March 1993: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
13 March 1993: Oval, Adelaide, Australia
16 March 1993: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
17 March 1993: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
20 March 1993: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
22 March 1993: Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia
23 March 1993: Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia
27 March 1993: Western Springs Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
14 April 1993: Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, Whitney, USA
17 April 1993: Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, USA
20 April 1993: Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, USA
22 April 1993: Astrodome, Houston, USA
24 April 1993: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, USA
27 April 1993: Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, USA
29 April 1993: Busch Stadium, St Louis, USA
1 May 1993: Georgia Dome, Atlanta USA
5 May 1993: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, USA
7 May 1993: Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, USA
9 May 1993: Citrus Bowl, Orlando, USA
21 May 1993: Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg, Canada
23 May 1993: Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, USA
26 May 1993: Folsom Field, Boulder, USA
29 May 1993: Alamodome, San Antonio, USA
31 May 1993: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, USA
2 June 1993: Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, USA
4 June 1993: Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, USA
6 June 1993: CNE Stadium, Toronto, Canada
11 June 1993: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, USA
13 June 1993: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, USA
15 June 1993: Blockbuster Pavilion, Charlotte, USA
3 September 1993: Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany
5 September 1993: Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
6 September 1993: Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
9 September 1993: Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
11 September 1993: Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England
14 September 1993: Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England
15 September 1993: Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England
18 September 1993: Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
19 September 1993: Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
21 September 1993: Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
23 September 1993: Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany
25 September 1993: Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden
27 September 1993: Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
28 September 1993: Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
1 October 1993: Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
3 October 1993: Maimarkthalle, Mannheim, Germany
5 October 1993: Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany
6 October 1993: Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
9 October 1993: Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
10 October 1993: Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
13 October 1993: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France
14 October 1993: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France
17 October 1993: Flanders Expo, Ghent, Belgium
20 October 1993: Zénith, Toulon, France
22 October 1993: Palasport, Florence, Italy
23 October 1993: Palasport, Florence, Italy
26 October 1993: Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
27 October 1993: Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
12 November 1993: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
14 November 1993: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
15 November 1993: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
18 November 1993: Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan
19 November 1993: Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan
25 November 1993: Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico
27 November 1993: Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico
3 December 1993: Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil
5 December 1993: Pedreira Paulo Leminski, Curitiba, Brazil
10 December 1993: Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina
11 December 1993: Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina
12 December 1993: Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina
16 December 1993: Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile

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