Paul McCartney live: Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis

Paul McCartney performed at the Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, on 23 May 1993.

It was the 27th night of the New World Tour, which lasted for 77 dates across 19 countries between February and December 1993. The show was seen by 40,287 fans.

During a day off in Minneapolis around this time, McCartney wrote the song ‘If You Wanna’, which appeared on his 1997 album Flaming Pie.

We had a day off in Minneapolis when we were on tour. Linda was going off to do something and I stayed behind in the room and wrote a song on guitar. […] This is the kind of song you might hear when you’re driving across the desert in America, Easy Rider country.

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

• ‘Midnight Special’
• ‘Singing The Blues’
• ‘Hope Of Deliverance’
• ‘Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying’
• ‘C Moon’
• ‘Magical Mystery Tour’
• ‘Twenty Flight Rock’
• ‘Fixing A Hole’
• ‘Bring It To Jerome’

Concert setlist

• ‘Drive My Car’
• ‘Coming Up’
• ‘Looking For Changes’
• ‘Another Day’
• ‘All My Loving’
• ‘Let Me Roll It’
• ‘Peace In The Neighbourhood’
• ‘Off The Ground’
• ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’
• ‘Robbie’s Bit’
• ‘Good Rockin’ Tonight’
• ‘We Can Work It Out’
• ‘And I Love Her’
• ‘Every Night’
• ‘Hope Of Deliverance’
• ‘Michelle’
• ‘Biker Like An Icon’
• ‘Here, There And Everywhere’
• ‘Yesterday’
• ‘My Love’
• ‘Lady Madonna’
• ‘Live And Let Die’
• ‘Let It Be’
• ‘Magical Mystery Tour’
• ‘C’Mon People’
• ‘The Long And Winding Road’
• ‘Paperback Writer’
• ‘Fixing A Hole’
• ‘Penny Lane’
• ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’
• ‘Band On The Run’
• ‘I Saw Her Standing There’
• ‘Hey Jude’

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