Paul McCartney performed at the Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on 9 October 1993.
It was the 55th night of the New World Tour, which lasted for 77 dates across 19 countries between February and December 1993, and the first of two consecutive nights in Rotterdam.
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.
Wings had performed at the Rotterdam Ahoy on 25 March 1976. McCartney played there on 7, 8, 10, and 11 November 1989, and returned on 24 March 2012.
Concert setlist
- ‘Drive My Car’
- ‘Coming Up’
- ‘Looking For Changes’
- ‘Jet’
- ‘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’
- ‘I Lost My Little Girl’
- ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’
- ‘Hope Of Deliverance’
- ‘Michelle’
- ‘Biker Like An Icon’
- ‘Here, There And Everywhere’
- ‘Yesterday’
- ‘My Love’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
- ‘C’Mon People’
- ‘Magical Mystery Tour’
- ‘Let It Be’
- ‘Live And Let Die’
- ‘Paperback Writer’
- ‘Back In The USSR’
- ‘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
Last updated: 24 January 2024
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