Paul McCartney live: Kölnarena, Cologne

Paul McCartney performed at the Kölnarena in Cologne, Germany, on 27 April 2003.

It was the 16th date of the Back In The World Tour, which lasted for 33 dates between March and June 2003, and the first of two consecutive nights in Cologne.

McCartney’s band was Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens (vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion, harmonica), Brian Ray (vocals, guitar, bass), Rusty Anderson (vocals, guitar), and Abe Laboriel Jr (vocals, drums).

McCartney returned to the Kölnarena on 16 and 17 December 2009 during the Good Evening Europe Tour, and 1 December 2011 for the On The Run Tour.

Concert setlist

• ‘Hello, Goodbye’
• ‘Jet’
• ‘All My Loving’
• ‘Getting Better’
• ‘Coming Up’
• ‘Let Me Roll It’
• ‘Lonely Road’
• ‘Driving Rain’
• ‘Your Loving Flame’
• ‘Blackbird’
• ‘Every Night’
• ‘We Can Work It Out’
• ‘You Never Give Me Your Money’
• ‘Carry That Weight’
• ‘The Fool On The Hill’
• ‘Here Today’
• ‘Something’
• ‘Eleanor Rigby’
• ‘Here, There And Everywhere’
• ‘Calico Skies’
• ‘Michelle’
• ‘Band On The Run’
• ‘Back In The USSR’
• ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
• ‘Let ’Em In’
• ‘My Love’
• ‘She’s Leaving Home’
• ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’
• ‘Birthday’
• ‘Live And Let Die’
• ‘Let It Be’
• ‘Hey Jude’

• ‘The Long And Winding Road’
• ‘Lady Madonna’
• ‘I Saw Her Standing There’

• ‘Yesterday’
• ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)’
• ‘The End’

Back In The World Tour dates

• 25 March 2003: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France
• 28 March 2003: Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
• 29 March 2003: Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
• 1 April 2003: Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
• 2 April 2003: Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
• 5 April 2003: Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield, England
• 9 April 2003: MEN Arena, Manchester, England
• 10 April 2003: MEN Arena, Manchester, England
• 13 April 2003: National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England
• 14 April 2003: National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England
• 18 April 2003: Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England
• 19 April 2003: Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England
• 21 April 2003: Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England
• 22 April 2003: Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England
• 25 April 2003: GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands
• 27 April 2003: Kölnarena, Cologne, Germany
• 28 April 2003: Kölnarena, Cologne, Germany
• 30 April 2003: Preussag Arena, Hanover, Germany
• 2 May 2003: Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 4 May 2003: Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
• 5 May 2003: Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
• 8 May 2003: König-Pilsener-Arena, Oberhausen, Germany
• 10 May 2003: Colosseum, Rome, Italy
• 11 May 2003: Piazza del Colosseo, Rome, Italy
• 14 May 2003: Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
• 15 May 2003: Sportaréna, Budapest, Hungary
• 17 May 2003: Königsplatz, Munich, Germany
• 18 May 2003: Königsplatz, Munich, Germany
• 21 May 2003: AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany
• 24 May 2003: Red Square, Moscow, Russia
• 27 May 2003: RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland
• 29 May 2003: Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield, England
• 1 June 2003: King’s Dock, Liverpool, England, England