Paul McCartney live: Colosseum, Rome

Paul McCartney performed at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, on 10 May 2003.

It was the 23rd date of the Back In The World Tour, which lasted for 33 dates between March and June 2003.

This show seen by just 400 people, each of whom who paid up to $1,500 for tickets. It was a benefit concert with profits donated to Rome’s archaeological offices and to the anti-landmine charity Adopt-a-Minefield. The following night McCartney performed a free show outside the Colosseum.

We understand it’s the first time there’s been a band in the Colosseum since the Christians.

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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).

Concert setlist

• ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
• ‘Midnight Special’
• ‘Things We Said Today’
• ‘Honey Don’t’
• ‘All Things Must Pass’
• ‘Your Loving Flame’
• ‘All My Loving’
• ‘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’
• ‘Michelle’
• ‘Two Of Us’
• ‘Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu’
• ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’
• ‘My Love’
• ‘Let It Be’
• ‘Hey Jude’

• ‘Yesterday’
• ‘Lady Madonna’
• ‘I Saw Her Standing There’

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