Paul McCartney performed at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on 18 October 2005.
It was the 16th show of the US Tour, which lasted for 37 dates between September and November 2005, and the first of two consecutive nights in Chicago.
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 had previously performed at the United Center during the Driving World Tour on 10 and 11 April and 24 September 2002. He returned there for the Out There Tour on 9 July 2014.
Concert setlist
- ‘Magical Mystery Tour’
- ‘Flaming Pie’
- ‘Jet’
- ‘I’ll Get You’
- ‘Drive My Car’
- ‘Till There Was You’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’
- ‘Fine Line’
- ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
- ‘The Long And Winding Road’
- ‘In Spite Of All The Danger’
- ‘I Will’
- ‘Jenny Wren’
- ‘For No One’
- ‘Fixing A Hole’
- ‘English Tea’
- ‘I’ll Follow The Sun’
- ‘Follow Me’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Eleanor Rigby’
- ‘Too Many People’
- ‘She Came In Through The Bathroom Window’
- ‘Good Day Sunshine’
- ‘Band On The Run’
- ‘Penny Lane’
- ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’
- ‘Back In The USSR’
- ‘Hey Jude’
- ‘Live And Let Die’
US Tour dates
- 16 September 2005: American Airlines Arena, Miami, USA
- 17 September 2005: St Pete Times Forum, Tampa, USA
- 20 September 2005: Philips Arena, Atlanta, USA
- 22 September 2005: Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, USA
- 23 September 2005: Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, USA
- 26 September 2005: TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, USA
- 27 September 2005: TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, USA
- 30 September 2005: Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA
- 1 October 2005: Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA
- 4 October 2005: Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA
- 5 October 2005: Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA
- 8 October 2005: MCI Center, Washington, DC, USA
- 10 October 2005: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Canada
- 14 October 2005: The Palace, Auburn Hills, USA
- 15 October 2005: The Palace, Auburn Hills, USA
- 18 October 2005: United Center, Chicago, USA
- 19 October 2005: United Center, Chicago, USA
- 22 October 2005: Value City Arena, Columbus, USA
- 23 October 2005: Bradley Center, Milwaukee, USA
- 26 October 2005: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, USA
- 27 October 2005: Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, USA
- 30 October 2005: Qwest Center, Omaha, USA
- 1 November 2005: Pepsi Center, Denver, USA
- 3 November 2005: KeyArena, Seattle, USA
- 4 November 2005: Rose Garden, Portland, USA
- 7 November 2005: HP Pavilion, San Jose, USA
- 8 November 2005: HP Pavilion, San Jose, USA
- 11 November 2005: Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, USA
- 12 November 2005: Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, USA
- 16 November 2005: ARCO Arena, Sacramento, USA
- 19 November 2005: Toyota Center, Houston, USA
- 20 November 2005: American Airlines Center, Dallas, USA
- 23 November 2005: Glendale Arena, Glendale, USA
- 25 November 2005: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, USA
- 26 November 2005: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, USA
- 29 November 2005: Staples Center, Los Angeles, USA
- 30 November 2005: Staples Center, Los Angeles, USA
Last updated: 7 February 2024
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- 2013: Paul McCartney live: Covent Garden, London
- 2010: Remastered Red and Blue albums and Harrison/Shankar Collaborations are released
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- 1999: UK album release: Working Classical by Paul McCartney
- 1974: UK single release: Walking In The Park With Eloise by Paul McCartney
- 1968: Tape copying: Yer Blues, Don’t Pass Me By
- 1968: John Lennon and Yoko Ono are arrested for drugs possession
- 1967: The Beatles attend the première of How I Won The War
- 1965: Recording: If I Needed Someone, In My Life
- 1964: Recording: Eight Days A Week, Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!, Mr Moonlight, I Feel Fine, I’ll Follow The Sun, Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby, Rock And Roll Music, Words Of Love
- 1963: Television: Scene At 6.30
- 1961: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
- 1961: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunchtime)
- 1960: The Beatles live: Kaiserkeller, Hamburg
- 1958: The Quarrymen live: TV Star Search audition, Hippodrome, Manchester
- 1957: Paul McCartney’s debut with the Quarrymen
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