Paul McCartney performed at the O2 World in Berlin, Germany, on 3 December 2009.
It was the second show of the Good Evening Europe Tour, which lasted for eight dates in December 2009.
The audience for the concert itself was noticeably more vocal and livelier than in Hamburg the previous night, possibly due to large parts of the arena being reserved for standing.
McCartney and his band played the same setlist as in Hamburg. His voice is said to have been slightly strained during the show, and he occasionally forgot the lyrics to songs.
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).
Soundcheck setlist
- ‘All My Loving’
- ‘Coming Up’
- ‘C Moon’
- ‘(I Want To) Come Home’
- ‘Celebration’
- ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
- ‘San Francisco Bay Blues’
- ‘Dance Tonight’
- ‘Leaning On A Lamp-post’
- ‘Something’
- ‘Calico Skies’
- ‘Yesterday’
Concert setlist
- ‘Magical Mystery Tour’
- ‘Drive My Car’
- ‘Jet’
- ‘Only Mama Knows’
- ‘Flaming Pie’
- ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘Highway’
- ‘The Long And Winding Road’
- ‘(I Want To) Come Home’
- ‘My Love’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Here Today’
- ‘Dance Tonight’
- ‘And I Love Her’
- ‘Mrs Vandebilt’
- ‘Eleanor Rigby’
- ‘Band On The Run’
- ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
- ‘Sing The Changes’
- ‘Back In The USSR’
- ‘Something’
- ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’
- ‘Paperback Writer’
- ‘A Day In The Life’
- ‘Give Peace A Chance’
- ‘Let It Be’
- ‘Live And Let Die’
- ‘Hey Jude’
Good Evening Europe Tour dates
- 2 December 2009: Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany
- 3 December 2009: O2 World, Berlin, Germany
- 9 December 2009: GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands
- 10 December 2009: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France
- 16 December 2009: Kölnarena, Cologne, Germany
- 17 December 2009: Kölnarena, Cologne, Germany
- 20 December 2009: The O2, Dublin, Ireland
- 22 December 2009: O2 Arena, London, England
Also on this day...
- 2023: Paul McCartney live: Arena MRV, Belo Horizonte
- 2018: Paul McCartney live: Tauron Arena, Kraków
- 1993: Paul McCartney live: Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo
- 1991: George Harrison live: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka
- 1989: Paul McCartney live: Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont
- 1979: Wings live: Lewisham Odeon, London
- 1973: US album release: Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings
- 1969: George Harrison live: Town Hall, Birmingham with Delaney & Bonnie
- 1969: Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day two
- 1965: The Beatles’ final UK tour begins in Glasgow
- 1965: UK album release: Rubber Soul
- 1965: UK single release: We Can Work It Out/Day Tripper
- 1963: The Beatles live: Guildhall, Portsmouth
- 1962: Television: Discs A Gogo
- 1961: The Beatles live: Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool
- 1938: Julia Stanley marries Alfred Lennon
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