Paul McCartney live: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Paul McCartney performed at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, on 18 August 2010.

It was the 24th concert of the Up And Coming Tour, which lasted for 38 dates between March 2010 and June 2011, and the first of two consecutive nights in Pittsburgh.

Construction of the venue was completed on 1 August 2010, and McCartney was the opening performance. Demand for tickets was so great that the concert sold out within five minutes, leading to a second show being scheduled.

Here’s the performance of ‘Venus And Mars’/‘Rock Show’ and ‘Jet’ from the show:

During the show he signed the shoulder of a fan, Alvita Akiboh. She had held up a sign saying “Please sign my blackbird tattoo” and was brought onto the stage before the final performance of ‘Sgt Pepper (Reprise)’/‘The End’. Alvita had a tattoo made of the signature after the concert.

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 Consol Energy Center on 7 July 2014 during the Out There Tour.

Concert setlist

• ‘Venus And Mars’
• ‘Rock Show’
• ‘Jet’
• ‘All My Loving’
• ‘Letting Go’
• ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’
• ‘Highway’
• ‘Let Me Roll It’
• ‘The Long And Winding Road’
• ‘Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five’
• ‘Let ’Em In’
• ‘My Love’
• ‘I’m Looking Through You’
• ‘Two Of Us’
• ‘Blackbird’
• ‘Here Today’
• ‘Dance Tonight’
• ‘Mrs Vandebilt’
• ‘Eleanor Rigby’
• ‘Something’
• ‘Sing The Changes’
• ‘Band On The Run’
• ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
• ‘Back In The USSR’
• ‘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’

• ‘Day Tripper’
• ‘Lady Madonna’
• ‘Get Back’

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

Up And Coming Tour dates

• 28 March 2010: Jobing.com Arena, Glendale, USA
• 30 March 2010: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, USA
• 31 March 2010: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, USA
• 3 April 2010: Sun Life Stadium, Miami, USA
• 5 April 2010: Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• 27 May 2010: Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico
• 28 May 2010: Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico
• 12 June 2010: RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland
• 13 June 2010: Isle of Wight Festival
• 20 June 2010: Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
• 26 June 2010: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
• 27 June 2010: Hard Rock Calling Festival
• 10 July 2010: AT&T Park, San Francisco, USA
• 13 July 2010: Rio Tinto Stadium, Salt Lake City, USA
• 15 July 2010: Pepsi Center, Denver, USA
• 24 July 2010: Sprint Center, Kansas City, USA
• 26 July 2010: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, USA
• 28 July 2010: Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, USA
• 8 August 2010: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Canada
• 9 August 2010: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Canada
• 12 August 2010: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
• 14 August 2010: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, USA
• 15 August 2010: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, USA
• 18 August 2010: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, USA
• 19 August 2010: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, USA
• 7 November 2010: Estádio Beira Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil
• 10 November 2010: Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 11 November 2010: Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 21 November 2010: Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil
• 22 November 2010: Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil
• 13 December 2010: Apollo Theater, New York City, USA
• 18 December 2010: Hammersmith Apollo, London, England
• 20 December 2010: O2 Academy, Liverpool, England
• 9 May 2011: Estadio Monumental, Lima, Peru
• 11 May 2011: Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile
• 22 May 2011: Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 23 May 2011: Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 10 June 2011: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, USA