Paul McCartney live: Estádio Beira Rio, Porto Alegre

Paul McCartney performed at the Estádio Beira Rio in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on 7 November 2010.

It was the 26th concert of the Up And Coming Tour, which lasted for 38 dates between March 2010 and June 2011.

This show, McCartney’s first in Brazil since 1993, was seen by 66,000 fans. Prior to the venue opening, fans set up a makeshift camp on Wednesday night known as Paul McCartney Village.

The fans at the camp, some of whom dressed as their idol, passed the time by busking and listening to McCartney’s music. Stadium workers added portable toilets as the numbers grew.

A spokesman for McCartney said of the village: “It was an amazing site to see. People had been camping out for days just to ensure they could get the best position possible.”

The tour began on 28 March 2010 in Glendale, Arizona, and continued until August before McCartney and his band took a break. Other dates scheduled for November will take place in Buenos Aires in Argentina, and São Paulo, Brazil.

I love South American audiences. I always think I have Latin blood because I connect so strongly with their love of music and their love of rhythm and their love of melody, so I always feel like I have a very big bond with South American people and Latin people in general. So yeah, I’m bonding, man!

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 Estádio Beira Rio on 13 October 2017 during the One On One Tour.

Concert setlist

• ‘Venus And Mars’
• ‘Rock Show’
• ‘Jet’
• ‘All My Loving’
• ‘Letting Go’
• ‘Drive My Car’
• ‘Highway’
• ‘Let Me Roll It’
• ‘The Long And Winding Road’
• ‘Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five’
• ‘Let ’Em In’
• ‘My Love’
• ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
• ‘And I Love Her’
• ‘Blackbird’
• ‘Here Today’
• ‘Dance Tonight’
• ‘Mrs Vandebilt’
• ‘Eleanor Rigby’
• ‘Ram On’
• ‘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