Paul McCartney performed at the Yankee Stadium in New York City, USA, on 15 July 2011.
It was the opening show of the On The Run Tour, which lasted for 37 dates between July 2011 and November 2012, and the first of two consecutive nights in New York City.
On this first night the audience included McCartney’s fiancée Nancy Shevell, his son James, Linda McCartney’s brother John Eastman, former Wings member Denny Laine, plus celebrities Larry David, Chevy Chase, and New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The setlist was changed slightly from previous concerts, with the addition of Beatles songs ‘The Night Before’ and ‘I Will’. The performance of ‘The Night Before’ was the first time McCartney had ever played it live.
He also ended with ‘Golden Slumbers’, ‘Carry That Weight’, and ‘The End’, which provided the climax to the Abbey Road medley in 1969 – recent McCartney concerts had closed with ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)’ and ‘The End’.
Following the performance of ‘Jet’, McCartney asked “Who is this guy Derek Jeter? Someone said he has more hits than me!” This was in reference to the New York Yankees star who hit his 3,000th hit earlier in the week.
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
- ‘Get Back’
- ‘Matchbox’
- ‘Honey Don’t’
- ‘Blue Suede Shoes’
- ‘C Moon’
- ‘Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying’
- ‘Celebration’
- ‘Coming Up’
- ‘Ebony And Ivory’
- ‘All My Loving’
- ‘Only Mama Knows’
- ‘Magical Mystery Tour’
- ‘Midnight Special’
- ‘Sun Is Shining’
- ‘Petroushka’
- ‘Dance Tonight’
- ‘Leaning On A Lamp-post’
- ‘Yesterday’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
Concert setlist
- Hello Goodbye
- ‘Junior’s Farm’
- ‘All My Loving’
- ‘Jet’
- ‘Drive My Car’
- ‘Sing The Changes’
- ‘The Night Before’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘Paperback Writer’
- ‘The Long And Winding Road’
- ‘Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five’
- ‘Let ’Em In’
- ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
- ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
- ‘I Will’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Here Today’
- ‘Dance Tonight’
- ‘Mrs Vandebilt’
- ‘Eleanor Rigby’
- ‘Something’
- ‘Band On The Run’
- ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
- ‘Back In The USSR’
- ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’
- ‘A Day In The Life’
- ‘Give Peace A Chance’
- ‘Let It Be’
- ‘Live And Let Die’
- ‘Hey Jude’
On The Run Tour dates
- 15 July 2011: Yankee Stadium, New York City, USA
- 16 July 2011: Yankee Stadium, New York City, USA
- 24 July 2011: Comerica Park, Detroit, USA
- 26 July 2011: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
- 27 July 2011: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
- 31 July 2011: Wrigley Field, Chicago, USA
- 1 August 2011: Wrigley Field, Chicago, USA
- 4 August 2011: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, USA
- 13 November 2011: Du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- 26 November 2011: Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy
- 27 November 2011: Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy
- 30 November 2011: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France
- 1 December 2011: Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany
- 5 December 2011: O2 Arena, London, England
- 10 December 2011: Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
- 12 December 2011: Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
- 14 December 2011: Olimpiisky Arena, Moscow, Russia
- 19 December 2011: Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
- 20 December 2011: Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
- 24 March 2012: Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 26 March 2012: Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
- 28 March 2012: Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
- 29 March 2012: Royal Albert Hall, London, England
- 15 April 2012: Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
- 17 April 2012: Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay
- 19 April 2012: El Campin Stadium, Bogotá, Colombia
- 21 April 2012: Estadio Arruda, Recife, Brazil
- 22 April 2012: Estadio Arruda, Recife, Brazil
- 25 April 2012: Estádio da Ressacada, Florianópolis, Brazil
- 5 May 2012: Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara, Mexico
- 8 May 2012: Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico
- 10 May 2012: Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico
- 11 November 2012: Scottrade Center, St Louis, USA
- 14 November 2012: Minute Maid Park, Houston, USA
- 25 November 2012: BC Place, Vancouver, Canada
- 28 November 2012: Rexall Place, Edmonton, Canada
- 29 November 2012: Rexall Place, Edmonton, Canada
Ahh, good ol’ cheeky bitch Paul. I can’t stop laughing at that Jeter joke.
The concert, to put it simply, was wonderful. The way Paul commands an audience of such large volume is incredible. He is able to get everyone up on their feet to dance and sing for about 3 hours. Quite a charismatic character he is as he made jokes such as the Jeter one and told stories of his days of being a Beatle. You can’t help but wait on his every word and join in on every note. What a great evening it was!
Don’t ever stop Paul!
Paul was fantastic! I personally screamed like a Beatlemaniac all the way though. The entire concert was simply amazing, and Paul’s as great in real life as anywhere else. 🙂
You couldn’t help but scream and sing along. The entire audience had a collective feeling, like we were all in this together. 😀
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