Paul McCartney live: Yankee Stadium, New York City

Friday 15 July 2011 Live, Paul McCartney 3 Comments

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).

Paul McCartney – On The Run Tour 2011-2012

Soundcheck setlist

Concert setlist

On The Run Tour dates

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  1. mr. Sun king coming together Monday 25 July 2011

    Ahh, good ol’ cheeky bitch Paul. I can’t stop laughing at that Jeter joke.

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  2. PennyLane Tuesday 26 July 2011

    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!

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  3. Jules Friday 12 August 2011

    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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