Paul McCartney performed at the Unipol Arena in Bologna, Italy, on 26 November 2011.
It was the tenth show of the On The Run Tour, which lasted for 37 dates between July 2011 and November 2012.
The setlist had some surprises. The Wings song Let ’Em In was dropped, and in its place was added the Badfinger song ‘Come And Get It’, which McCartney wrote in 1968.
More surprising was the first encore, a medley of ‘The Word’ and ‘All You Need Is Love’, with a brief snippet of ‘She Loves You’ at the end. McCartney had never before performed the medley in public. Watch it here:
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).
Concert setlist
- ‘Magical Mystery Tour’
- ‘Junior’s Farm’
- ‘All My Loving’
- ‘Jet’
- ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’
- ‘Sing The Changes’
- ‘The Night Before’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘Paperback Writer’
- ‘The Long And Winding Road’
- ‘Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five’
- ‘Come And Get It’
- ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
- ‘I’m Looking Through You’
- ‘And I Love Her’
- ‘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, Zürich, 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
Also on this day...
- 2014: Paul McCartney live: Allianz Parque, São Paulo
- 2005: Paul McCartney live: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas
- 1979: Wings live: Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
- 1974: George Harrison live: LSA Assembly Center, Baton Rouge
- 1969: Recording, mixing, editing: You Know My Name (Look Up The Number), What’s The New Mary Jane
- 1963: The Beatles live: Regal Cinema, Cambridge
- 1962: Recording: Please Please Me single
- 1961: The Beatles live: Hambleton Hall, Liverpool
- 1960: The Beatles live: Kaiserkeller, Hamburg
Want more? Visit the Beatles history section.
Nice surprises!
Funny how the audience sings “SUNNY” a little too early sometimes…
Too bad Paul’s voice sounds a bit thin on this one.
Also notable that “Jet” is NOT the second song (considering “Venus and Mars/Rockshow” and single song-medley) in a setlist during his “Paul on the run” tour.
PS: His Italian announcements remind me of their Paris concert in 65 where he tried to address the audience in French…
“The word” grooves like hell, easily in my top ten Beatles song ever!
Nice choice, though it’s primarily a John song (as is AYNIL, obviously).
Haha, Paul mixes up “Come/All together now” and “Everybody”.
Nice touch with the SLY-ending.