Paul McCartney live: Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester

Paul McCartney performed at the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England, on 19 December 2011.

It was the 18th show of the On The Run Tour, which lasted for 37 dates between July 2011 and November 2012. This concert was seen by 14,800 fans.

The setlist was largely the same as his 14 December concert in Moscow, Russia, aside from the inclusion of ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’ instead of ‘Drive My Car’, ‘I’m Looking Through You’ instead of ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’, and ‘And I Love Her’ in place of ‘I Will’.

He also added the 1979 festive song ‘Wonderful Christmastime’ to the first encore section, accompanied with a choir and a backdrop of giant snowflakes.

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).

This was McCartney’s first show in Manchester since the Back In The World tour, which stopped at the MEN Arena on 9 and 10 April 2003.

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’
• ‘Come And Get It’
• ‘Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five’
• ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
• ‘I’m Looking Through You’
• ‘And I Love Her’
• ‘Blackbird’
• ‘Here Today’
• ‘Dance Tonight’
• ‘Mrs Vandebilt’
• ‘Eleanor Rigby’
• ‘Ram On’
• ‘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’

• ‘The Word’/‘All You Need Is Love’/‘She Loves You’
• ‘Wonderful Christmastime’
• ‘Day Tripper’
• ‘Get Back’

• ‘Yesterday’
• ‘Helter Skelter’
• ‘Golden Slumbers’
• ‘Carry That Weight’
• ‘The End’

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
Last updated: 14 February 2024
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