Paul McCartney live: Zócalo de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City

Paul McCartney performed at the Zócalo de la Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico, on 10 May 2012.

It was the 32nd show of the On The Run Tour, which lasted for 37 dates between July 2011 and November 2012, and the last of three Mexican shows.

This was a free event. The Zócalo is the main plaza in the historic center of Mexico City. Its formal name is Plaza de la Constitución (Constitution Square), and has been a gathering place for Mexicans since Aztec times.

Ahead of the show the city authorities announced that 80,000 people would be admitted inside the Zócalo, while seven giant screens were erected on nearby streets to allow an estimated 150,000 more to watch.

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

• ‘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’
• ‘My Valentine’
• ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
• ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
• ‘Hope Of Deliverance’
• ‘And I Love Her’
• ‘Blackbird’
• ‘Here Today’
• ‘Dance Tonight’
• ‘Every Night’
• ‘Mrs Vandebilt’
• ‘Eleanor Rigby’
• ‘Something’
• ‘Band On The Run’
• ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
• ‘Birthday’
• ‘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’

• ‘Lady Madonna’
• ‘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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