Paul McCartney performed at the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, Canada, on 23 July 2013.
It was the 23rd show of the Out There Tour, which lasted for 91 dates between May 2013 and October 2015.
McCartney had played at the park almost five years to the day previously, on 20 July 2008. It had been his first concert in Quebec City.
Good 'morning' #QuebecCity. I'll see you beautiful people tonight #OutThere at the Plains of Abraham~ it'll be a big treat
— Brian Ray (@brianrayguitar) July 23, 2013
Lookout Quebec!!!
Getting ready to rock you!!!!
: ) > pic.twitter.com/HlQO9W7Z6O— abe laboriel jr (@ogabejr) July 23, 2013
Pre gig food get's more like art . . Eating it anyway. pic.twitter.com/SNR9enzlO5
— Paul Wickens (@WixWickens) July 23, 2013
Ok #Quebec, are you ready for some good ol face-melting fun? We'll be gentle, I promise.. #not.
— Brian Ray (@brianrayguitar) July 24, 2013
McCartney dedicated The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’ to victims of the Lac-Mégantic train disaster on 6 July, in which 47 people were killed when a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded.
A thousand free tickets to the show were set aside for members of the community, with about 900 taking up the offer. Ten buses were also donated to bring people from Lac-Mégantic to the show.
McCartney dedicated the song to the people of the town with a special greeting delivered in French.
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).
quebec was surreal, maybe the highest stage i've ever been on! now getting together with my LA band mates todd & matt. new songs to finish!
— Rusty Anderson (@rustyanderson1) July 26, 2013
McCartney previously performed at the Plains of Abraham on 20 July 2008.
Concert setlist
- ‘Eight Days A Week’
- ‘Junior’s Farm’
- ‘All My Loving’
- ‘Listen To What The Man Said’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘Paperback Writer’
- ‘My Valentine’
- ‘Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five’
- ‘The Long And Winding Road’
- ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
- ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
- ‘We Can Work It Out’
- ‘Another Day’
- ‘And I Love Her’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Here Today’
- ‘Your Mother Should Know’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
- ‘All Together Now’
- ‘Michelle’
- ‘Lovely Rita’
- ‘Mrs Vandebilt’
- ‘Eleanor Rigby’
- ‘Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!’
- ‘Ram On’
- ‘Something’
- ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
- ‘Band On The Run’
- ‘Back In The USSR’
- ‘Let It Be’
- ‘Live And Let Die’
- ‘Hey Jude’
Out There Tour dates
- 4 May 2013: Estadio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- 6 May 2013: Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia, Brazil
- 9 May 2013: Estádio Governador Plácido Castelo, Fortaleza, Brazil
- 18 May 2013: Amway Center, Orlando, USA
- 19 May 2013: Amway Center, Orlando, USA
- 22 May 2013: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, USA
- 23 May 2013: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, USA
- 26 May 2013: FedExForum, Memphis, USA
- 29 May 2013: BOK Center, Tulsa, USA
- 30 May 2013: BOK Center, Tulsa, USA
- 8 June 2013: Barclays Center, New York City, USA
- 10 June 2013: Barclays Center, New York City, USA
- 14 June 2013: Bonnaroo Festival
- 22 June 2013: Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland
- 25 June 2013: Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy
- 27 June 2013: Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria
- 7 July 2013: Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada
- 9 July 2013: Fenway Park, Boston, USA
- 12 July 2013: Nationals Park, Washington, DC, USA
- 14 July 2013: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, USA
- 16 July 2013: Miller Park, Milwaukee, USA
- 19 July 2013: Safeco Field, Seattle, USA
- 23 July 2013: Plains of Abraham, Quebec City, Canada
- 9 August 2013: Outside Lands Festival
- 12 August 2013: Investors Group Field, Winnipeg, Canada
- 14 August 2013: Mosaic Stadium, Regina, Canada
- 11 November 2013: Kyocera Dome, Osaka, Japan
- 12 November 2013: Kyocera Dome, Osaka, Japan
- 15 November 2013: Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan
- 18 November 2013: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- 19 November 2013: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- 21 November 2013: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- 19 April 2014: Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
- 22 April 2014: Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile
- 23 April 2014: Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile
- 25 April 2014: Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru
- 28 April 2014: Estadio de Liga, Quito, Ecuador
- 1 May 2014: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
- 5 July 2014: Times Union Center, Albany, USA
- 7 July 2014: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, USA
- 9 July 2014: United Center, Chicago, USA
- 12 July 2014: Fargodome, Fargo, North Dakota, USA
- 14 July 2014: Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, USA
- 16 July 2014: Sprint Center, Kansas City, USA
- 2 August 2014: Target Field, Minneapolis, USA
- 5 August 2014: Washington-Grizzly Stadium, Missoula, USA
- 7 August 2014: EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, USA
- 10 August 2014: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, USA
- 12 August 2014: US Airways Center, Phoenix, USA
- 14 August 2014: Candlestick Park, San Francisco, USA
- 28 September 2014: Petco Park, San Diego, USA
- 2 October 2014: United Spirit Arena, Lubbock, USA
- 11 October 2014: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, USA
- 13 October 2014: American Airlines Center, Dallas, USA
- 15 October 2014: Philips Arena, Atlanta, USA
- 16 October 2014: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, USA
- 25 October 2014: Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, USA
- 28 October 2014: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, USA
- 30 October 2014: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, USA
- 10 November 2014: Estádio Kléber Andrade, Cariacica, Brazil
- 12 November 2014: HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 23 November 2014: Estádio Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil
- 25 November 2014: Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
- 26 November 2014: Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
- 21 April 2015: Kyocera Dome, Osaka, Japan
- 23 April 2015: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- 25 April 2015: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- 27 April 2015: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- 28 April 2015: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
- 2 May 2015: Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea
- 23 May 2015: O2 Arena, London, England
- 24 May 2015: O2 Arena, London, England
- 27 May 2015: Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, England
- 28 May 2015: Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
- 5 June 2015: Nouveau Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France
- 7 June 2015: Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 8 June 2015: Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 11 June 2015: Stade de France, Paris, France
- 19 June 2015: Firefly Music Festival
- 21 June 2015: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, USA
- 23 June 2015: John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, USA
- 25 June 2015: Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, USA
- 4 July 2015: Roskilde Festival
- 7 July 2015: Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway
- 9 July 2015: Tele2 Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
- 31 July 2015: Lollapalooza 2015
- 13 October 2015: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, USA
- 15 October 2015: Bryce Jordan Center, State College, USA
- 17 October 2015: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Canada
- 21 October 2015: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, USA
- 22 October 2015: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, USA
Also on this day...
- 2018: Paul McCartney live: Abbey Road Studios, London
- 2017: Paul McCartney live: CenturyLink Center, Omaha
- 2010: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: The Colosseum, Windsor
- 2001: Paul McCartney proposes to Heather Mills
- 1995: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Circus Maximus Theater, Atlantic City
- 1992: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Teatro La Versiliana, Marina di Pietrasanta
- 1989: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Park Central Amphitheatre, Dallas
- 1969: Recording: Oh! Darling, Come Together, The End
- 1968: Recording, mixing: Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey, Good Night
- 1967: The Beatles go sightseeing in Greece
- 1965: UK single release: Help!
- 1964: The Beatles live: The Night Of A Hundred Stars
- 1963: The Beatles live: Odeon Cinema, Weston-super-Mare
- 1962: The Beatles live: Kingsway Club, Southport
- 1961: The Beatles live: Blair Hall, Liverpool
- 1960: The Silver Beetles live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey
Want more? Visit the Beatles history section.