Paul McCartney performed at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, on 31 October 2018.
It was the seventh show of the Freshen Up Tour, which lasted for 39 dates between September 2018 and July 2019.
McCartney’s band was Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens (vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion, harmonica), Brian Ray (vocals, guitar, bass), Rusty Anderson (vocals, guitar), Abe Laboriel Jr (vocals, drums), Kenji Fenton (saxophone), Mike Davis (trumpet), and Paul Burton (trombone).
Halloween in Japan! ??? pic.twitter.com/6vuEEIAuEb
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 31, 2018
McCartney had previously performed at the Tokyo Dome on 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13 March 1990; 12, 14, and 15 November 1993; 18, 19, and 21 November 2013; 23, 25, and 27 April 2015; and 27, 29, and 30 April 2017.
Soundcheck setlist
- Honey Don’t
- ‘Coming Up’
- ‘Day Tripper’
- ‘C Moon’
- ‘Let ’Em In’
- ‘San Francisco Bay Blues’
- ‘Things We Said Today’
- ‘Ram On’
- ‘Midnight Special’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
Concert setlist
- ‘A Hard Day’s Night’
- ‘Hi, Hi, Hi’
- ‘All My Loving’
- ‘Letting Go’
- ‘Who Cares’
- ‘Come On To Me’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’
- ‘Let ’Em In’
- ‘My Valentine’
- ‘Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five’
- ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
- ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
- ‘In Spite Of All The Danger’
- ‘From Me To You’
- ‘Love Me Do’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Here Today’
- ‘Queenie Eye’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
- ‘Eleanor Rigby’
- ‘Fuh You’
- ‘Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!’
- ‘Something’
- ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
- ‘Band On The Run’
- ‘Back In The USSR’
- ‘Let It Be’
- ‘Live And Let Die’
- ‘Hey Jude’
- ‘Yesterday’
- ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)’
- ‘Helter Skelter’
- ‘Golden Slumbers’
- ‘Carry That Weight’
- ‘The End’
Freshen Up Tour dates
- 17 September 2018: Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Canada
- 20 September 2018: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
- 28 September 2018: Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg, Canada
- 30 September 2018: Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada
- 5 October 2018: Austin City Limits Music Festival, USA
- 12 October 2018: Austin City Limits Music Festival, USA
- 31 October 2018: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- 1 November 2018: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- 5 November 2018: Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan
- 8 November 2018: Nagoya Dome, Nagoya, Japan
- 28 November 2018: Paris La Défense Arena, Paris, France
- 30 November 2018: Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 3 December 2018: Tauron Arena, Kraków, Poland
- 5 December 2018: Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
- 6 December 2018: Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
- 12 December 2018: Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
- 14 December 2018: SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
- 16 December 2018: O2 Arena, London, England
- 20 March 2019: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile
- 23 March 2019: Campo Argentino de Polo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 26 March 2019: Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
- 27 March 2019: Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
- 30 March 2019: Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba, Brazil
- 23 May 2019: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, USA
- 27 May 2019: PNC Arena, Raleigh, USA
- 30 May 2019: Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, USA
- 1 June 2019: Rupp Arena, Lexington, USA
- 3 June 2019: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, USA
- 6 June 2019: Kohl Center, Madison, USA
- 8 June 2019: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, USA
- 11 June 2019: TaxSlayer Center, Moline, USA
- 14 June 2019: Globe Life Park, Arlington, USA
- 22 June 2019: Petco Park, San Diego, USA
- 26 June 2019: Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, USA
- 28 June 2019: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, USA
- 29 June 2019: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, USA
- 6 July 2019: BC Place, Vancouver, Canada
- 10 July 2019: SAP Center, San Jose, USA
- 13 July 2019: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, USA
Also on this day...
- 2017: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Moody Theater, Austin
- 2016: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Orchard Hall, Tokyo
- 2015: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Kings Theatre, New York City
- 2013: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Teatro Positivo, Curitiba
- 2012: Paul McCartney’s 1964 Aston Martin DB5 sells for £307,500
- 2011: Paul McCartney commissions restoration of Motown piano
- 1989: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka
- 1988: USSR album release: Choba B CCCP by Paul McCartney
- 1983: Album release: Pipes Of Peace by Paul McCartney
- 1969: UK single release: Something/Come Together
- 1968: George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax
- 1967: Filming: Magical Mystery Tour
- 1966: Mixing: Paperback Writer
- 1964: The Beatles live: Gaumont Cinema, Ipswich
- 1963: Travel: Stockholm to London
- 1961: The Beatles live: Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool
- 1960: The Beatles live: Kaiserkeller, Hamburg
- 1956: Paul McCartney’s mother Mary dies
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