Paul McCartney live: O2 Arena, London

Paul McCartney performed at the O2 Arena in London, England, on 16 December 2018.

Heading to Paul’s #FreshenUpTour at @TheO2 tomorrow? 'Get On The Right Thing' and come see the 'Wings 1971-73' mural in Shoreditch. Keep an eye out for ? the design on stage… pic.twitter.com/WJu3vl6kK8

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) December 15, 2018

It was the 18th show of the Freshen Up Tour, which lasted for 39 dates between September 2018 and July 2019. This concert was seen by 15,651 fans.

During the encore performance of ‘Get Back’, McCartney was joined onstage by Ringo Starr and The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood.

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There’s nothing like performing in front of your home crowd, especially when it’s been a while. I can’t wait to finish the year on such a high by partying in Liverpool, Glasgow and London. We’ve freshened up the show since our last time round and we are excited to get to play some of our new songs along side some of the favourites.

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).

McCartney previously performed at the O2 Arena on 22 December 2009 for the Good Evening Europe Tour; 5 December 2011 for the On The Run Tour; and 23 and 24 May 2015 for the Out There Tour. He returned there on 18 and 19 December 2024 for the Got Back Tour

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Soundcheck setlist

• ‘Honey Don’t’
• ‘All My Loving’
• ‘Coming Up’
• ‘C Moon’
• ‘I Don’t Know’
• ‘Mrs Vandebilt’
• ‘Every Night’
• ‘Ram On’
• ‘Midnight Special’
• ‘Lady Madonna’

Concert setlist

• ‘A Hard Day’s Night’
• ‘Junior’s Farm’
• ‘All My Loving’
• ‘Letting Go’
• ‘Who Cares’
• ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’
• ‘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’
• ‘Dance Tonight’
• ‘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’

• ‘Birthday’
• ‘Wonderful Christmastime’
• ‘Get Back’
• ‘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