Paul McCartney live: PNC Arena, Raleigh

Paul McCartney performed at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, on 27 May 2019.

It was the 25th show of the Freshen Up Tour, which lasted for 39 dates between September 2018 and July 2019. This concert was seen by 14,805 fans.

The concert was unusual for McCartney taking a rare drink of water during his set. His voice faltered while singing the John Lennon tribute ‘Here Today’.

One of the things that people say to me when they’re seeing the show, ‘You didn’t take a drink of water the whole time,’ But tonight I’m going to… A rule is broken. That’s what rules are for.

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 had previously performed at the RBC Center, as the PNC Arena was then known, during the Driving World Tour on 7 October 2002.

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’
• ‘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