Paul McCartney performed at the O2 Arena in London, England, on 18 December 2024.
It was the penultimate show of the Got Back Tour, which lasted for 59 dates between April 2022 and December 2024, and the first of two consecutive nights at the O2.
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; 23 and 24 May 2015 for the Out There Tour; and 16 December 2018 for the Freshen Up Tour.
Soundcheck setlist
- Instrumental jam
- ‘Twenty Flight Rock’
- ‘Flaming Pie’
- ‘Coming Up’
- ‘Women And Wives’
- ‘Let ’Em In’
- ‘Every Night’
- ‘Mrs Vandebilt’
- ‘Ram On’
- ‘Midnight Special’
- ‘Queenie Eye’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
Concert setlist
- ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’
- ‘Junior’s Farm’
- ‘Letting Go’
- ‘Drive My Car’
- ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’
- ‘Come On To Me’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘Getting Better’
- ‘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’
- ‘Love Me Do’
- ‘Dance Tonight’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Here Today’
- ‘Now And Then’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
- ‘Jet’
- ‘Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!’
- ‘Something’
- ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
- ‘Band On The Run’
- ‘Wonderful Christmastime’
- ‘Get Back’
- ‘Let It Be’
- ‘Live And Let Die’
- ‘Hey Jude’
- ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’
- ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)’
- ‘Helter Skelter’
- ‘Golden Slumbers’
- ‘Carry That Weight’
- ‘The End’
Got Back Tour dates
- 28 April 2022: Spokane Arena, Washington, USA
- 2 May 2022: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, USA
- 3 May 2022: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, USA
- 6 May 2022: Oakland Arena, Oakland, USA
- 8 May 2022: Oakland Arena, Oakland, USA
- 13 May 2022: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, USA
- 17 May 2022: Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, USA
- 21 May 2022: Truist Field, Winston Salem, USA
- 25 May 2022: Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, USA
- 28 May 2022: Camping World Stadium, Orlando, USA
- 31 May 2022: Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, USA
- 4 June 2022: JMA Wireless Dome, Syracuse, USA
- 7 June 2022: Fenway Park, Boston, USA
- 8 June 2022: Fenway Park, Boston, USA
- 12 June 2022: Oriole Park, Baltimore, USA
- 16 June 2022: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, USA
- 24 June 2022: Cheese & Grain, Frome, England
- 25 June 2022: Glastonbury Festival, England
- 18 October 2023: Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia
- 21 October 2023: Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia
- 24 October 2023: McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle, Australia
- 27 October 2023: Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia
- 28 October 2023: Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia
- 1 November 2023: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia
- 4 November 2023: Heritage Bank Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia
- 14 November 2023: Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico
- 16 November 2023: Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico
- 28 November 2023: Clube do Choro, Brasília, Brazil
- 30 November 2023: Estádio Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil
- 3 December 2023: Arena MRV, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- 4 December 2023: Arena MRV, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- 7 December 2023: Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
- 9 December 2023: Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
- 10 December 2023: Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
- 13 December 2023: Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba, Brazil
- 16 December 2023: Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 1 October 2024: Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
- 5 October 2024: Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 6 October 2024: Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 11 October 2024: Estadio Monumental, Santiago, Chile
- 15 October 2024: Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
- 16 October 2024: Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
- 19 October 2024: Estádio da Ressacada, Florianópolis, Brazil
- 23 October 2024: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina
- 27 October 2024: Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru
- 1 November 2024: Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Columbia
- 5 November 2024: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
- 8 November 2024: Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe, Mexico
- 12 November 2024: Estadio GNP Seguros, Mexico City, Mexico
- 14 November 2024: Estadio GNP Seguros, Mexico City, Mexico
- 17 November 2024: Corona Capital Festival, Mexico
- 4 December 2024: Paris La Défense Arena, Paris, France
- 5 December 2024: Paris La Défense Arena, Paris, France
- 9 December 2024: WiZink Center, Madrid, Spain
- 10 December 2024: WiZink Center, Madrid, Spain
- 14 December 2024: Co-op Live, Manchester, England
- 15 December 2024: Co-op Live, Manchester, England
- 18 December 2024: O2 Arena, London, England
- 19 December 2024: O2 Arena, London, England
Also on this day...
- 2020: Album release: McCartney III by Paul McCartney
- 2010: Paul McCartney live: Hammersmith Apollo, London
- 2009: McCartney on X Factor chart battle, video for (I Want To) Come Home
- 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed by Associated Press
- 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for CBC-TV
- 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono record a message for Japanese radio
- 1968: John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear onstage in a white bag
- 1966: Paul McCartney and Jane Asher attend the première of The Family Way
- 1966: Tara Browne dies
- 1963: Radio: From Us To You
- 1962: The Beatles live: Star-Club, Hamburg
- 1962: Travel: Liverpool to Hamburg
- 1961: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunchtime)
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