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Today’s the one-year anniversary of my first Paul concert! And tomorrow I get to do it again!

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Back from another amazing Paul show! No surprises or special guests (setlist a friend of mine got here). But the crowd was pumped and Paul fed off that and it seemed like a flawless performance. He seemed more smiley and even a little goofier than usual, making more funny faces when he screamed and dancing a bit more. And the night it was made all the more magical because of the supermoon, which Paul referenced a few times. At one point, we even got a shooting star passing right by the moon.

As promised, I got pics up at Instagram: 1 2 3 4. And my friend let me borrow her point and shoot, so I got pics – mostly of the Jumobtron – that I’ll share sometime this week after I get through a pile of photos to edit for work. But here’s a taste. The nice thing about Paul not straying too far from script is that I was able to anticipate certain moments and capture them this time around.

The fans who were picked to go up on stage this time were a mother-daughter team. The daughter had already been signed and she wanted her mother’s one and only tattoo to be Paul’s. 

As for my own sign, unfortunately, our seats were too far over for the sign to be seen. But I held it up anyway, and people in my section were adorable – they loved the sign and encouraged me to hold it up. One woman even said she wished I had been the one picked to go on stage! And since I have a story to go along with it with my friend hand-delivering it to me, I’m definitely holding on to it.

In general we had a great little group in our section. They were excited and genuinely awestruck, some even knew the NEW songs (one woman high-fived me for my dancing during “Queenie Eye ,” lol), and one little girl standing on the seat next to me knew the lyrics to almost every song. Also, the woman at the end of our row told us that she’d seen The Beatles there in ’66. And the tall people in front of me eventually shifted out of my sightline.

After the concert, on our way to the taxi line, I think my friends and I spotted Paul’s car leave, if the police escort is any indication.

I feel so fortunate to have seen both Ringo and Paul – in less than a month at that. I wouldn’t have missed the chance to see Paul in this a historic venue in time for the 50th anniversaries. 

I’ll edit if I think of more.

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More reports as I find them:

* Another positive review at LA Times. I agree that I wish Paul would bring in a string quartet for Yesterday (some might remember he borrowed the Kronos Quartet at Outside Lands).

* Local CBS station report. Similar report at related station KCAL 9’s YouTube channel. Not sure where the “playing with a member of Wings” part came from. 

* A giddy review at OnStage Magazine.

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