Sir Paul McCartney has performed his first show in the Republic of Ireland for six years, as part of his Good Evening Europe tour.
The show was in front of 9,500 people at The O2 in Dublin. McCartney's previous concert in Ireland was in May 2003, his first in the republic since he played with The Beatles in November 1963 (they also played Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1963 and 1964).
Before the concert he performed a special soundcheck set for VIP ticket holders. The songs played were:
Honey Hush
Honey Don't
Coming Up
Birthday
All My Loving
C Moon
Whole Lotta Shaking Going On
Celebration
San Francisco Bay Blues
I've Just Seen A Face
Midnight Special
Mull Of Kintyre
Dance Tonight
Something
Mother Nature's Son
Yesterday
During the main show, McCartney introduced George Harrison's Something with a short version of George Formby's Leaning On A Lamppost, with the Dublin audience singing along.
Prior to singing the 1973 Wings song My Love, McCartney told the crowd that the guitarist on the original recording, Henry McCullough, was in the audience. The spotlight shone on the balcony, where McCullough took a bow.
As with his previous recent shows in Cologne, McCartney added the 1979 festive hit Wonderful Christmastime to the set. In Dublin the song was part of the main set rather than an encore.
Here's his version of Helter Skelter from the concert:
The setlist:
Magical Mystery Tour
Drive My Car
Jet
Only Mama Knows
Flaming Pie
Got To Get You Into My Life
Let Me Roll It/Foxy Lady
Highway
The Long And Winding Road
(I Want To) Come Home
My Love
Blackbird
Here Today
Dance Tonight
And I Love Her
Eleanor Rigby
Leaning On A Lamp Post/Something
Mrs Vanderbilt
Sing The Changes
Wonderful Christmastime
Band On The Run
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Back In The USSR
I've Got A Feeling
Paperback Writer
A Day In The Life/Give Peace A Chance
Let It Be
Live And Let Die
Hey Jude
First encore:
Day Tripper
Lady Madonna
Get Back
Second encore:
Yesterday
Helter Skelter
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)/The End
