Paul McCartney performed at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, on 4 August 2011.
It was the eighth show of the On The Run Tour, which lasted for 37 dates between July 2011 and November 2012. This concert was seen by XXXXXX fans.
The concert was a complete sell-out, with 41,500 people in the audience. McCartney came on stage wearing a red jacket, which he joked was in tribute to the Cincinnati Reds baseball team: “Good evening, Cincinnati. Dig the jacket – home of the Reds!”
A local married couple, Matt and Maggie Muldoon Silverstein, held up signs during the concert from their fifth row seats. His said: “Paul, sign my wife”, while hers said: “I’m the wife – sign me”.
McCartney read out their signs early in the concert, and during the encore brought the couple onto the stage. He signed Maggie’s shoulder and added the words “Let it be!”
After the concert, the Silversteins drove to a local tattoo parlour, and Maggie had the words permanently inked onto her shoulder. She had a previous tattoo, “Limitless undying love”, on her left side.
McCartney’s band was Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens (vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion, harmonica), Brian Ray (vocals, guitar, bass), Rusty Anderson (vocals, guitar), and Abe Laboriel Jr (vocals, drums).
Concert setlist
- ‘Hello, Goodbye’
- ‘Junior’s Farm’
- ‘All My Loving’
- ‘Jet’
- ‘Drive My Car’
- ‘Sing The Changes’
- ‘The Night Before’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘Paperback Writer’
- ‘The Long And Winding Road’
- ‘Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five’
- ‘Let ’Em In’
- ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
- ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
- ‘I Will’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Here Today’
- ‘Dance Tonight’
- ‘Mrs Vandebilt’
- ‘Eleanor Rigby’
- ‘Something’
- ‘Band On The Run’
- ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
- ‘Back In The USSR’
- ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’
- ‘A Day In The Life’
- ‘Give Peace A Chance’
- ‘Let It Be’
- ‘Live And Let Die’
- ‘Hey Jude’
On The Run Tour dates
- 15 July 2011: Yankee Stadium, New York City, USA
- 16 July 2011: Yankee Stadium, New York City, USA
- 24 July 2011: Comerica Park, Detroit, USA
- 26 July 2011: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
- 27 July 2011: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
- 31 July 2011: Wrigley Field, Chicago, USA
- 1 August 2011: Wrigley Field, Chicago, USA
- 4 August 2011: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, USA
- 13 November 2011: Du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- 26 November 2011: Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy
- 27 November 2011: Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy
- 30 November 2011: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France
- 1 December 2011: Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany
- 5 December 2011: O2 Arena, London, England
- 10 December 2011: Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
- 12 December 2011: Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
- 14 December 2011: Olimpiisky Arena, Moscow, Russia
- 19 December 2011: Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
- 20 December 2011: Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
- 24 March 2012: Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 26 March 2012: Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland
- 28 March 2012: Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
- 29 March 2012: Royal Albert Hall, London, England
- 15 April 2012: Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
- 17 April 2012: Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay
- 19 April 2012: El Campin Stadium, Bogotá, Colombia
- 21 April 2012: Estadio Arruda, Recife, Brazil
- 22 April 2012: Estadio Arruda, Recife, Brazil
- 25 April 2012: Estádio da Ressacada, Florianópolis, Brazil
- 5 May 2012: Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara, Mexico
- 8 May 2012: Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico
- 10 May 2012: Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico
- 11 November 2012: Scottrade Center, St Louis, USA
- 14 November 2012: Minute Maid Park, Houston, USA
- 25 November 2012: BC Place, Vancouver, Canada
- 28 November 2012: Rexall Place, Edmonton, Canada
- 29 November 2012: Rexall Place, Edmonton, Canada
Also on this day...
- 2003: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Westbury Music Fair, Jericho
- 2001: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: FleetBoston Pavilion, Boston
- 1995: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Sunrise Musical Theatre, Sunrise
- 1992: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Redwood Amphitheater, Santa Clara
- 1989: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs
- 1972: Wings live: Messuhalli, Helsinki
- 1969: Recording, mixing: Because, Something, Here Comes The Sun
- 1967: George Harrison watches Ravi Shankar at the Hollywood Bowl
- 1963: The Beatles live: Queen’s Theatre, Blackpool
- 1962: The Beatles live: Victoria Hall, Higher Bebington, Wirral
- 1961: The Beatles live: Aintree Institute, Liverpool
- 1961: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunchtime)
- 1946: Maureen Cox is born
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It was a great concert and I hope to see Paul again.
hands down the best thing i have ever seen personally. a wonderful show with great songs, great sound and great visuals. i saw it with my son and now i also have a great memory to last a lifetime. thanks to paul, the most talented person that god ever created. and thanks to the rest of the beatles as well.