The tenth and penultimate date of Wings’ first tour was the only stop in Wales.
The gig took place at Swansea University on 22 February 1972. Paul McCartney had telephoned the university at 5pm to ask if the band could perform that evening. Less than an hour and a half later, a queue of 800 students
Good experience, and it got us together as a band, going through all those hardships, like a young band does. It brought us together.
- ‘Lucille’
- ‘Give Ireland Back to the Irish’
- ‘Blue Moon of Kentucky’
- ‘Seaside Woman’
- ‘Help Me Darling’
- ‘Some People Never Know’
- ‘The Mess’
- ‘Bip Bop’
- ‘Say, Darling’
- ‘Smile Away’
- ‘My Love’
- ‘Henry’s Blues’
- ‘Wild Life’
- ‘Long Tall Sally’
The Wings University Tour took place in the UK over eleven days in February 1972, and visited Nottingham (9 February), York (10), Hull (11), Newcastle upon Tyne (13), Lancaster (14), Leeds (16), Sheffield (17), Salford (18), Birmingham (21), Swansea (22), and Oxford (23).
Last updated: 21 June 2022
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- 2015: Ringo Starr live: Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- 1999: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Value City Arena, Columbus
- 1994: US album release: Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest by The Fireman (Paul McCartney and Youth)
- 1993: Paul McCartney live: Festhalle, Frankfurt
- 1971: US single release: Another Day by Paul McCartney
- 1970: Recording, mixing: That Would Be Something, Valentine Day, Every Night, Maybe I’m Amazed by Paul McCartney
- 1969: Recording: I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
- 1967: Recording, mixing: A Day In The Life
- 1965: The Beatles fly to the Bahamas to film Help!
- 1964: Interviews: London Airport
- 1963: The Beatles live: Oasis Club, Manchester
- 1961: The Beatles live: Hambleton Hall, Liverpool
- 1961: The Beatles live: Aintree Institute, Liverpool
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I couldn’t get in so listened from the grass embankment between Neuadd Sibley (where I was in residence, but for some reason now renamed) and the Students’ Union Building where the concert took place. I remember it as being really disappointing and poorly performed although to be fair, I was outside.
For those interested, the exact location was not at the marker on the map, which only locates the campus. The exact location was a little to the NW of the marker just beyond the big rectangular building (College House) in the long narrow building linked by two aerial walkways as seen on the map.