Paul McCartney live: Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis

Paul McCartney performed at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, on 27 April 1993.

It was the 20th night of the New World Tour, which lasted for 77 dates across 19 countries between February and December 1993. The show was seen by 42,003 fans.

Memphis – The New World Tour arrives in the birthplace of Blair Theodore Cunningham, ‘our new drummer’. To celebrate this homecoming, Blair’s entire family arrive for the show in droves and the local boy is in much demand with Tennessee TV stations. Also at the show is rock and roll luminary Carl Perkins, who jams with Paul backstage before the concert. Together they guitar-duet through ‘Blue Suede Shoes’, ‘Maybellene’, ‘Matchbox’ and ‘My Old Friend’ – a song Carl wrote for Paul when they recorded together on Montserrat. After joining a crowd of 42,000 to watch the concert, Carl Perkins stops a reporter later and tells him, ‘Get your notebook out, son, and write this down: you can tell anyone in the world that Carl Perkins has just witnessed absolutely the greatest show he has ever seen in his life. That boy just blows my mind.’

McCartney’s band was Linda McCartney on vocals, keyboards, and percussion; Hamish Stuart on guitar, bass guitar, and vocals; Robbie McIntosh on guitar and vocals; Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens on keyboards and vocals; and Blair Cunningham on drums and percussion.

Soundcheck setlist

• ‘Matchbox’
• ‘Let Me Roll It’
• ‘Midnight Special’
• ‘Lady Madonna’
• ‘Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying’
• ‘C Moon’
• ‘Twenty Flight Rock’

Concert setlist

• ‘Drive My Car’
• ‘Coming Up’
• ‘Looking For Changes’
• ‘Another Day’
• ‘All My Loving’
• ‘Let Me Roll It’
• ‘Peace In The Neighbourhood’
• ‘Off The Ground’
• ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’
• ‘Robbie’s Bit’
• ‘Good Rockin’ Tonight’
• ‘We Can Work It Out’
• ‘And I Love Her’
• ‘Every Night’
• ‘Hope Of Deliverance’
• ‘Michelle’
• ‘Biker Like An Icon’
• ‘Here, There And Everywhere’
• ‘Yesterday’
• ‘My Love’
• ‘Lady Madonna’
• ‘Live And Let Die’
• ‘Let It Be’
• ‘Magical Mystery Tour’
• ‘C’Mon People’
• ‘The Long And Winding Road’
• ‘Paperback Writer’
• ‘Fixing A Hole’
• ‘Penny Lane’
• ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’
• ‘Band On The Run’
• ‘I Saw Her Standing There’
• ‘Hey Jude’

New World Tour dates

• 18 February 1993: Forum di Assago, Milan, Italy
• 19 February 1993: Forum di Assago, Milan, Italy
• 22 February 1993: Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
• 23 February 1993: Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
• 5 March 1993: Subiaco Oval, Perth, Australia
• 9 March 1993: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
• 10 March 1993: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
• 13 March 1993: Oval, Adelaide, Australia
• 16 March 1993: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
• 17 March 1993: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
• 20 March 1993: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
• 22 March 1993: Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia
• 23 March 1993: Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia
• 27 March 1993: Western Springs Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
• 14 April 1993: Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, Whitney, USA
• 17 April 1993: Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, USA
• 20 April 1993: Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, USA
• 22 April 1993: Astrodome, Houston, USA
• 24 April 1993: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, USA
• 27 April 1993: Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, USA
• 29 April 1993: Busch Stadium, St Louis, USA
• 1 May 1993: Georgia Dome, Atlanta USA
• 5 May 1993: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, USA
• 7 May 1993: Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, USA
• 9 May 1993: Citrus Bowl, Orlando, USA
• 21 May 1993: Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg, Canada
• 23 May 1993: Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, USA
• 26 May 1993: Folsom Field, Boulder, USA
• 29 May 1993: Alamodome, San Antonio, USA
• 31 May 1993: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, USA
• 2 June 1993: Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, USA
• 4 June 1993: Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, USA
• 6 June 1993: CNE Stadium, Toronto, Canada
• 11 June 1993: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, USA
• 13 June 1993: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, USA
• 15 June 1993: Blockbuster Pavilion, Charlotte, USA
• 3 September 1993: Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany
• 5 September 1993: Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
• 6 September 1993: Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
• 9 September 1993: Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
• 11 September 1993: Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England
• 14 September 1993: Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England
• 15 September 1993: Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England
• 18 September 1993: Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
• 19 September 1993: Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
• 21 September 1993: Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
• 23 September 1993: Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany
• 25 September 1993: Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden
• 27 September 1993: Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
• 28 September 1993: Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
• 1 October 1993: Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
• 3 October 1993: Maimarkthalle, Mannheim, Germany
• 5 October 1993: Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany
• 6 October 1993: Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
• 9 October 1993: Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 10 October 1993: Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 13 October 1993: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France
• 14 October 1993: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France
• 17 October 1993: Flanders Expo, Ghent, Belgium
• 20 October 1993: Zénith, Toulon, France
• 22 October 1993: Palasport, Florence, Italy
• 23 October 1993: Palasport, Florence, Italy
• 26 October 1993: Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
• 27 October 1993: Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
• 12 November 1993: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
• 14 November 1993: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
• 15 November 1993: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
• 18 November 1993: Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan
• 19 November 1993: Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan
• 25 November 1993: Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico
• 27 November 1993: Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico
• 3 December 1993: Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil
• 5 December 1993: Pedreira Paulo Leminski, Curitiba, Brazil
• 10 December 1993: Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 11 December 1993: Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 12 December 1993: Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 16 December 1993: Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile