Paul McCartney performed at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, on 12 November 1993.
It was the 65th night of the New World Tour, which lasted for 77 dates across 19 countries between February and December 1993, and the first of three nights in Tokyo.
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.
McCartney had previously performed at the Tokyo Dome on 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13 March 1990. He returned there on 11, 13, and 14 November 2002; 18, 19, and 21 November 2013; 23, 25, and 27 April 2015; 27, 29, and 30 April 2017; and 31 October and 1 November 2018.
Soundcheck setlist
- ‘Matchbox’
- ‘Summertime’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘Just Because’
- ‘San Francisco Bay Blues’
- ‘Midnight Special’
- ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula’
- ‘Every Night’
- ‘We Can Work It Out’
- ‘Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying’
- ‘C Moon’
- ‘Ain’t That A Shame’
- ‘Bring It To Jerome’
- ‘Purple Haze’
- ‘Twenty Flight Rock’
- ‘Drive My Car’
- ‘Hey Jude’
- ‘A Leaf’
Concert setlist
- ‘Drive My Car’
- ‘Coming Up’
- ‘Looking For Changes’
- ‘Jet’
- ‘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’
- ‘I Lost My Little Girl’
- ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’
- ‘Hope Of Deliverance’
- ‘Michelle’
- ‘Biker Like An Icon’
- ‘Here, There And Everywhere’
- ‘Yesterday’
- ‘My Love’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
- ‘C’Mon People’
- ‘Magical Mystery Tour’
- ‘Let It Be’
- ‘Live And Let Die’
- ‘Paperback Writer’
- ‘Back In The USSR’
- ‘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
Also on this day...
- 2017: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Chartway Arena, Norfolk
- 2016: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio
- 2014: Paul McCartney live: HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro
- 2013: Paul McCartney live: Kyocera Dome, Osaka
- 2012: UK release: The Beatles’ stereo vinyl box set
- 2011: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Credicard Hall, São Paulo
- 2008: Eleanor Rigby signature to be auctioned
- 2005: Paul McCartney live: Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim
- 2001: UK album release: Driving Rain by Paul McCartney
- 1974: George Harrison live: Forum, Inglewood
- 1973: US single release: Helen Wheels by Wings
- 1968: Recording: Electronic Sound by George Harrison
- 1966: Paul McCartney meets Mal Evans in Bordeaux, France
- 1963: Television: Day By Day, South Today
- 1962: The Beatles live: Star-Club, Hamburg
- 1961: The Beatles live: Hambleton Hall, Liverpool
- 1960: The Beatles live: Kaiserkeller, Hamburg
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