Around 50,000 people saw Sir Paul McCartney perform at the FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland.
The 2.5 hour concert was delayed by over an hour due to traffic problems. During the show McCartney and his band performed songs from his entire career.
The setlist:
- ‘Drive My Car’
- ‘Jet’
- ‘Only Mama Knows’
- ‘Flaming Pie’
- ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘Highway’
- ‘The Long And Winding Road’
- ‘My Love’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Here Today’
- ‘Dance Tonight’
- ‘Calico Skies’
- ‘Michelle’
- ‘Mrs Vandebilt’
- ‘Eleanor Rigby’
- ‘Sing The Changes’
- ‘Band On The Run’
- ‘Back In The USSR’
- ‘I’m Down’
- ‘Something’
- ‘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’
Also on this day...
- 2011: Paul McCartney live at Wrigley Field, Chicago
- 1971: Live: The Concert For Bangla Desh
- 1969: Recording: Because
- 1968: Recording: Hey Jude
- 1967: George and Pattie Harrison fly to Los Angeles
- 1966: Interview: David Frost At The Phonograph
- 1965: Television: Blackpool Night Out
- 1963: Radio: Pop Go The Beatles
- 1962: Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
- 1962: Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunchtime)
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I was there, 15th row center, and it was a great show as usual. We got there fairly early so I wasn’t aware of the traffic issue until later the next day. But at the time we were wondering what was taking so long because some dj duo had this awfully wretched electronica blasting that didn’t seem like it would ever stop. But it finally did and Sir Macca brought brilliant sunshine to the DC night.
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