Paul McCartney performed at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on 5 August 2009.
It was the sixth show of the Summer Live ’09 Tour, which lasted for 10 dates in July and August 2009, and the first of two consecutive nights in Boston.
The show included extended jams at ‘The End’ of ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’ and ‘Paperback Writer’. Fireworks and a light show were features of ‘Live And Let Die’.
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).
McCartney returned to Fenway Park on 9 July 2013 for the Out There Tour; 17 July 2016 for the One On One Tour; and 7 and 8 June 2022 for the Got Back Tour.
Concert 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’
- ‘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’
Summer Live ’09 Tour dates
- 11 July 2009: Halifax Common, Halifax, Canada
- 17 July 2009: Citi Field, New York City, USA
- 18 July 2009: Citi Field, New York City, USA
- 21 July 2009: Citi Field, New York City, USA
- 1 August 2009: FedEx Field, Landover, DC, USA
- 5 August 2009: Fenway Park, Boston, USA
- 6 August 2009: Fenway Park, Boston, USA
- 15 August 2009: Piedmont Park, Atlanta, USA
- 17 August 2009: BOK Arena, Tulsa, USA
- 19 August 2009: Cowboy Stadium, Dallas, USA
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- 1992: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Concord Pavilion, Concord
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- 1972: Wings live: Kupittaan Urheiluhalli, Turku
- 1969: Recording: You Never Give Me Your Money, Because, The End
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- 1961: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
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