Paul McCartney live: Kölnarena, Cologne

Paul McCartney performed at the Kölnarena in Cologne, Germany, on 16 December 2009.

It was the fifth show of the Good Evening Europe Tour, which lasted for eight dates in December 2009, and the first of two consecutive nights in Cologne.

The setlist differed from previous shows due to the addition of McCartney’s 1979 hit ‘Wonderful Christmastime’ to the first encore.

McCartney had previously performed at the Kölnarena during the Back In The World Tour on 27 and 28 April 2003. He returned on 1 December 2011 for the On The Run Tour.

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).

Concert setlist

• ‘Magical Mystery Tour’
• ‘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’
• ‘(I Want To) Come Home’
• ‘My Love’
• ‘Blackbird’
• ‘Here Today’
• ‘Dance Tonight’
• ‘And I Love Her’
• ‘Eleanor Rigby’
• ‘Something’
• ‘Mrs Vandebilt’
• ‘Sing The Changes’
• ‘Band On The Run’
• ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
• ‘Back In The USSR’
• ‘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’

• ‘Wonderful Christmastime’
• ‘Day Tripper’
• ‘Lady Madonna’
• ‘Get Back’

• ‘Yesterday’
• ‘Helter Skelter’
• ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)’
• ‘The End’

Good Evening Europe Tour dates

• 2 December 2009: Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany
• 3 December 2009: O2 World, Berlin, Germany
• 9 December 2009: GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands
• 10 December 2009: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France
• 16 December 2009: Kölnarena, Cologne, Germany
• 17 December 2009: Kölnarena, Cologne, Germany
• 20 December 2009: The O2, Dublin, Ireland
• 22 December 2009: O2 Arena, London, England