Paul McCartney performed at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada on 8 August 2010.
It was the 19th concert of the Up And Coming Tour, which lasted for 38 dates between March 2010 and June 2011, and the first of two consecutive nights in Toronto.
The set was largely the same as his previous concert in Charlotte, North Carolina, although he didn’t play ‘Ram On’. The 1977 Wings hit ‘Mull Of Kintyre’ was also added to the set during the second encore, for which the Paris Port Dover Pipe Band joined McCartney’s band.
A fan was also invited onto the stage. Twelve-year-old Julia Savage, from Fredericton, New Brunswick, had been holding a sign in the crowd saying: “My dad drove me 2,000 kms to hug a Beatle.” Another fan requested McCartney’s guitar plectrum and was duly rewarded.
The show, seen by 16,000 people, was McCartney’s 10th solo concert in Canada. The first had taken place on 9 May 1976 at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. He also played Canadian shows with The Beatles in 1964, 1965 and 1966.
Canada is a great music loving country. I love it. When I was growing up in Liverpool so many people were emigrating to Canada. We would see a lot of friends and family leaving and we’d see them off from the docks. I’ve a lot of relatives and friends who have moved here over the years so it’s always a brilliant place for us to visit.
McCartney had previously performed at the Air Canada Centre on 13 April 2002 for the Driving World Tour, and 10 October 2005 for the US Tour. He returned on 17 October 2015 for Out There Tour.
Here’s the performance of ‘My Love’ from the show:
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
- ‘Venus And Mars’
- ‘Rock Show’
- ‘Jet’
- ‘All My Loving’
- ‘Letting Go’
- ‘Drive My Car’
- ‘Highway’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘The Long And Winding Road’
- ‘Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five’
- ‘Let ’Em In’
- ‘My Love’
- ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
- ‘And I Love Her’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Here Today’
- ‘Dance Tonight’
- ‘Mrs Vandebilt’
- ‘Eleanor Rigby’
- ‘Something’
- ‘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’
- ‘Yesterday’
- ‘Mull Of Kintyre’
- ‘Helter Skelter’
- ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)’
- ‘The End’
Up And Coming Tour dates
- 28 March 2010: Jobing.com Arena, Glendale, USA
- 30 March 2010: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, USA
- 31 March 2010: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, USA
- 3 April 2010: Sun Life Stadium, Miami, USA
- 5 April 2010: Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- 27 May 2010: Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico
- 28 May 2010: Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico
- 12 June 2010: RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland
- 13 June 2010: Isle of Wight Festival
- 20 June 2010: Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
- 26 June 2010: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
- 27 June 2010: Hard Rock Calling Festival
- 10 July 2010: AT&T Park, San Francisco, USA
- 13 July 2010: Rio Tinto Stadium, Salt Lake City, USA
- 15 July 2010: Pepsi Center, Denver, USA
- 24 July 2010: Sprint Center, Kansas City, USA
- 26 July 2010: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, USA
- 28 July 2010: Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, USA
- 8 August 2010: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Canada
- 9 August 2010: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Canada
- 12 August 2010: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
- 14 August 2010: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, USA
- 15 August 2010: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, USA
- 18 August 2010: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, USA
- 19 August 2010: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, USA
- 7 November 2010: Estádio Beira Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- 10 November 2010: Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 11 November 2010: Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 21 November 2010: Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil
- 22 November 2010: Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil
- 13 December 2010: Apollo Theater, New York City, USA
- 18 December 2010: Hammersmith Apollo, London, England
- 20 December 2010: O2 Academy, Liverpool, England
- 9 May 2011: Estadio Monumental, Lima, Peru
- 11 May 2011: Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile
- 22 May 2011: Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 23 May 2011: Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 10 June 2011: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, USA
My wife and I saw Paul McCartney for the first time live despite living in the Uk for most of our lives we waited until we moved to Canada to go and see him in Toronto on Sunday evening. I cannot find the words to describe the man! He played for 3 hours without a break, sang every song (36 in total) and looked as though he could go on after that! how many of today’s artistes could play their own songs for 3 hours and still have many left in the locker! Fabulous, magnificent, brilliant! Thank you Paul.