Paul McCartney performed at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada on 8 August 2010.
It was the 20th concert of the Up And Coming Tour, which lasted for 38 dates between March 2010 and June 2011, and the second of two consecutive nights in Toronto.
As on the previous night, he performed the 1977 Wings hit ‘Mull Of Kintyre’ during the second encore. McCartney’s band was joined onstage by the Paris Port Dover Pipe Band.
The show, seen by 16,000 people, was McCartney’s 11th solo concert in Canada. The first took 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.
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’
- ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’
- ‘Highway’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘The Long And Winding Road’
- ‘Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five’
- ‘Let ’Em In’
- ‘My Love’
- ‘I’m Looking Through You’
- ‘Two Of Us’
- ‘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
Also on this day...
- 2016: Paul McCartney live: Verizon Center, Washington, DC
- 2013: Paul McCartney live: Outside Lands Festival
- 2003: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Marcus Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee
- 2001: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel
- 1998: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Smukfest, Skanderborg
- 1995: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Von Braun Civic Center, Huntsville
- 1992: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa
- 1989: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Mann Music Center, Philadelphia
- 1972: Wings live: Njårdhallen, Oslo
- 1968: Recording: Not Guilty, Mother Nature’s Son
- 1967: George and Pattie Harrison return from America
- 1965: The Silkie record You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
- 1964: The Beatles live: Futurist Theatre, Scarborough
- 1963: The Beatles live: Springfield Ballroom, Jersey
- 1962: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunchtime)
- 1961: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
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