Sir Paul McCartney performed the first of two concerts at Montreal’s Bell Centre.
Prior to the show he and his band performed a sound check before a limited number of guests and fans.
The soundcheck setlist:
- ‘Matchbox’
- ‘Honey Don’t’
- ‘Coming Up’
- ‘Montreal’ (improvisation)
- ‘Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying’
- ‘(I Want To) Come Home’
- ‘San Francisco Bay Blues’
- ‘Things We Said Today’
- ‘Dance Tonight’
- ‘Leaning On A Lamppost’
- ‘Bluebird’
- ‘Yesterday’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
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).
The concert was scheduled to begin at 8pm but began 35 minutes late. The band played two Beatles songs not previously performed during the On The Run tour – ‘Birthday’ and ‘Michelle’. ‘Birthday’ was a tribute to Mick Jagger, whose 68th birthday it was.
McCartney began the set with ‘Hello, Goodbye’.
After the first encore a Japanese fan was invited onto the stage. McCartney asked her name and was told “Yoko”, much to his amusement and the delight of the crowd.
Here’s the full setlist:
- Hello Goodbye
- ‘Junior’s Farm’
- ‘All My Loving’
- ‘Jet’
- ‘Birthday’
- ‘Sing The Changes’
- ‘The Night Before’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘Paperback Writer’
- ‘The Long And Winding Road’
- Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five
- ‘Let ’Em In’
- ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
- ‘I’m Looking Through You’
- ‘I Will’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Here Today’
- ‘Dance Tonight’
- ‘Mrs Vandebilt’
- ‘Eleanor Rigby’
- ‘Michelle’
- ‘Something’
- ‘Band On The Run’
- ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
- ‘Back In The USSR’
- ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’
- ‘A Day In The Life’/‘Give Peace A Chance’
- ‘Let It Be’
- ‘Live And Let Die’
- ‘Hey Jude’
Forthcoming dates in the On The Run tour:
July 2011
- 27 – Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
- 31 – Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
August 2011
- 1 – Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
- 4 – Great American Ballpark, Cincinnati, OH
Also on this day...
- 2018: Paul McCartney live: Cavern Club, Liverpool
- 2010: Paul McCartney live: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville
- 1967: The Beatles visit a Greek island they intended to purchase
- 1967: Ringo Starr returns to England from Greece
- 1964: Live: Opera House, Blackpool
- 1963: Live: Odeon Cinema, Weston-super-Mare
- 1962: Live: Cambridge Hall, Southport
- 1961: Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
Want more? Visit the Beatles history section.
He didn’t start until 8:35 (much to my mothers dismay, it seems). When he finally got up here, it was like heaven. Paul stared with Hello Goodbye, and at one point we actually droned Paul out. He did Birthday for Mick Jagger (68 as of yesterday), and he just kept playing. 38 songs, 5 arms signed and countless memories. A highlight? Hello Goodbye. Just seeing everyone, French and English, singing together. Beautiful. After he left for the first time, the crowd suddenly, loudly, and proudly broke into that crazy Oleh Oleh thing.
That’s Montreal for you. Michelle was another surprise. Sir Paul, thanks for a night no one in that arena will ever forget.
It was a great concert. If I say any more, I’ll go into great detail.
PAUL ROCKS!