Paul McCartney live: Scottrade Center, St Louis

Sir Paul McCartney’s On The Run tour returned to the US with a concert at the Scottrade Center in St Louis, Missouri.

It was his first full-length show since a free event at the Zócalo de la Ciudad de México in Mexico City six months previously.

All tickets for the Scottrade Center show sold out. It was McCartney’s first St Louis concert since the 2002 Back In The US Tour – also at the Scottrade Center, although at that time it was known as the Savvis Center. He had previously performed at the city’s Busch Stadium on two occasions, on 1993’s New World Tour and on 22 August 1966 with The Beatles.

The singer was in good spirits, telling the crowd early on: “Good evening, St. Louie. It’s good to be back. I’m getting the feeling it’s gonna be some kind of a good time tonight.”

Later in the show he asked if the audience preferred “St Louie” or “St Louis”. Fans booed St Louie. “Now I know,” said McCartney, who added extra emphasis on “Louis” for the rest of the night. However, when the show closed with red, white and blue confetti, McCartney told the crowd: “You were fantastic St Louie. Thank you.”

During ‘The End’, McCartney tripped and fell while descending the steps from his piano riser. He recovered and later joked that it was a planned move.

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 setlist

• ‘Magical Mystery Tour’
• ‘Junior’s Farm’
• ‘All My Loving’
• ‘Jet’
• ‘Drive My Car’
• ‘Sing The Changes’
• ‘The Night Before’
• ‘Let Me Roll It’
• ‘Paperback Writer’
• ‘The Long And Winding Road’
• Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five
• ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
• ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
• ‘And I Love Her’
• ‘My Valentine’
• ‘Blackbird’
• ‘Here Today’
• ‘Dance Tonight’
• ‘Mrs Vandebilt’
• ‘Eleanor Rigby’
• ‘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’
• ‘Live And Let Die’
• ‘Let It Be’
• ‘Hey Jude’

• ‘Lady Madonna’
• ‘Birthday’
• ‘Day Tripper’
• ‘Get Back’

• ‘Yesterday’
• ‘Helter Skelter’
• ‘Golden Slumbers’
• ‘Carry That Weight’
• ‘The End’

Previous On The Run tour dates:

• 15 July 2011: Yankee Stadium, New York
• 16 July 2011: Yankee Stadium, New York
• 24 July 2011: Comerica Park, Detroit
• 26 July 2011: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
• 27 July 2011: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
• 31 July 2011: Wrigley Field, Chicago
• 1 August 2011: Wrigley Field, Chicago
• 4 August 2011: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati
• 13 November 2011: Yas Arena, Abu Dhabi
• 26 November 2011: Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy
• 27 November 2011: Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy
• 30 November 2011: Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France
• 1 December 2011: Lanxess Arena, Köln, Germany
• 5 December 2011: O2 Arena, London
• 10 December 2011: Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
• 12 December 2011: Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland
• 14 December 2011: Olimpiyskiy Arena, Moscow, Russia
• 19 December 2011: Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester
• 20 December 2011: Echo Arena, Liverpool
• 24 March 2012: Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 26 March 2012: Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
• 28 March 2012: Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
• 15 April 2012: Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
• 17 April 2012: Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay
• 19 April 2012: Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia
• 21 April 2012: Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil
• 22 April 2012: Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil
• 25 April 2012: Estádio da Ressacada, Florianópolis, Brazil
• 5 May 2012: Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara, Mexico
• 8 May 2012: Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico
• 10 May 2012: Zócalo de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City, Mexico