Paul McCartney live: Rexall Place, Edmonton, Canada

Sir Paul McCartney played his first ever concert in Edmonton, Canada, as part of his On The Run tour.

It was the first of two shows on consecutive nights in the city. Tickets for both sold out in a matter of days in September.

The city was in a celebratory mood ahead of the shows, with mayor Stephen Mandel officially proclaiming 26-30 November as Paul McCartney Week.

Part of 102A Avenue running through Churchill Square renamed Abbey Road for the week. Silhouettes of The Beatles’ famous crossing on the 1969 album cover were positioned on the road between City Hall and the Three Bananas Cafe.

A free screening of The Beatles’ 1964 film A Hard Day’s Night took place at City Hall, while on Churchill Square the party atmosphere continued with local improv performers dressed as the Queen, royal guards and British policemen.

Here’s a clip of ‘Live And Let Die’ and ‘Hey Jude’:

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).

Towards the end of the show the group was joined by the Pipes and Drums of the Edmonton Police Service for a version of ‘Mull Of Kintyre’.

• ‘Magical Mystery Tour’
• ‘Junior’s Farm’
• ‘All My Loving’
• ‘Jet’
• ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’
• ‘Sing The Changes’
• ‘The Night Before’
• ‘Let Me Roll It’
• ‘Paperback Writer’
• ‘The Long And Winding Road’
• Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five
• ‘My Valentine’
• ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
• ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
• ‘And I Love Her’
• ‘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’
• ‘Let It Be’
• ‘Live And Let Die’
• ‘Hey Jude’

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

• ‘Yesterday’
• ‘Mull Of Kintyre’
• ‘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
• 11 November 2012: Scottrade Center, St Louis
• 14 November 2012: Minute Maid Park, Houston
• 25 November 2012: BC Place, Vancouver, Canada