Paul McCartney headlined the second night of the 2013 Bonnaroo Music Festival in Great Stage Park, Manchester, Tennessee, performing before 80,000 people.
psuper psyched to play #Bonnaroo2013 in less than an hour with Paul and the guys.. It's beautiful night for music.
— Brian Ray (@brianrayguitar) June 15, 2013
It was the 13th stop on McCartney’s Out There tour, and the only one so far to be part of a music festival. The band were taken to the venue with a police escort.
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).
A few friends taking us to Bonaroo!!!
C y'all soon!!!
: ) > pic.twitter.com/0ghXmLZCUF— abe laboriel jr (@ogabejr) June 14, 2013
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McCartney improvised a song for the Bonnaroo audience during the set.
The setlist
- ‘Eight Days A Week’
- ‘Junior’s Farm’
- ‘All My Loving’
- ‘Listen To What The Man Said’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘Paperback Writer’
- ‘My Valentine’
- Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five
- ‘The Long And Winding Road’
- ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
- ‘Midnight Special’
- ‘We Can Work It Out’
- ‘Another Day’
- ‘And I Love Her’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Here Today’
- ‘Your Mother Should Know’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
- ‘All Together Now’
- ‘Lovely Rita’
- ‘Mrs Vandebilt’
- ‘Eleanor Rigby’
- ‘Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!’
- ‘Something’
- ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
- ‘Band On The Run’
- ‘Back In The USSR’
- ‘Let It Be’
- ‘Live And Let Die’
- ‘Hey Jude’
Previous Out There tour dates:
- 4 May 2013: Estadio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- 6 May 2013: Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia, Brazil
- 9 May 2013: Estádio Governador Plácido Castelo, Fortaleza, Brazil
- 18 May 2013: Amway Center, Orlando, Florida
- 19 May 2013: Amway Center, Orlando, Florida
- 22 May 2013: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas
- 23 May 2013: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas
- 26 May 2013: FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee
- 29 May 2013: BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 30 May 2013: BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 8 June 2013: Barclays Center, New York
- 10 June 2013: Barclays Center, New York
thanks for the great vibes bonnaroo! amazing festival energy, & we lucked out with the perfect weather.
— Rusty Anderson (@rustyanderson1) June 17, 2013
Also on this day...
- 2014: Ringo Starr live: Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Connecticut
- 2011: John Lennon autographed Double Fantasy sells for £23,000
- 1969: Television: John Lennon and Yoko Ono on The David Frost Show
- 1967: Recording: All You Need Is Love
- 1966: Recording: Here, There And Everywhere
- 1965: Recording: I’ve Just Seen A Face, I’m Down, Yesterday
- 1965: US album release: Beatles VI
- 1964: Ringo rejoins The Beatles in Australia
- 1964: Ringo Starr gives a press conference in Sydney, Australia
- 1963: Live: Mersey Beat Showcase, Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey
- 1961: Live: Top Ten Club, Hamburg
Want more? Visit the Beatles history section.
Hey Joe, I noticed you had spelt Bonnaroo wrong multiple times. I was also at the show, it was awesome. He made a comment about how he could “smell all the good weed getting smoked.” As my second time seeing him I have to say that he is just an amazing performer. Thanks for the site also, I waste about 50% of each day just reading.
Oops, thanks Jake. It’s fixed now. Glad you like the site!
The record must show Sir Paul did an AMAZING sound check too. It was sooo long and magical! It was like Beatlemania took over Roo when my hubby and I realized who was serenading us while we were on the food line. We rushed as fast as possible to the optimal viewing area and danced to a surprise (approx) one hour jam. Bonnaroo Thursday night will never be the same!
The regular set on my birthday that weekend was fabulous. I’ve been a fan all my life, I have travelled to Liverpool a few times as a tourist and am thrilled & thankful to have Roo-ed with Sir Paul and his crew.