The 70th concert of Paul McCartney’s Out There tour took place at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.
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This was the fifth and final Japanese show of this leg of the tour, following a concert in Osaka and three more at the Tokyo Dome.
Paul snuck back into the Budokan #OutThere pic.twitter.com/Wh8EDoYvuc
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) April 30, 2015
The Beatles performed three shows at the Budokan, on 30 June, 1 and 2 July 1966.
McCartney’s setlist was remarkable for being the first ever live performance of the 50-year-old Beatles song ‘Another Girl’. It also saw a number of regular songs dropped from the set, including ‘The Long And Winding Road’, ‘Queenie Eye’, ‘All Together Now’, ‘Lovely Rita’, ‘Eleanor Rigby’, ‘Here Today’, ‘Something’, ‘Band On The Run’, ‘Day Tripper’, ‘Hi, Hi, Hi’ and ‘Helter Skelter’.
It was sensational and quite emotional remembering the first time and then experiencing this fantastic audience tonight. It was thrilling for us and we think it was probably the best show we did in Japan and it was great to be doing the Budokan 49 years later. It was crazy. We loved it.
Paul on stage at the Budokan earlier this week. Photo by MJ Kim. #OutThere pic.twitter.com/dDN50GtprU
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) April 30, 2015
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).
It was a wild night #OutThereJapan with Paul and the boys at #Budokan! I was not expecting that reception in Tokyo pic.twitter.com/QgF0nQPWUu
— Brian Ray (@brianrayguitar) April 29, 2015
- ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’
- ‘Save Us’
- ‘All My Loving’
- ‘One After 909’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘Paperback Writer’
- ‘My Valentine’
- Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five
- ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
- ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
- ‘Another Day’
- ‘Dance Tonight’
- ‘We Can Work It Out’
- ‘And I Love Her’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘New’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
- ‘Another Girl’
- ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’
- ‘Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!’
- ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
- ‘Back In The USSR’
- ‘Let It Be’
- ‘Live And Let Die’
- ‘Hey Jude’
My thanks to the Japanese people for showing us a brilliant time in their beautiful country.See you next time. Love P pic.twitter.com/8gSMJffcdi
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) May 1, 2015
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
- 14 June 2013: Bonnaroo Festival
- 22 June 2013: Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland
- 25 June 2013: Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy
- 27 June 2013: Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria
- 7 July 2013: Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada
- 9 July 2013: Fenway Park, Boston
- 12 July 2013: Nationals Park, Washington, DC
- 14 July 2013: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
- 16 July 2013: Miller Park, Milwaukee
- 19 July 2013: Safeco Field, Seattle
- 23 July 2013: Plains of Abraham, Quebec City, Canada
- 9 August 2013: Outside Lands festival, San Francisco
- 12 August 2013: Investors Group Field, Winnipeg, Canada
- 14 August 2013: Mosaic Stadium, Regina, Canada
- 11 November 2013: Kyocera Dome, Osaka, Japan
- 12 November 2013: Kyocera Dome, Osaka, Japan
- 15 November 2013: Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan
- 18 November 2013: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- 19 November 2013: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- 21 November 2013: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- 19 April 2014: Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
- 22 April 2014: Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile
- 23 April 2014: Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile
- 25 April 2014: Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru
- 28 April 2014: Estadio de Liga, Quito, Ecuador
- 1 May 2014: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
- 5 July 2014: Times Union Center, Albany, New York
- 7 July 2014: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 9 July 2014: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
- 12 July 2014: Fargodome, Fargo, North Dakota
- 14 July 2014: Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Nebraska
- 16 July 2014: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri
- 2 August 2014: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 5 August 2014: Washington-Grizzly Stadium, Missoula, Montana
- 7 August 2014: EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City
- 10 August 2014: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
- 12 August 2014: US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
- 14 August 2014: Candlestick Park, San Francisco
- 28 September 2014: Petco Park, San Diego, California
- 1 October 2014: Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio, Texas
- 2 October 2014: United Spirit Arena, Lubbock, Texas
- 11 October 2014: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans
- 13 October 2014: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
- 15 October 2014: Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
- 16 October 2014: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
- 25 October 2014: Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida
- 28 October 2014: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky
- 30 October 2014: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina
- 10 November 2014: Estádio Kléber Andrade, Cariacica, Brazil
- 12 November 2014: HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 23 November 2014: Estádio Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil
- 25 November 2014: Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
- 26 November 2014: Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
- 21 April 2015: Kyocera Dome, Osaka, Japan
- 23 April 2015: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- 25 April 2015: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- 27 April 2015: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
Also on this day...
- 2022: Paul McCartney live: Spokane Arena, Washington
- 2014: Paul McCartney live: Estadio de Liga, Quito, Ecuador
- 2010: George Martin speaks in aid of Deafness Research UK
- 1966: Recording: Eleanor Rigby
- 1965: Filming: Help!
- 1964: Television: Around The Beatles
- 1963: John Lennon and Brian Epstein holiday in Barcelona, Spain
- 1962: Live: Star-Club, Hamburg
- 1961: Live: Top Ten Club, Hamburg
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