Sir Paul McCartney was joined onstage by Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl during the first of two shows at London’s O2 Arena.
Paul getting #OutThere @TheO2 in #London pic.twitter.com/FbCokiMe6b
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) May 23, 2015
Grohl joined McCartney’s band on a rendition of The Beatles’ ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ during the first encore. McCartney had previously collaborated with the former members of Nirvana on the 2012 song ‘Cut Me Some Slack’.
The show also saw the UK debut of ‘Hope For The Future’ and the Beatles song ‘Another Girl’, and the first-ever live performance of McCartney’s song ‘Temporary Secretary’, from the 1980 album McCartney II.
It was the 72nd concert of McCartney’s long-running Out There tour, and his 50th show in London. It was McCartney’s first show at the O2 since December 2011. He also performed at the venue in December 2009.
Thank you London… you rocked! #OutThere pic.twitter.com/db4IDyxQeX
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) May 23, 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).
Good Fun when #DaveGrohl joined us in #London last night http://t.co/6sR8P9F48E
— Rusty Anderson (@rustyanderson1) May 24, 2015
- ‘Eight Days A Week’
- ‘Save Us’
- ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’
- ‘Listen To What The Man Said’
- ‘Temporary Secretary’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘Paperback Writer’
- ‘My Valentine’
- Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five
- ‘The Long And Winding Road’
- ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
- ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
- ‘We Can Work It Out’
- ‘Another Day’
- ‘Hope For The Future’
- ‘And I Love Her’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Here Today’
- ‘New’
- ‘Queenie Eye’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
- ‘All Together Now’
- ‘Lovely Rita’
- ‘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
- 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
- 28 April 2015: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
- 2 May 2015: Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea
Also on this day...
- 2013: Paul McCartney live: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas
- 2011: Paul McCartney live: Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 1968: Television: Omnibus – All My Loving
- 1968: Apple Tailoring opens in London
- 1967: EMI is informed of the BBC’s ban of A Day In The Life
- 1963: Live: Odeon Cinema, Nottingham
- 1962: Live: Star-Club, Hamburg
- 1961: Live: Top Ten Club, Hamburg
- 1960: Live: Dalrymple Hall, Fraserburgh, Scotland
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