Paul McCartney brought his Out There tour back to the USA with a performance at Lollapalooza 2015 in Grant Park, Chicago.
The concert was the 87th date of the long-running tour, and followed a trio of dates in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
One for the Wings fans! Thank you #Lollapalooza #outthere pic.twitter.com/uErgRaNEe4
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) August 1, 2015
The setlist was slightly shorter than McCartney’s usual one. It was most notable for a performance of the Rhianna song FourFiveSeconds, which was written by Rhianna, McCartney and Kanye West. McCartney previously performed the song with his co-writers at the 2015 Grammy Awards, but the Lollapalooza show was the first solo version.
The band was joined by Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard, who had performed at Lollapalooza earlier in the day.
Thank you Chicago! Thank you #Lollapalooza! And thank you Brittany Howard! #OutThere #alabamashakes #Lolla2015 pic.twitter.com/LfQ3zbjv9n
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) August 1, 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).
@ogabejr who plays with @paulmccartney at @lollapalooza this past weekend! photo courtesy of @xoxohadas #dwdrums #f… pic.twitter.com/16NOLcg4cW
— Drum Workshop, Inc. (@dwdrums) August 2, 2015
Chicago, you brought your A game again last night. Thank you all #Repost @paulmccartney with… https://t.co/l3mn6cgVJ6
— Brian Ray (@brianrayguitar) August 1, 2015
- ‘Magical Mystery Tour’
- ‘Save Us’
- ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘Paperback Writer’
- ‘My Valentine’
- Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five
- ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
- ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
- ‘FourFiveSeconds’
- ‘We Can Work It Out’
- ‘And I Love Her’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Here Today’
- ‘Queenie Eye’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
- ‘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’
- ‘Hi, Hi, Hi’
- ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’
- ‘Get Back’
- ‘Helter Skelter’
- ‘Golden Slumbers’
- ‘Carry That Weight’
- ‘The End’
Hey #Lollapalooza you were unbelievable! #out there pic.twitter.com/8EVeREnDDS
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) August 1, 2015
Thank you Chicago! A night and a skyline like no other #Lollapalooza #outthere #lolla2015 pic.twitter.com/XWm1BRidwD
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) August 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
- 28 April 2015: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
- 2 May 2015: Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea
- 23 May 2015: O2 Arena, London
- 24 May 2015: O2 Arena, London
- 27 May 2015: Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, England
- 28 May 2015: Echo Arena, Liverpool
- 5 June 2015: Nouveau Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France
- 7 June 2015: Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
- 8 June 2015: Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
- 11 June 2015: Stade de France, Paris, France
- 19 June 2015: Firefly Music Festival, Dover, Delaware
- 21 June 2015: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 23 June 2015: John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, Virginia
- 25 June 2015: Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, South Carolina
- 4 July 2015: Roskilde Festival, Denmark
- 7 July 2015: Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway
- 9 July 2015: Tele2 Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
Also on this day...
- 2023: Paul McCartney announces Australian tour dates
- 2011: Paul McCartney live: Wrigley Field, Chicago
- 1982: George Martin appears on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs
- 1969: Recording: You Never Give Me Your Money, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight
- 1968: Recording: Hey Jude
- 1968: The Apple Boutique closes down
- 1967: John Lennon and Paul McCartney return to England from Greece
- 1963: Live: Imperial Ballroom, Nelson
- 1961: Live: Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool
- 1961: Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunchtime)
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