Paul McCartney performed at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, on 20 September 2018.
It was the second show of the Freshen Up Tour, which lasted for 39 dates between September 2018 and July 2019. This concert was seen by 16,135 fans.
McCartney’s band was Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens (vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion, harmonica), Brian Ray (vocals, guitar, bass), Rusty Anderson (vocals, guitar), Abe Laboriel Jr (vocals, drums), Kenji Fenton (saxophone), Mike Davis (trumpet), and Paul Burton (trombone).
McCartney had previously performed at the Bell Centre on 12 August 2010 during the Up And Coming Tour, and 26 and 27 July 2011 for the On The Run Tour. He returned there on 17 and 18 November 2025 during the Got Back Tour.
Soundcheck setlist
- ‘Twenty Flight Rock’
- ‘Blue Suede Shoes’
- ‘All My Loving’
- ‘Coming Up’
- ‘My Valentine’
- ‘Miss Ann’
- ‘It’s So Easy!’
- ‘San Francisco Bay Blues’
- ‘Things We Said Today’
- ‘Ram On’
- ‘Midnight Special’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
Concert setlist
- ‘A Hard Day’s Night’
- ‘Hi, Hi, Hi’
- ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’
- ‘Letting Go’
- ‘Who Cares’
- ‘Come On To Me’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’
- ‘Let ’Em In’
- ‘My Valentine’
- ‘Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five’
- ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
- ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
- ‘In Spite Of All The Danger’
- ‘From Me To You’
- ‘Michelle’
- ‘Love Me Do’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Here Today’
- ‘Queenie Eye’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
- ‘FourFiveSeconds’
- ‘Eleanor Rigby’
- ‘Fuh You’
- ‘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’
- ‘Yesterday’
- ‘I Saw Her Standing There’
- ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)’
- ‘Helter Skelter’
- ‘Golden Slumbers’
- ‘Carry That Weight’
- ‘The End’
Freshen Up Tour dates
- 17 September 2018: Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Canada
- 20 September 2018: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
- 28 September 2018: Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg, Canada
- 30 September 2018: Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada
- 5 October 2018: Austin City Limits Music Festival, USA
- 12 October 2018: Austin City Limits Music Festival, USA
- 31 October 2018: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- 1 November 2018: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- 5 November 2018: Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan
- 8 November 2018: Nagoya Dome, Nagoya, Japan
- 28 November 2018: Paris La Défense Arena, Paris, France
- 30 November 2018: Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 3 December 2018: Tauron Arena, Kraków, Poland
- 5 December 2018: Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
- 6 December 2018: Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
- 12 December 2018: Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
- 14 December 2018: SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
- 16 December 2018: O2 Arena, London, England
- 20 March 2019: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile
- 23 March 2019: Campo Argentino de Polo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 26 March 2019: Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
- 27 March 2019: Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
- 30 March 2019: Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba, Brazil
- 23 May 2019: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, USA
- 27 May 2019: PNC Arena, Raleigh, USA
- 30 May 2019: Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, USA
- 1 June 2019: Rupp Arena, Lexington, USA
- 3 June 2019: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, USA
- 6 June 2019: Kohl Center, Madison, USA
- 8 June 2019: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, USA
- 11 June 2019: TaxSlayer Center, Moline, USA
- 14 June 2019: Globe Life Park, Arlington, USA
- 22 June 2019: Petco Park, San Diego, USA
- 26 June 2019: Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, USA
- 28 June 2019: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, USA
- 29 June 2019: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, USA
- 6 July 2019: BC Place, Vancouver, Canada
- 10 July 2019: SAP Center, San Jose, USA
- 13 July 2019: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, USA
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