Paul McCartney performed at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 13 July 2019.
It was the final show of the Freshen Up Tour, which lasted for 39 dates between September 2018 and July 2019. This concert was seen by 48,767 fans.
To the delight of fans, he was joined on stage by fellow former Beatle Ringo Starr, who played drums on ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)’ and ‘Helter Skelter’ during the encore.
Just the other night we finished our tour in Los Angeles and Ringo got up and we were doing ‘Helter Skelter’ together, and when I wasn’t on the mic, in the solo breaks and stuff, I really made a point of turning round and watching this guy drum. And thinking, ‘My god, you know, the memories across this ten-yard gap here,’ with him on the drums and me on the bass. The lifetime that’s going on here, and here he is! And I was just listening to him during that song. I was doing my performance basically [he sings] When I get to the bottom I go back to the top — as I’m doing that bit, there’s normally just the guitars sort of playing, but Ringo did what’s on record, building. So I’m going, ‘Oh yeah, great.’ So, you know, it’s a sort of magic.
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Reunited with my favourite Starr #FreshenUpTour @ringostarrmusic pic.twitter.com/CClUxKgdQx
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) July 14, 2019
The joy of playing with my Peace and Love brother! ???? #FreshenUpTour @ringostarrmusic pic.twitter.com/kr52tP6Qj2
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) July 14, 2019
McCartney was also joined on ‘The End’ by Starr’s bandmate and brother-in-law Joe Walsh, formerly of The Eagles.
Meet the Beagles! #FreshenUpTour @joewalsh pic.twitter.com/9ooy0vx8p4
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) July 14, 2019
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 played Dodger Stadium on 10 August 2014.
Thanks L.A. for a great last night of our tour! It was a blast #FreshenUpTour pic.twitter.com/m04Z2Hx2aH
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) July 14, 2019
Concert setlist
- ‘A Hard Day’s Night’
- ‘Junior’s Farm’
- ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’
- ‘Letting Go’
- ‘Who Cares’
- Got to Get You Into My Life
- ‘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’
- ‘Dance Tonight’
- ‘Love Me Do’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Here Today’
- ‘Queenie Eye’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
- ‘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’
- ‘Birthday’
- ‘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
Although I would never go to see any rockers past their mid-50s, it’s still cool seeing these pics of Paul and Ritchie together.
is it weird that i’m twelve years old and I’m already obsessed with the Beatles after just three days of hearing about them? I think not!
Good for you, Phoenix!