Paul McCartney’s Got Back tour began with a concert at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington, USA.
It was McCartney’s first performance in Spokane, and his first tour date since July 2019.
So glad we got back! #PaulMcCartneyGotBack pic.twitter.com/PXC0bNju27
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) April 29, 2022
New additions to the setlist included the live debut of ‘Women And Wives’, plus versions of ‘Getting Better’ (for the first time since 2003), ‘You Never Give Me Your Money’ (2003), and ‘She Came In Through The Bathroom Window’ (2008).
The Beatles’ 1968 song ‘Back In The USSR’ was a notable omission. During the encore McCartney returned to the stage waving a Ukrainian flag.
The performance of ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’ included a duet with John Lennon, using footage from The Beatles’ January 1969 Apple rooftop performance.
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).
The setlist
- ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’
- ‘Junior’s Farm’
- ‘Letting Go’
- ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’
- ‘Come On To Me’
- ‘Let Me Roll It’
- ‘Getting Better’
- ‘Women And Wives’
- ‘My Valentine’
- ‘Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five’
- ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
- ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’
- ‘In Spite Of All The Danger’
- ‘Love Me Do’
- ‘Dance Tonight’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Here Today’
- ‘Queenie Eye’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
- ‘Fuh You’
- ‘Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!’
- ‘Something’
- ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
- ‘You Never Give Me Your Money’
- ‘She Came In Through The Bathroom Window’
- ‘Get Back’
- ‘Band On The Run’
- ‘Let It Be’
- ‘Live And Let Die’
- ‘Hey Jude’
Ready, set, GOT BACK! ?
Watch highlights from the first show of the #PaulMcCartneyGotBack tour in Spokane, Washington. pic.twitter.com/WeaAWDhgn5
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) May 28, 2022
Got Back tour dates
- 28 April 2022: Spokane Arena, Spokane, Washington
- 2 May 2022: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, Washington
- 3 May 2022: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, Washington
- 6 May 2022: Oakland Arena, Oakland, California
- 8 May 2022: Oakland Arena, Oakland, California
- 13 May 2022: SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, California
- 17 May 2022: Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, Texas
- 21 May 2022: Truist Field, Winston Salem, North Carolina
- 25 May 2022: Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Florida
- 28 May 2022: Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida
- 31 May 2022: Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee
- 4 June 2022: JMA Wireless Dome, Syracuse, New York
- 7 June 2022: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
- 8 June 2022: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
- 12 June 2022: Oriole Park, Baltimore, Maryland
- 16 June 2022: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Also on this day...
- 2015: Paul McCartney live: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
- 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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