The sixteenth and final date of Paul McCartney’s Got Back tour took place at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.
Two famous sons of New Jersey appeared as special guests. Bruce Springsteen led the band through a version of his 1985 song ‘Glory Days’, before he and McCartney duetted on The Beatles’ ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’.
Glory Days with Bruce Springsteen #PaulMcCartneyGotBack #springsteen pic.twitter.com/xdU68PdZ3I
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) June 17, 2022
During the encore Jon Bon Jovi brought out balloons and led the crowd in a version of ‘Happy Birthday To You’. The concert took place two days before McCartney’s 80th birthday.
Bon Jovi sings Happy Birthday to Paul McCartney with 50,000 New Jersey fans #PaulMcCartneyGotBack #bonjovi pic.twitter.com/3WygHyLHPp
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) June 17, 2022
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’
- ‘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’
- ‘Love Me Do’
- ‘Dance Tonight’
- ‘Blackbird’
- ‘Here Today’
- ‘New’
- ‘Lady Madonna’
- ‘Fuh You’
- ‘Jet’
- ‘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’
- ‘Glory Days’
- ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’
- ‘Let It Be’
- ‘Live And Let Die’
- ‘Hey Jude’
- ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’
- ‘Happy Birthday To You’
- ‘Birthday’
- ‘Helter Skelter’
- ‘Golden Slumbers’
- ‘Carry That Weight’
- ‘The End’
Big blow out on the last night of Paul McCartney’s US tour #PaulMcCartneyGotBack pic.twitter.com/69259HAUWw
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) June 17, 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...
- 2017: Sir Paul McCartney is made a Companion of Honour for services to music
- 2014: Beatles mono vinyl box set due in September
- 2009: John Lennon’s former girlfriend May Pang visits his childhood home
- 1998: US album release: Vertical Man by Ringo Starr
- 1983: Album release: Old Wave by Ringo Starr
- 1978: US album release: Bad Boy by Ringo Starr
- 1968: Television: David Frost Presents…
- 1966: The Beatles’ only live Top Of The Pops appearance
- 1966: Recording: Here, There And Everywhere
- 1965: Radio: John Lennon on The World Of Books
- 1965: Recording: post-sync work for Help!
- 1964: Live: Festival Hall, Melbourne
- 1963: Live: Odeon Cinema, Romford
- 1962: Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
- 1961: Live: Top Ten Club, Hamburg
- 1960: Live: The Institute, Neston, Wirral
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