List of Paul McCartney concert tours

English musician Paul McCartney has participated in a number of concert tours across several eras of his musical career. With the British–American rock band Wings, he undertook five major tours, with one, the Wings Over the World Tour, being worldwide. Following Wings' final 1979 tour of the UK, McCartney did not undergo a major concert tour for ten years. As a solo artist, McCartney has undergone sixteen major concert tours, nine being worldwide. His first was the Paul McCartney World Tour (1989–90) and his most recent being the Got Back tour (2022–24).

With Wings

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Jimmy McCulloch and Paul McCartney performing during the Wings Over the World tour in 1976
Jimmy McCulloch (left) and Paul McCartney (right) during the Wings Over the World tour in 1976.

The British–American rock band Wings was Paul McCartney's post-Beatles band who were active from 1971 to 1981. Their primary line-up was McCartney, his wife Linda and guitarist Denny Laine, formerly of the Moody Blues. Throughout their years as a band, they embarked on a number of concert tours, varying in scale from their initial "DIY" tour of British universities to the epic Wings Over the World tour.

Shortly after forming Wings, the McCartneys took the band on an impromptu tour of the United Kingdom's universities in early 1972, showing up unannounced and performing for whoever happened to be on campus. The band's intended first stop on the tour, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, refused to allow them to play, so the band moved on to the more receptive University of Nottingham. Admission to the first show was £0.50, proceeds being split up equally among the band members.

The last Concert for the People of Kampuchea on 29 December 1979, which was the final date of Wings' fifth tour, was Wings' final gig.

However, Wings achieved notoriety for its aborted sixth tour, a January 1980 tour of Japan, which was cancelled before it even started when Paul McCartney was arrested for possession of marijuana while entering Japan on 16 January 1980 and was eventually deported on 25 January after nine days in prison, without Wings ever performing. Wings never again attempted a tour prior to their breakup in 1981.

List of Wings tours

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Solo

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Solo tours

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Title Start date End date Shows Gross Revenue
The Paul McCartney World Tour 26 September 1989 29 July 1990 103
Unplugged Tour 1991 8 May 1991 24 July 1991 6
The New World Tour 18 February 1993 16 December 1993 77
Driving World Tour 1 April 2002 18 November 2002 58 $126,100,000[1]
Back in the World tour 25 March 2003 1 June 2003 33
'04 Summer Tour 25 May 2004 26 June 2004 14
The 'US' Tour 17 September 2005 30 November 2005 37 $60,000,000 [2]
Secret Tour 2007 7 June 2007 25 October 2007 6
Summer Live '09 11 July 2009 19 August 2009 10 $33,650,567[3]
Good Evening Europe Tour 2 December 2009 22 December 2009 8
Up and Coming Tour 28 March 2010 10 June 2011 42
On the Run Tour 15 July 2011 29 November 2012 37
Out There Tour 4 May 2013 22 October 2015 91
One on One 13 April 2016 16 December 2017 77 $242,600,000[4]
2018 Secret Gigs 9 June 2018 26 July 2018 5 $0[5]
Freshen Up 17 September 2018 13 July 2019 39
Got Back 28 April 2022 19 December 2024 59

Solo unique shows

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Nº Events City Country Place Capacity Date Songs
1. Benefit for "Release" London England Hard Rock Café 18 March 1973
2. Live Aid Wembley Stadium 72,000 13 July 1985 1
3. The Prince's Trust Wembley Arena 20 June 1986 3
4. Sanremo Music Festival Sanremo Italy Teatro Ariston 28 February 1988
5. Up Close TV show New York United States Ed Sullivan Theater 10 December 1992 20
6. The New World Tour (rehearsals) London England London Docklands 5 February 1993 22
7. Benefit Royal College of Music 25 March 1995
8. Ballad of the Skeletons Royal Albert Hall 16 October 1995
9. TownHall Meeting Bishopsgate Institute 17 May 1997
10. Music for Montserrat Royal Albert Hall 15 September 1997 4
11. Standing Stone 14 October 1997
12. Standing Stone New York United States Carnegie Hall 19 November 1997
13. The Oprah Winfrey Show Manhattan Center 20 November 1997
14. The Fireman Webcast London England Abbey Road Studios 2 October 1998
15. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame New York United States Waldorf Astoria 15 March 1999
16. Concert for Linda London England Royal Albert Hall 10 April 1999
17. PETA Party of the Century Hollywood United States Paramount Studios 18 September 1999
18. Working Classical Liverpool England Philharmonic Hall 16 October 1999
19. Live at the Cavern Club The Cavern 14 December 1999
20. The Concert for New York City New York United States Madison Square Garden 20,000 October 2001 7
21. Nobel Peace Prize Concert Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum 7,000 December 2001 3
22. Super Bowl XXXVI New Orleans United States Louisiana Superdome 72,922 February 2002 1
23. 74th Academy Awards Hollywood Kodak Theatre 3,600 March 2002 1
24. Party at the Palace London England Buckingham Palace 12,000 June 2002 6
25. The Concert for George Royal Albert Hall 6,000 November 2002 4
26. Paul McCartney & James Taylor Together On Stage 2003 - Benefit Gala Concert Los Angeles United States Beverly Hilton 23 September 2003 15
(7 from Paul or The Beatles)
27. Super Bowl XXXIX Jacksonville United States Jacksonville M.S. 78,125 February 2005 4
28. Live 8 London England Hyde Park 200,000 June 2005 6
29. Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road Abbey Road Studios 100 July 2005 12
30. 48th Annual Grammy Awards Los Angeles United States Staples Center 20,000 February 2006 3
31. Brit Awards London England Earls Court 18,000 February 2008 5
32. The Liverpool Sound Liverpool Anfield stadium 40,000 1 June 2008 27
33. Independence Concert (free show) Kyiv Ukraine Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) 350,000 14 June 2008
[6][7][8]		 [9] 34
34. Last Play at Shea New York United States Shea Stadium 55,000 July 2008 2
35. Quebec 400th Anniversary Quebec City Canada Plains of Abraham [10]270,000 20 July 2008 38
36. Friendship First Concert Tel Aviv Israel Yarkon Park 50,000 25 September 2008 32
37. 51st Annual Grammy Awards Los Angeles United States Staples Center 20,000 February 2009 1
38. Change Begins Within New York Radio City Music Hall 7,000 April 2009 12
39. Coachella Fest Indio Coachella Valley 60,000 17 April 2009 36
40. The Joint Las Vegas Hard Rock 4,000 19 April 2009 34
41. Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall London England Royal Albert Hall 6,000 12 November 2009 3
42. The X Factor London England Fountain Studios 13 December 2009 2
43. 54th Annual Grammy Awards Los Angeles United States Staples Center 20,000 February 2012 4
44. Diamond Jubilee Concert London England The Mall 4 June 2012 5
45. 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony London England Olympic Stadium 28 July 2012 2
46. 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief New York United States Madison Square Garden 12 December 2012 8
47. iHeartRadio Music Festival Las Vegas United States MGM Grand Garden Arena 21 September 2013 8
48. Hollywood Boulevard/Jimmy Kimmel Live! Hollywood United States El Capitan Outdoor Stage 23 September 2013 15
48. 35th PETA Gala Awards Hollywood United States Hollywood Palladium 30 September 2015 [11]

Timeline members

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "McCartney Notches Year's Highest-Grossing Tour". Billboard. 19 December 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. ^ The top 10 tours of 2005 | PopWatch | EW.com
  3. ^ TOP 25 TOURS OF 2009... donde quedo la reina de la decada???? Y no que Britney... – Univision Foro / Forum
  4. ^ "pollstar" (PDF).
  5. ^ "the guardian". TheGuardian.com. 26 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Independence Concert - Kiev Independence Square, Ukraine - Saturday 14th June 2008 21:00". independenceconcert.kiev.ua. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  7. ^ uk:Концерт Пола Маккартні на Майдані Незалежності (Independence concert)
  8. ^ Leslie Woodhead, director (8 November 2009). How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin (Television production). New York, NY: WNET.org. Event occurs at 51'40". Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  9. ^ "Paul McCartney Setlist at Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kiev, Ukraine". setlist.fm. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  10. ^ Lemieux, Louis-Guy, "Champlain a repris sa place à Québec in L'Album du 400e", Le Soleil (Québec), 2 November 2008, p.5.
  11. ^ "PETA's Star-Studded 35th Anniversary Gala". peta.org. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
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