Yankeefan2 wrote:

Antonio wrote:

FC15 wrote:

It seems that he didn't play Yesterday again.

Maybe there is a problem with the guitar? And he refuses to play it with another.

I really doubt Paul will take it out of the setlist for the rest of the tour.

I can confirm he didn't play Yesterday, I was there. What's the big deal, anyway?

Only it is his most celebrated song ever by many people and I believe most covered song but other than that it is no big deal - lol. Think of it this way, if you went to see Wings in 1976 and he did not play BOTR would you have thought it was no big deal.

Nice to be on the same side for a change!  

Nancy R wrote:

(Parts 1 & 2 of Nov. 1st concert)

Thanks for posting this, Nancy !

Yankeefan2 wrote:

Kestrel wrote:

I was watching on the news this morning,interviews with the lucky fans who attended the gig and what I found so refreshing was that people of all ages got in to see him. Not like the Abbey Road show where it was mainly youngsters with internet access.....and the celebs. It all goes back to the point I was making the other day,that it is so much fairer to only be able to obtain tickets from a box office in person and limit one ticket to each person. If the touts want their tickets then at least make them queue for them along with everyone else.

Very cool that just normal every day people got to seem him. It must have been amazing seeing him in a small venue.

Especially at the legendary Cavern Club! Congrats to all who got tickets! I loved reading about your experiences here. SO COOL!

corchians wrote:

Every member of this forum should write at Macca twitter account to request  to add songs never performed live on his setlist or at least a special gig for "hardcore fan" with only solo year songs...

Repost this under the Setlist thread. Thanks!

http://maccaboard.paulmccartney.com/forum/thread/4196

Even without going to these "extremes" that obviously will leave honest fans who can't attend in the cold, at the very least TM should NOT allow people to resell tickets months in advance with a simple click and then just show them as available tickets when you go to the page for the show. This is an absolutely dreadful way of handling things.

And again it's apparently just a phone call away if Paul (or his management) want to prevent this from happening, as per the TM rules. Obviously he couldn't care less and isn't going to rock the TM boat that guarantees him and his clique an X million $ guarantee for each show.

Happy24 wrote:

Here are my pictures from both concerts (taken from the first row):

05/12/2018
06/12/2018

Brilliant shots! Thanks for sharing!

Glassonion wrote:

The best concert in my life, no question. Finally I made my dreams come true and hugged Paul. I still don't believe... I'm the happiest person in the world. Thank you so much Paul!  Not only you gave me the most beautiful hug in my life but also you changed my life! I'll never forget this!

Nice!

Bob Gannon wrote:

oobu24 wrote:

Rubber Soul13 wrote:...

And damn, Bob, you had a great view! Was that the closest you've ever been to McCartney? Tell your source that Rubber Soul13 wants to come along to the next small gig show, too! 

Yeah, all you guys were front & center! Nice. I'd love to be at such an intimate gig.

The real amazing thing is that the middle of the main hall  was so congested and nobody seemed to realize the roped off line to the side along the wall. We never thought in a million years we'd be up front but when we walked through the curtain, low and behold front stage was practically empty!! We wasted no time filling those spots

Yup!

I know more people who got tickets in the various pre-sales for the UK shows than the General Sale, so there were plenty of tickets available and not all at skyhigh prices either.

At the end of the day it's the luck of the draw but certainly pre-sales work as far as i'm concerned - I've seen Mccartney three times in the UK so far (with a four show in December) and have never had any issues getting tickets for any of the shows.

Also, I've never paid more than £80 for a McCartney show so these tickets certainly aren't "beyond the reach of ordinary working people".

Milo57 wrote:

I attended the show at the O2 arena and posters were put up that the show would be filmed. Are there any news on a release date? Or will it be scrapped?

Thanks, Milo

I could be wrong (and probably am  ) but those posters could be in place at every concert as every show is filmed to be shown simultaneously on the big screens. Some of the shots must capture the audience hence the posters, just in case anyone objects. However, there's no reason why this live footage shouldn't be made into a film for a commercial release at a later date. I just don't think the O2 gig was any different to others on the tour.

Listening to a bootleg of this show - really good quality with the soundcheck as well.   Great memories of a good night.

oobu24 wrote:

Here's the kid, Harry Wyatt, watching himself in the video of Fuh You at the concert.

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1073577235670552581

That is so cool!

Steffen72 wrote:

I have two tix london A2 left, pm me

Hi Steffen,

I sent you a pm when you posted this on the other thread, I'm guessing you never got it? This interface is so hard to use. I'd be interested to hear from you!

From my experiences:

Concert 1 (Out There): 8:50

Concert 2 (Out There): 8:30

Concert 3 (One on One): 8:25

Concert 4 (One on One): 8:00

I think it depends on how long his setlist is, as most tended to end right at 11pm. I agree with Nancy though - it's best to arrive a couple of hours earlier than to be late for the start.

-Rubber Soul13

I have had time to get even more upset 😡 by the Waiting List.  I feel really let down by Ticketmaster.  I’ve been a good customer buying  $2000. tickets every year since 2009.  They know I’m not a scalper, I only buy 1 or 2 at a time.  I have always purchased the TM VIP , some have turned out to be good,some not so good but at least I had free choice., I made the decision to buy or not.  Now it’s not free choice, it’s no choice.

l really hope this is temporary.  It has driven me to either give up and don’t go or buy from the scalpers at almost 3,000$  They have raised their prices to off set any losses.

I have been up front for so long ,I tried a cheaper seat once but.......

busher wrote:

Late reply to this show as have been busy since the night of the concert

What a great time for my 12th time seeing him.! We were on row 23 on the floor (not the best seats we have had for Paul but still ok). I like the floor; no issue when you satnd up. People on the floor stood all night.The arena was packed and it is cool to talk to like minded fans before during and after the concert. No real surprises to the setlist, but that didn't bother me. Some takeaways from the night;

I love the horns throughout the concert, especially on Letting Go as we were only about 15 feet away from the horn players; lucky us! Really liked how the new songs sounded too

It was neat to see younger people being there; mouthing the words plus it was funny with a few younger gents in our row just shaking their head as Paul kept playing and playing. I had from the time Paul stepped on stage till the time he left at about 2 hours and 55 minutes with 39 songs. Crazy.

The new visuals were neat and I thought Paul's voice was fine; little scratchy some times but I don't care about that. Fun taking pics with fellows in Sgt Pepper clothes.

Just a great night and the newspaper reviews next day were very good.

New Orleans next???smiley

Glad you popped up with an eyewitness Edmonton account;l  thanks, I'd wondered when someone would. I saw them play "Who Cares" in on online vid from that night and it's really jumping--a great  one for a concertyesyesyes

SusyLuvsPaul wrote:

Wowza...just saw some Winnipeg concert You Tube Vids from last night, first one "Come On To Me" with a gorgeous blue laser  flashing light filled stage in a  shining brand new stadium capacity 30,000...what a glorious production ! Complete with horns, and I loved Wix's organ playing on this and Rusty's slide guitar, and Paul must have been hittin' the horehound drops beforehand 'cause he sounded mighty good and was rocking tough blue jeans, that cute navy Stella-designed (probably) jacket and a blinding white shirt and rocking that tough strong masculine stance I like to see on stage playing his guitar; he sure looked fine ! "Come On To Me" really rocks the joint !Then saw them perform "Band on the Run," also quite exciting and impressive. I notice they did "Mull of Kintyre" and went all out, and "Here Today" and "Blackbird." Haven't seen those three yet. More will be added, no doubt, check it out

It was amazing. I posted a few to Youtube. I have many to go through still.

SusyLuvsPaul wrote:

johnnymain wrote:

SusyLuvsPaul wrote:

...that's an enormous massive audience in Montreal, looks like almost a million fans there...

The Bell Centre holds between 15,000 - 20,000 people during concerts depending on the size of the stage.

That's still a gracious plenty, though I'd estimated even more of a crowd ! Doesn't Montreal have a stadium even bigger than that? Obviously, "almost a million" was hyperbole, a big exaggeration. I just got bedazzled by that vid. Showed Paul and band doing three songs in a row, it was super.

About deadpan expressions onstage--yes, smiles are dazzling, but if a performer smiles throughout the entire song it looks like they're on the Lawrence Welch show, where he made them smile ALL the time (laughs) !

Montreal has the Olypmic Stadium which holds 50,000 but the sound is not good there. I saw ACDC there in 2009, what a zoo that was. I'm glad he didn't go that route and stuck with the Bell Centre. Amazing show overall. Had to pay through the nose but got 8th row on the floor which was great. We did end up behind someone with a sign though they only held it up occasionally though it was still a bit annoying. I can only hope we get another chance to see him in the not too distant future.

oobu24 wrote:

5th-beatle wrote:

Here is "Let 'Em In" with the brass section:

I saw that earlier. They sound great!

Yes! Paul has been doing Let Em In at soundcheck for a while but not with the horns, of course. Can't wait to hear them for myself!

So... I know of a few friends who ordered the lanyards off of Paul's website to get the pre-sale code, but they didn't get one...