Hi everyone,

I wonder if it might be time to revive this thread, by which I mean I wonder if there's a chance that Paul might be heading our way in early 2018? Here's all the "evidence" so far (if you have more, please add it!)...

1. In July, when Paul received his Helpmann Award for "Best International Contemporary Concert" in Australia, his video acceptance speech finished with: "I want to thank the people at Frontier, the people at Marshall Arts, and most of all the audiences of Australia. You were brilliant. Thank you very much, see you soon!" (This was reported in numerous news stories, for example: http://www.noise11.com/news/paul-mccartney-wins-helpmann-award-for-best-australian-concert-of-2017-20180717)

2. His Australian promoter, Frontier Touring, repeated the "See you soon" quote on social media (https://www.facebook.com/frontiertouring/photos/we're-delighted-to-congratulate-@[182736663312:274/10155561446132409/).

3. When the U.S. dates were announced today, People noticed there was also a phantom Australian date listed (https://www.facebook.com/FansOnTheRun/photos/p.2103698432997855/2103698432997855/?type=3&theater).

4. Frontier Touring have just sent out an email that includes a competition to win a copy of "Egypt Station" on vinyl and CD.

Fingers crossed that this might all mean something!!!

Just for fun while we wait to find out, here's a poll...

Cheers, Andrew.

A big hello to veterans fo this thread, and also to people in Australia who have joined Maccaboard in the last year!

I think it's time to ressurect this thread because it's never too soon to start lobbying for Paul to return. Crucially, one thing that Paul's touring schedule has in common with Australia is that there is precendent for long droughts followed by floods. Here are some examples:

JAPAN:

Drought - 2001 to 2012

Flood - 2013, 2014 (cancelled due to illness), 2015, 2017

BRAZIL:

Drought - 1993 to 2009

Flood - 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017

MEXICO

Drought - 2002 to 2009

Flood - 2010, 2012, 2017

Dennis 1980 wrote:

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/paul-mccartney/2017/mount-smart-stadium-auckland-new-zealand-63e18ef7.html

Soundcheck In Auckland

This list looks correct to me. Of course it's not mentioned on setlist.fm, but he also said hello to the New Zealand PM, who was apparently at the soundcheck, between "Ram On" and "Midnight Special".

jamester8686 wrote:

Dennis 1980 wrote:

jamester8686 wrote:

He also did 'Things We Said Today' in Brisbane after Ram On

two or three songs are missing

Pretty sure he did a shorter soundcheck in Brisbane either because he arrived later than expected or becuase of the severe weather warning (storm ended just before the show thankfully!)

Hi Jamester! Happy New Year to both of you!

Did he also do "Miss Ann" just before "Let 'Em In"? That's my memory, but I could be getting confused because I  eavesdropped on the soundchecks in Melbourne and Auckland.

moptops:

At the time I was glad he skipped BNE. Both Sydney indoor shows sold out in (then) world record time. No BNE, so he scheduled one more at the Entertainment Centre and me and my mates got IN. Drove up from Melbourne.

I was still a kid, so it was kinda devastating for me. The three or four year wait since he started touring again had seemed like a lifetime (ha!), and the concert was promised and then snatched away. But my mum made some big sacrifices and organised a trip to Sydney for us. Although the tickets sold out in minutes, we just scraped in with back row tickets for the first night and third-from-the-back row tickets on the second night, and it was amazing! ?

Clem865:

Andrewhh:

DrivinFan:

https://www.instagram6.com/p/Bb86A3RjXSb/ Short video of Paul's message to Australian's...looks like 1975 all over again with that shirt!! Get ready guys...you've been waiting a looooong time for this!! Enjoy!!

Thanks, DrivinFan! For Brisbane, it really is like 1975 all over again - that was the last time he played here!

Nope, 1993

Nope, 1975 Paul planned to play Brisbane in 1993 and it was mentioned in the original press release for the 1993 Australian tour. However, there were issues with the venue. He wanted to play Lang Park (since rebuilt and renamed Suncorp Stadium, which is the venue for the December 9 gig), but the rules around aound noise pollution, etc., were too restrictive. The council wanted him to play the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, but it was too small for his stage. The other stadiums we unavailable for some reason. So, in the end, the planned Brisbane show never went on sale and extra Sydney shows were put on at a second venue instead (bringing the total of Sydney shows to 5).

DrivinFan:

https://www.instagram6.com/p/Bb86A3RjXSb/ Short video of Paul's message to Australian's...looks like 1975 all over again with that shirt!! Get ready guys...you've been waiting a looooong time for this!! Enjoy!!

Thanks, DrivinFan! For Brisbane, it really is like 1975 all over again - that was the last time he played here!

BigBunny:

only a week to go sandgropers!

Only two weeks to go!

Paul is on the cover of The Big Issue: https://www.thebigissue.org.au/magazines/2017/11/17/paul-mccartney/