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Posts made by Holly Days
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RE: ~For Sir Paul Maccartney~ Fans write your messages here
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RE: CITI Field Merchandise
WixRocks!:
Hey, I've never seen PAul in concert before, going to thethird citi field show, I was just wondering, since Paul technically isn't on tour right now, will there stil be a merch booth?
I'd be absolutely gobsmacked if there wasn't a merch booth ... Good question would be has he ever done a show where merch wasn't available (except for possibly in the early Wings days)? All I know is there was a booth set up at last year's Liverpool Sound concert and that was a one-off show for Paul. And Martin just clarified the situation re his recent shows (thanks for that, btw). I feel incredibly confident there will be plenty of opportunities to lighten the wallet at the shows next month, so don't worry!
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RE: CITI Field Merchandise
My oldest tour tees are from 1989/90 - shocking to think that's already 20 years ago!!!! I missed Wings when they came through Chicago as I was only 12 at the time and my parents wouldn't let me go... My oldest "general" McCartney shirts that I still own/wear are the Wings Over America promo shirt (MSG staff on front) purchased in 78, a Venus & Mars promo shirt ("It's All Balls" ) bought around the same time, and my McCartney II promo shirt from 1980. Many many more purchased since then. Going to be impossible to decide which shirts to wear next month to the Citi Field gigs - one will certainly be from The Liverpool Sound show last June; the other, who knows?
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RE: Paul McCartney has officially become an oldies act.
oobu24:
I doubt the majority of people are first timers! There are just a heck of a lot of "suits" & booby girls that they give tickets to. But I would venture to say that most of the people are fans. Why did people gather in England to see him in Anfield from all over the world?
Anfield was a very special occasion so of course diehards came in from all over the world, but we were talking more about his tour shows. I personally know of about 10 people who saw him for the first time within the last few years (and I don't hang out with suits, trust me!). You can just tell at the venue when people have/haven't. And many people (mainly from Liverpool) that I spoke to on Sunday had never seen him before. But you'd also be surprised by number of people who posted in the Anfield gig thread in this very forum who said it was their first Paul gig as well...
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RE: Paul McCartney has officially become an oldies act.
jorke3344:
Glad to see some spirited and intelligent debate going on about this topic (I was a little worried there for awhile : ). I can understand the POV of some that say the Liverpool show was a "Special Event" that might have warranted a very standard standard show (which is very different than the blind followers who will accept anything). But for the majority of us who have seen one, or even more, shows on every one of his tours, a change of pace is extremely necessary (especially with the extremely high cost of concert tickets). A lot of good suggestions here. The question is will we know if Paul is willing to "mix it up" before he goes on his next extended tour (and before tickets go on sale). I'm hoping and guessing that he WILL refresh the song list.
Will agree with all of this and have found this a really interesting thread as I was being to wonder whether I'll be doing another Paul show in the near future (Liverpool excepted - couldn't miss that). I know he still does pull surprises out of his hat but I don't know, I too would like a bit more variety. And let's be frank, when you're talking $200 a ticket (much less what you'd pay for top-tier or scalped ones) every couple of years to see him now, it gets to be a legitimate question. What I would *LOVE* to see Paul do is what many older, established artists on tour are doing now, which is to perform an entire album live as act one if you will, take a break, then come back and do the "hits" for the second (or vice versa). Roger Waters has been doing this for the last couple of years with "Dark Side of the Moon" (Floyd hits as part one, then all of DSOTM), but so have others like Lucinda Williams (stints in LA and NY where she performed a different entire album every night, then selected material from her most recent) and Patti Smith ("Horses" plus others). I think it's a great concept, guarantees a sellout crowd but also has a little of something for everybody. Just an idea like....imagine the entire "Ram", "Band on the Run" or "Chaos" with Beatles/Wings/solo stuff thrown in? Baby!
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RE: Paul McCartney has officially become an oldies act.
yankeefan7:
I would be willing to bet that at most McCartney concerts (US), the majority of the people have seen him live before unless it is a city that he has never visited. I wonder if McCartney really thinks the audience at MSG is mostly first time McCarney concert attendees.
That was definitely once true but I don't think it is any longer. Just from what I saw/heard around me at MSG during the "Driving Rain/Back in the US" and "Chaos" tours, a large number people there were definitely seeing him for the first time. Certainly compared to back in '89, when pretty much everyone in there was a complete Paul basketcase (like myself)! I think for the average person, Paul's profile increased exponentially (thereby making him a "hot ticket" for people who wouldn't have thought to see him before) around the Driving Rain period for a couple of reasons, but the big one of course being his fundraising efforts after September 11th. George's death was obviously no small factor either as people realized, "hey, I may never have another chance to see a Beatle perform live". But he's definitely become shrewder and more aggressive about cross-marketing/advertising, and certainly the whole Heather thing has put Macca firmly back in the general public's consciousness to the point where I'd argue his profile this decade is much higher now than it has been since the mid-70's. People are definitely rushing out to buy tickets that wouldn't have before - that said, many of those probably won't ever go to another one of his shows as they'll feel "they've done that" and have no interest in his new material.