I just heard on CBC News that Paul McCartney will be offering free tickets to the survivors of the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic to attend his Quebec City concert. For those who do not know the community of Lac-Megantic on June 6 was devastated by explosions preceded by derailment of a train carrying oil. At this time I believe 42 citizens of the town have lost their lives with many still missing. It's great to see Paul try and help the small town through the power of music! Also, an interview of Paul McCartney will be airing in Canada on CBC at 7 pm Eastern Time.

B J Conlee:

SgtPepperFan48:

Please excuse my ignorance but I was wondering, why does Paul always play Mull of Kintyre when he comes to Canada?

Answers given are certainly correct but this brings up a "pet pieve" that I have about Paul not playing Mull of Kintyre in the US. Mull of Kintyre, in my opinion, is truly one of Paul's "signature songs". The song is so great (lyrics and melody) that it should be played at practicallly every Paul gig (just like Blackbird, Yesterday, Hey Jude, Let It Be etc) no matter what country he is in. Yes, it didn't become a hit in the US but that is because the idiotic US radio programmers at the time chose to play the B side (Girls School) instead. That's the only reason it didn't become a massive hit. Basically no one in the US heard it. I believe that if Paul would have sang Mull consistently on every tour, it would have the same status in the US as his famous Beatles' songs. Mull of Kintyre is that good! And judging by the U-tube clips I have seen, Paul still can do a very good job vocally on Mull. I'm hoping that he does Mull in Washington DC (my next show) but I don't have my hopes up judging by the last recent tours. Anyway, I'm very happy for all the people in Canada that get to hear it.

Thanks for your happiness for us here in the Great White North that get to hear Paul McCartney perform "Mull of Kintyre" when he performs in Ontario or in our Maritimes. I completely agree with you that Paul should play "Mull of Kintyre" more as it would become as legendary in his live shows as that of his greatest songs in his canon, like that of "Yesterday," "Hey Jude," "Let it Be," "Band on the Run" and many, many more. That said, I hope one day you are able to travel up to a McCartney concert in Toronto or maybe again in Ottawa and see "Mull of Kintyre." My home province of Ontario is a beautiful place with a lot to see and experience. To increase the profile of "Mull of Kintyre" Paul should release a compilation CD of all of the one off songs he's performed at various gigs over the past decade plus with his current touring band! An album compiling "Mull of Kintyre" from Toronto or Ottawa, "Michelle" from Quebec City or Montreal or Ottawa, a "Hippie Hippie Shake" and "In Liverpool" from Liverpool, "Cosmically Conscious" from NYC, "Hitch Hike" from Detroit, "Cut Me Some Slack" from NYC, "Midnight Special" from bonnaroo and so on.

veggieburgher:

SgtPepperFan48:

Please excuse my ignorance but I was wondering, why does Paul always play Mull of Kintyre when he comes to Canada?

It is because of Canada's Scottish heritage outside of Quebec. Michelle normally is reserved for Quebec so it was unusual for both to be played.

Agreed, that is the reason Paul McCartney performs "Mull of Kintyre" in Canada. The Ottawa crowd was lucky though as they not only got "Mull of Kintyre for the Anglophones in the Canadian Capital Region, they also got "Michelle" for the Francophone in the region. It felt like a hybrid of a Toronto concert with "Mull of Kintyre" for the English speaking fans and a Montreal/Quebec City concert with "Michelle" for the French speaking fans! Though don't tell the Ottawa fans it was had influences of a Toronto Paul gig, they may boo! It was so funny that the eighty-one year old lady that came up to on stage to hug Paul in the encore in between "Hi, Hi, Hi" and "Get Back." She told Paul on the microphone she is from Toronto and a good chunk of the crowd booed! Paul told those who booed "You're bad people!" Then he said "She's from Ottawa!"

5th-beatle:

Eight Days A Week Junior's Farm All My Loving Listen To What the Man Said Let Me Roll It Paperback Writer My Valentine 1985 The Long And Winding Road Maybe I'm Amazed I've Just Seen A Face We Can Work It Out Another Day And I Love Her Blackbird Here Today Your Mother Should Know Lady Madonna All Together Now Michelle Lovely Rita Mrs. Vanderbilt Eleanor Rigby Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite Something Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da Band on the Run Back in the USSR Let It Be Live and Let Die Hey Jude Day Tripper Hi Hi Hi Get Back Yesterday Mull Of Kintyre Helter Skelter Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End

Also Paul McCartney performed the original "Happy Birthday" (also known as "Happy Birthday to You") written in 1893 by Patti & Mildred J. Hill for Ringo Starr's birthday after "Maybe I'm Amazed" and before "I've Just Seen a Face." I was surprised that Paul wouldn't have done his "Birthday" instead. I am guessing he choose not to because he added both "Michelle" for the Francophone and "Mull of Kintyre" for the Anglophones in the Ottawa crowd. Due to the addition of all three of those songs and including the Jimi Hendrix "Foxey Lady" jam at the end of "Let Me Roll It," that was the most songs I've ever seen McCartney perform at one concert 42!

My wife and I are off to the Ottawa region Saturday morning to visit some friends before seeing Paul McCartney on Ringo Starr's birthday!

ehmpatty:

I agree with you mcdee, who would have imagined that we would be seeing the Stones and McCartney in the same summer? I don't know when or if this will happen again. This has really made my year

I can't recall if it was in the same season, say summer, but this is the fourth time I have seen Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones in the same year, 2002, 2005, 2012 (at the same gig 12.12.12.) and 2013.

Going to bonnaroo for the 10th time was worth it just to hear Paul McCartney cover Midnight Special! I waited in the pit line on the stage right/crowd left side before Wilco got on stage and just made it into the pit. The fans in there were fantastic during McCartney's set! It was the closest I have ever been to see McCartney in the 13 times I have seen him live thus far. And the next day I started bonnaroo with Paul's son James McCartney which was a lot of fun to see the son the day after his father. James covered Neil Young's Old Man in his set.

Apple Scruff:

Mull of Kintyre would be awesome, and I was hoping he might do Birthday (is that part of his set-list?) because the concert falls on Ringo's b-day, he might dedicate it to him?

I completely agree "Birthday" would be great to hear on Ringo Starr's birthday! It would also be great to hear "Mull of Kintyre" again!

On Friday I'll likely try and get into the pit on crowd left/ stage right. I'll be wearing an orange John Lennon Give Peace A Chance T shirt & a Toronto Blue Jays hat.

This week I will be attending my tenth bonnaroo music festival (I missed 2006 and 2012) and I am so glad I will be seeing Paul McCartney for the thirteenth time at my favorite music festival. Does anyone think McCartney will surprise us with a rare song that originated from the region by an artist from the state of Tennessee? One of many Carl Perkins' songs like "Matchbox" or "Sure to Fall (In Love With You)" or "Movie Magg" or Arthur Crudup's "That's Alright" made famous by Elvis Presley? Bonnaroo isn't a regular tour date so I hope to see a one off from McCartney. And/or will McCartney bring out a special guest? His son James perhaps? Or Tom Petty? Or someone else that's performing at the festival?