3de concert/van de 5 in 1989

en het 1ste van 3 concerten in

Ahoy Rotterdam

op 8.11.1989

 setlist

Figure Of Eight
Jet
Rough Ride
Got To Get You Into My Life
Band On The Run
Ebony And Ivory
We Got Married
Maybe I'm Amazed
The Long And Winding Road
The Fool On The Hill
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Good Day Sunshine
Can't Buy Me Love
Put It There
Hello Goodbye
Things We Said Today
Eleanor Rigby
This One
My Brave Face
Back In The USSR
I Saw Her Standing There
Twenty Flight Rock
Coming Up
Let It Be
Ain't That A Shame
Live And Let Die
Hey Jude

Encore

Yesterday
Get Back
Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End (32)

These are pictures I received from the newspapers, of Paul's concert of 10 october 1989 in Bercy, where I wasn't, so it's for the pleasure to see profesionnal photo's

Sorry for the quality of these pictures...the camera had to be hidden in my pants to avoid the search at the entrance and the pictures  were taken in secret to avoid the "security"

WORLD TOUR in 1989

I saw 5 concerts from this tour

1) Paris - Bercy on 9.10.1989

2)Germany Dortmund - Westfalenhalle -17.10.1989

3, 4, & 5) Ahoy Rotterdam op 8.11,

                                              10.11 &

                                              11.11.1989

The Paul McCartney World Tour

worldwide concert tour during 1989 and 1990.

It was McCartney's first major tour outing in ten years, since Wings UK Tour 1979, and his first appearances in North America in thirteen years, since the 1976 Wings Over America Tour. It was also his first tour under his name.

The tour was documented by the 1990 live albums Tripping the Live Fantastic and Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights!,

and

• the 1991 concert film Get Back.
• A one-hour tour documentary & From Rio to Liverpool.

Tour band

Paul McCartney – lead vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric and bass), keyboards
Linda McCartney – backing vocals, keyboards, percussion
Hamish Stuart – backing vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric and bass)
Robbie McIntosh – backing vocals, electric guitar
Paul "Wix" Wickens – backing vocals, keyboards
Chris Whitten – drums, percussion

the program that was sold

and a free booklet

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Cine Roma, Antwerp, Belgium – August 22nd, 1972

Disc 1 (61:00):  rock intro / Eat At Home, Smile Away, Bip Bop, Mumbo, Blue Moon Of Kentucky, 1882, I Would Only Smile, The Mess, Best Friend, Soily, I Am Your Singer, Seaside Woman, Say You Don’t Mind, Henry’s Blues, Give Ireland Back To The Irish, Cottonfields

Disc 2 (32:21):  My Love, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Maybe I’m Amazed, Hi Hi Hi, Long Tall Sally.  Bonus tracks:  Best Friend #1 (acoustic guitar overdubs), Best Friend #2 (backing vocals / harmony / guitar overdubs), Best Friend #3 (alternate mix)

Wings’ Antwerp show is perhaps the definitive recording of the definitive show from their first line up.  The audience recording has been in almost constant circulation for close to forty years, first pressed on Belgium 1972.  “Best Friend” was used for the various incarnations of the Cold Cuts project that was never issued, and an incomplete, very good soundboard recording has been issued before on Cottonfields (GEMA 2325) in 1990, I Am Your Singer (Living Legend LLRCD 087) issued in 1991, Got Any Toothpicks? (Madman 72) in 1998 and most recently as bonus tracks on Birds On The Wings (Misterclaudel MCCD-65/66).

Voxx edited the soundboard recording with the audience to form a complete show.  The edits are frequent since they edited all of the between-song banter not found on the soundboard tape, but they are very smooth and seamless and are not a distraction.  The difference in sound quality between the two is also not an issue. 

The show starts off with the audience recording which runs until the soundboard picks up with “Best Friend.”  The soundboard picks up there and runs through “My Love.”  The audience then picks up and runs to the end of the show.

Antwerp, along with the show from the Hague in Amsterdam, are among the best shows from the tour.  Not only do the occur at the end where they are becoming a tight live act, but the band is aware they are recording the shows professionally for release and are determined to deliver a great concert.

The opening salvo is playful, getting the audience into a festive mood including a fun version of “Bip Bop.”  It is an absurd song and one that McCartney would soon abandon and never play it again.  The new song “1882” slows the show down, both for the slow tempo of the tune and for the surreal, depressing lyrics.  Denny Laine’s “I Would Only Smile” is a nice pop confection which restores the energy level.

The soundboard recording thankfully preserves the best part of the show.  “Best Friend” is good enough for consideration of an official release, but also “Seaside Woman” sounds tight, joyous and in tune.  The soundboard also captures a very rare performance of Lead Belly’s “Cotton Fields.”  In some shows they would play a bit of “Turkey In The Straw,” but they are lead into an impromptu performance of the classic. This is the only time Wings performed this number.

The show ends with “Hi Hi Hi” with “Long Tall Sally” as the only encore.  Voxx include also the various versions of “Best Friend” from this show including extra overdubs.  Belgium 1972 is packaged in a gorgeous cardboard gatefold sleeve made of glossy paper with extensive liner notes in the middle.  This is the definitive version of one of the definitive shows from one of the first Wings’