2004 summer tour - europe
May - June 2004
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May 25, 2004
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Gijon, Spain
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Estadio El Molinon
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May 28, 2004
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Lisbon, Portugal
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Parque Bela Vista
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May 30, 2004
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Madrid, Spain
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Estadio de Madrid
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June 2, 2004
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Letzigrund Stadion
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June 4, 2004
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Leipzig, Germany
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Zentralstadion
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June 6, 2004
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Prague, Czech Republic
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T-Mobile Park
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June 8, 2004
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Horsens, Denmark
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Forum Horsens Stadium
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June 9, 2004*
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Horsens, Denmark
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Forum Horsens Stadium
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June 12, 2004
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Gothenburg, Sweden
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Ullevi Stadium
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June 14, 2004
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Oslo, Norway
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Valle Hovin Stadion
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June 17, 2004
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Helsinki, Finland
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Olympiastadion
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June 20, 2004
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St. Petersburg, Russia
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Palace Square
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June 24, 2004
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Paris, France
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Stade de France
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June 26, 2004
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Glastonbury, England
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Worthy Farm Pilton
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added show
set list
Jet
Got To Get You Into My Life
Flaming Pie
All My Loving
Let Me Roll It
You Won't See Me
She's A Woman
Maybe I'm Amazed
The Long And Winding Road
In Spite Of All The Danger
Blackbird
We Can Work It Out
Here Today
All Things Must Pass
I'll Follow The Sun
For No One
Calico Skies
I've Just Seen A Face
Michelle (Performed in Paris on 06/24 only)
Eleanor Rigby
Drive My Car
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Penny Lane
Get Back
Band On The Run
Back In The USSR
Live And Let Die
I've Got A Feeling
Lady Madonna
Hey Jude
encores
Yesterday
Follow Me (Performed in Glastonbury on 06/26 only)
Let It Be
I Saw Her Standing There
more encores
Helter Skelter
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / The End
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musicians
Paul McCartney
Rusty Anderson
Brian Ray
Wix Wickens
Abe Laboriel Junior
Roy Kerr, aka The Freelance Hellraiser, aka DJ Hellraiser (pre-show)
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The culmination of the 04 Summer Tour in Glastonbury played a strong role in the selection of the visuals and themes for the tour. With the Glastonbury Festival originating during the hippie era
and the belief the venue is located on a mystical ley line, the design team blended imagery of sun, moon, magic, legend with a twist of Celtic mythology and Sixties psychedelia.
Each show was opened with an approximately 18-minute remix performed from the side of the stage by Roy Kerr, aka The Freelance Hellraiser, aka DJ Hellraiser. He was accompanied center stage by a heraldic performer on stilts who served as MC to the other 8 dance and acrobat performers dressed in brightly coloured medieval and '60s costumes.
The remix, which blended several familiar McCartney tracks into unfamiliar forms, would
serve as a pre-cursor to the formal 2005 collaborative release Twin Freaks.
A final countdown of "Three, Two, One" signalled the stage crew to draw back the curtain decorated with a goat-like creature and other imagery from Paul's painting Egypt station to reveal the band performing a musical segue into the opener 'Jet'.
(download 56-page Tour Programme)
Rehearsals for the tour took place at London's Millennium Dome which Paul leased for 3 weeks at an apparent 250,000 GBP price tag.
Very poor quality tapes probably recorded from fans outside the venue circulate, 8 tracks for instance being included on Mid Summer Records' Glastonbury Festival + Millennium Dome Rehearsals (MD-20040626).
Visual snippets of the preparations can be seen in the documentary preceding the St. Petersburg portion of A&E Home Video's Paul McCartney In Red Square (AAE-71104).
Paul and band performed a full dress rehearsal on Monday, May 24 at Estadio El Molinon. An audience recording is presented on Mid Summer Records' Gijon Dress Rehearsal (MD-20040524).
Gijon - Estadio El Molinon - Tuesday, May 25, 2004
While the audio equipment at the opening gig of the tour performed as expected for the 25,000 in attendance, the same could not be said
about the local mobile phone network. A poorly organized texting contest for free tickets run by the mobile provider Telefónica-Movistar
combined with an abundance of fans calling their friends to eavesdrop on the show to cause a meltdown of the local mobile network.
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Live Performance
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Gijon (Piccadilly Circus PCCD 023/024/025)
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Gijon, Spain - May 25, 2004 - Soundcheck
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Gijon Soundcheck (Mid Summer Records MD-20040525)
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"Heartbreaker (without Paul)"
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"Rusty's Song (without Paul)"
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"Paul's Intro"
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4
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"Oh Yeah! My Little Baby!"
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5
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Coming Up
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6
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Honey Don't
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7
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Matchbox
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8
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"Welcome To My Special Guests"
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9
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C Moon
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10
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Hot As Sun
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11
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San Fransciso Bay Blues
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12
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"Acoustic Instrumental"
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13
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Midnight Special
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14
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"Piano's Song"
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15
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"Time For My Massage"
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Lady Madonna
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17
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"Muchas Gracias!"
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Lisbon - Parque Bela Vista - Friday, May 28, 2004
Following the huge success of the Rock in Rio festival trilogy, entrepreneur Roberto Medina decided to organize a festival of similar stature in Lisbon, with the event taking on the official name Rock in Rio Lisboa.
Fans expecting to hear the concert broadcast live on RFM Radio via the net were disappointed the station was not allowed to broadcast Paul's concert even though they could broadcast other performers at the festival as the official radio station. Paul's concert fell into a 'special' category and though part of the festival it was a separate concert held on an 'extra' day with no other bands performing besides Paul, thus the festival broadcasting conditions for radio and TV did not apply. In a further isolation, McCartney demanded that the Rock in Rio organization's logo and logos of festival sponsors be covered during his performance because he only wanted to be associated with the show and not it's advertisers. For the show, the logos were covered over in a black cloth.
46,000 enthusiastic fans took in Paul's portion of the festival. While two women backstage translated anything said in English to be displayed on the big screens, Paul took several opportunities to try out his own Portuguese.
However, for the highlight of the night Paul returned to his native tongue to share with the crowd the bond Portugal had with the epic song, 'Yesterday'.
It was back on May 27th, 1965 during a five-hour car trip from Lisbon Airport to the Algarve that he wrote the lyrics to the song that has since been covered by over 3,000 artists
and holds the record for the most-played radio song. This would be his first-ever public performance in the land where it was born.
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Get Back*
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She's A Woman*
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Live And Let Die*
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Madrid - Estadio de Madrid - Sunday, May 30, 2004
As with the previous date in Spain, Paul recited his 'Three Rabbits' poem from 1991's Liverpool Oratorio ("Tres conejos en un arbul tocando et
tambor; que si, gue no, que si lo be visto yo"), this time following 'I've Got A Feeling' rather than 'I'll Follow The Sun'. A well-prepared fan managed to have their gift
draw the attention of Paul during the final bows and it made its way onstage. The item held high by Paul and paraded around the stage: three fluffy rabbits dolls in a row playing a drum.
Zurich - Letzigrund Stadion - Wednesday, June 2, 2004
The afternoon soundcheck includes the only known post-Beatles band rendition of the unreleased Lennon/McCartney tune 'Just Fun' (McCartney did an abbreviated a cappella version during a 1999 interview on the UK Channel 4 morning show The Big Breakfast).
As for the evening show, the rain which started just before the opening notes of
the DJ Hellraiser remix continued throughout the entire concert soaking the pre-show performers and the 30,000 fans in attendance, which created a sticky situation for fans as the end of show confetti fell from the sky.
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Zurich, Switzerland - June 2, 2004 - Encore* and Soundcheck
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Zurich Switzerland - 2 (Mid Summer Records MD-20040602-2)
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Yesterday*
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Let It Be*
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3
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I Saw Her Standing There*
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4
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Helter Skelter*
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / The End*
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Coming Up
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Honey Don't
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8
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Matchbox
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9
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Summertime
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10
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C Moon
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11
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"Happy Birthday"
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12
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"She's A Jolly Good Fellow"
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Celebration
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14
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Blue Moon Of Kentucky
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San Francisco Bay Blues
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I'll Follow The Sun
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Blackbird
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Just Fun
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"Hold Onto Your Precious Love"
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"Time For My Massage"
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"That's Okay Oh Oh Oh Jam"
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Lady Madonna
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Leipzig - Zentralstadion - Friday, June 4, 2004
Paul, Heather, and baby arrived in Leipzig on the day of the concert and checked into the Fürstenhof Hotel. Construction on
a bridge in front of the hotel was making it difficult for baby Bea to sleep so Paul asked the hotel manager Herr Müller to
provide beer for the workers. With the noise stopped Bea slept and Paul was able to head off to the soundcheck.
The evening's show, Paul's first in what was once known as East Germany, was taken in by 45,000 spectators who did not let the persistent
driving rain put a damper on the event. Paul's show at the Zentralstadion would be his first of two venues on the 04 Summer Tour
where he would go down in history as being the venue's inaugural performing act.
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Live Performance
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Red Sundown (Beatles Master Works BMW032 A/B/C)
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Prague - T-Mobile Park - Sunday, June 6, 2004
Paul and band had the pleasure, or displeasure depending on the way you look at it, of being the first musical act to perform
at the T-Mobile Park outdoor auditorium. Only months before the show Prague city officials and the Park developers were locked
in legal wrangling over building permits for the proposed venue location in Prague 11. It was only with short notice
that the venue was moved across town to Prague 9 where at the time of the concert it could be described as being little more than a muddy industrial field.
Horsens - Forum Horsens Stadium - Tuesday, June 8, 2004
Horsens - Forum Horsens Stadium - Wednesday, June 9, 2004
In honour of Paul's visit the road from downtown Horsens to the concert venue was renamed Abbey Road for the period of June 8-9.
The Tuesday night show was attended by several of Denmark's politicians and members of the business and showbiz scenes, roughly 2000 strong.
Their incessant chatter throughout the entire performance was said to mar the enjoyment of those in the vicinity of the VIP section, even arousing
this mumbled comment from Paul himself after one song, "Well what do you expect for 5 pounds".
Wednesday night's performance was the only added show to the 04 Summer Tour. With the elimination of the distracting VIP section the crowd was noticeable
more energetic despite initial frustration with long delays at the entrance gate. Apparently, Paul's request for heightened
security resulted in the confiscation of even the most unthreatening of items: sandwiches.
Gothenburg - Ullevi Stadium - Saturday, June 12, 2004
One day after celebrating his 2nd year wedding anniversary with Heather, Paul played to a non-capacity crowd of 36,227.
Paul dedicated 'Eleanor Rigby' to the late Ray Charles who had just died the day before (perhaps an omen for the Macca marriage).
He started out by singing the song in a bluesy fashion in honour of Charles, with whom the Beatles toured with back in the early 1960s.
Having first performed live together in February 2002 at The Super Bowl in New Orleans, the Gothenburg show would serve as the celebratory 100th
concert together for Paul, Rusty, Brian, Wix and Abe.
Oslo - Valle Hovin Stadion - Monday, June 14, 2004
Upon entry to the venue 28-year-old Siri Sørflaten, a district manager with the Mail Service in Oslo, was stopped and
advised she was the 8th millionth fan to see Paul since Wings ended in 1980. She along with husband Geir were taken backstage
where Paul presented keys to a brand new Lexus RX3000 four-wheel drive and posed for photos. A kiss and a hug later Siri took in the show from the VIP section.
Despite only filling the stadium to half capacity Paul managed to keep the crowd in a good concert mood.
Helsinki - Olympiastadion - Thursday, June 17, 2004
Returning to Finland for the first time since Wings' 1972 Tour Paul played to a non-soldout crowd of 35,000.
The rain before and throughout the show did not damper the spirits of those in attendance. Perhaps distracted by the double rainbow
which appeared during the tributes to John ('Here Today') and George ('All Things Must Pass') the Finnish crowd neglected to yell out
the standard "What about Ringo?" so Paul and band did not perform 'Yellow Submarine'.
An audience recording circulates on amateur cdr, this being the only stop on the 04 Summer Tour that has not been published
on factory-pressed cd or pro-cdr.
St. Petersburg - Palace Square - Sunday, June 20, 2004
Paul arrived in St. Petersburg on June 18th, his birthday. Billed as his 3000th concert appearance the St. Petersburg gig was professionally filmed and an edited performance was
featured as a bonus on the official Paul McCartney In Red Square (A&E Home Video) dvd. Rain resulting from "cloud-bursting" delayed the start of the show by an hour and a half. This technique previously employed by Russia for many public holidays and
festivities involves jets dispersing dry ice into the clouds inducing them to empty their content. The concert organizers apparently paid $36,000 for 3 jets to perform the task.
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St. Petersburg, Russia - June 20, 2004 - Soundcheck
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St. Petersburg (Piccadilly Circus PCCD 026/027/028)
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"Jam"
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"Jam"
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Coming Up
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Honey Don't
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Matchbox
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"Jam"
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The Palace Of The King Of The Birds
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C Moon
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9
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Midnight Special
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10
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San Fransicso Bay Blues
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Follow Me
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12
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"Time For Massage"
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Lady Madonna
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14
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"Jam"
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"Pre-show"
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Paris - Stade de France - Thursday, June 24, 2004
Performing to a crowd of 50,000 Paul made one set list change for the Paris show, adding 'Michelle' before 'Eleanor Rigby'. By the end of the main set the crowd was in such a good mood that they sang all the way through 'Hey Jude'
during which Paul led the traditional sing-along portion in French asking first "les garcons" (the boys) to sing, then, "les filles" (the girls) and finally "ensemble" (everyone).
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Paris, France - June 24, 2004 - Soundcheck
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Access All Areas: Paris Soundcheck (Batz Batz 0309)
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"Improvisation"
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2
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C Moon
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3
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Celebration
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4
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San Francisco Bay Blues
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5
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Midnight Special
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6
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Follow Me
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"Time For My Massage"
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8
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Lady Madonna
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Baby Face
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10
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"Unknown Vocal Song"
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Glastonbury - Worthy Farm Pilton - Saturday, June 26, 2004
Bad weather at the venue forced Paul's helicopter to divert and land at Bristol Airport where a chauffeured limo took him
the remaining 20 miles. This caused a delay in the start of his set. The BBC Three broadcast live on television the final 14 songs
of the performance: 'Drive My Car', 'Penny Lane', 'Get Back', 'Band On The Run', 'Back In The USSR', 'Live And Let Die',
'Lady Madonna', 'Hey Jude', 'Yesterday', 'Follow Me', 'Let It Be', 'I Saw Her Standing There', 'Helter Skelter', 'Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / The End'. Paul announced 'Follow Me' as a "brand new song for Glastonbury" and it marked
the first time this future Chaos And Creation In The Backyard album track was played live outside of a soundcheck. The Mid Summer Records Glastonbury Festival + Millennium Dome Rehearsals omits 'Lady
Madonna' with The Way of Wizards dvd presenting all 14 songs. The official The McCartney Years dvd set includes 'Jet', 'Flaming Pie', 'Let Me Roll It', 'Blackbird' and 7 other songs in superior quality to those presented
on The Way of Wizards release.
Summer Tour in Madrid 2004 (Beatles Master Works BMW-001V)