Having witnessed the 11 September 2001 attacks from the JFK airport tarmac , McCartney was inspired to take a leading role in organising the Concert for New York City . His studio album release in November that year , '' Driving Rain '' , included the song " Freedom " , written in response to the attacks . The following year , McCartney went out on tour with a band that included guitarists Rusty Anderson and Brian Ray , accompanied by Paul " Wix " Wickens on keyboards and Abe Laboriel , Jr. on drums . They began the Driving World Tour in April 2002 , which included stops in the US , Mexico and Japan . The tour resulted in the double live album '' Back in the US '' , released internationally in 2003 as '' Back in the World '' . The tour earned a reported $ 126.2 million , an average of over $ 2 million per night , and '' Billboard '' named it the top tour of the year . The group continues to play together ; McCartney has played live with Brian Ray , Rusty Anderson , Abe Laboriel Jr. and Wix Wickens longer than he played live with the Beatles
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