Summer Live '09
Introduction The '''Summer Live '09''' tour was the fourth North American concert tour of the 21st century by Paul McCartney. The tour began on 11 July 2009 at the Halifax Common in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and closed at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas on 19 August 2009.It visited 7 cities across North America, earning $36 million from ten shows.
Background McCartney performed three nights at the new Citi Field in New York City on 17, 18 and 21 July 2009, replicating his role as a Beatle opening the newly opened Shea Stadium in 1965.To promote the tour, McCartney appeared on ''Late Show with David Letterman'' on 15 July, and performed a seven-song mini-concert atop the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater (although only two songs, "Get Back" and "Sing the Changes" were aired). ''Good Evening New York City'', a live CD/DVD of the Citi Field concerts was released on 17 November 2009; furthermore, the Deluxe Edition contains the complete 7 song mini-concert.
Tour band * Paul McCartney: Lead Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Electric Guitar, Ukulele, Mandolin* Rusty Anderson: Backing Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar* Brian Ray: Backing Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass* Paul "Wix" Wickens: Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Accordion, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Harmonica* Abe Laboriel Jr.: Backing Vocals, Drums, Percussion
Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue'''North America'''11 July 2009 HalifaxCanadaHalifax Common 26,504 CDN$3,500,00017 July 2009 New York CityUnited StatesCiti Field 109,541 / 109,541 $12,775,662 18 July 200921 July 20091 August 2009 Washington, D.C. FedExField  5 August 2009 Boston Fenway Park 68,626 / 70,607 $7,926,798 6 August 200915 August 2009 Atlanta Piedmont Park 36,062 / 49,999 $3,517,564 17 August 2009 Tulsa BOK Center 15,479 / 15,479  $2,648,659 19 August 2009 Arlington Cowboys Stadium 35,903 / 35,903 $5,054,620 Total265,611 / 281,529 (94%)$31,923,303
Set list #Drive My Car#Jet#Only Mama Knows#Flaming Pie#Got to Get You into My Life#Let Me Roll It (with Foxy Lady ending)#Highway#The Long and Winding Road#My Love#Blackbird#Here Today#Dance Tonight#Calico Skies#Michelle (played only in Washington, in honour of Michelle Obama)#It is So Easy (played only in Texas, as a tribute to Buddy Holly)#Mrs. Vandebilt#Eleanor Rigby#Sing the Changes#Band on the Run#Back in the U.S.S.R.#I'm Down#Something#I've Got a Feeling#Paperback Writer#A Day in the Life/Give Peace a Chance#Let It Be#Live and Let Die#Hey Jude1st Encore:#Mull of Kintyre (Halifax) #Day Tripper#Lady Madonna#I Saw Her Standing There (with Billy Joel on 17 July at Citi Field)2nd Encore:#Yesterday#Helter Skelter#Get Back#Sgt. Pepper's/The End medley
References
External links * Paul McCartney.com - official website* Paul McCartney Central - fansite with concert tour listing