Wings UK Tour 1979

Wings UK Tour 1979
Tour by Wings
Associated album Back to the Egg
Start date 23 November 1979
End date 29 December 1979
Legs 1
No. of shows 17 in England
3 in Scotland
20 in total
Wings concert chronology

On 23 November 1979, Paul McCartney's band Wings began a 19-date concert tour of the United Kingdom to promote their recent album, Back to the Egg.

It was originally to have been the first leg of a planned world tour, with further stops scheduled in Japan, Europe and America. However, it became Wings' final concert tour, after McCartney's marijuana arrest in Tokyo the following January.

Following the 1979 tour, Wings teamed up with an all-star cast of musicians to perform a series of Concerts for the People of Kampuchea at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.

Wings' lineup for the tour was Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Laurence Juber and Steve Holley.

A recording of "Coming Up" from a Glasgow date on this tour was a number one hit in the United States.

The final show of the Tour on 17 December 1979 was widely bootlegged under the title 'Last Flight'.[1]

Tour dates

After a live rehearsal at the Liverpool Royal Court attended by pupils of Liverpool Institute, McCartney's alma mater and of John Lennon's former school, Quarry Bank.

Date City Country Venue
23 November 1979LiverpoolEnglandRoyal Court Theatre
24 November 1979
25 November 1979
26 November 1979
28 November 1979ManchesterThe Apollo
29 November 1979
1 December 1979SouthamptonGaumont
2 December 1979BrightonNew Conference Centre
3 December 1979LondonLewisham Odeon
5 December 1979The Rainbow Theatre
7 December 1979Wembley Arena
8 December 1979
9 December 1979
10 December 1979
12 December 1979BirminghamBirmingham Odeon
14 December 1979Newcastle upon TyneCity Halls
15 December 1979EdinburghScotlandOdeon
16 December 1979GlasgowApollo
17 December 1979
29 December 1979[A]LondonEnglandHammersmith Odeon
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was a part of "Concerts for the People of Kampuchea"

Tour set list

Average tour setlist[2]
  1. "Got to Get You into My Life"
  2. "Getting Closer"
  3. "Every Night"
  4. "Again and Again and Again"
  5. "I've Had Enough"
  6. "No Words"
  7. "Cook of the House"
  8. "Old Siam, Sir"
  9. "Maybe I'm Amazed"
  10. "The Fool on the Hill"
  11. "Let It Be"
  12. "Hot as Sun"
  13. "Spin It On"
  14. "Twenty Flight Rock"
  15. "Go Now"
  16. "Arrow Through Me"
  17. "Wonderful Christmastime" (not performed for Dec. 29th's Hammersmith Odeon show)
  18. "Coming Up"
  19. "Goodnight Tonight"
  20. "Yesterday"
  21. "Mull of Kintyre"
  22. "Band on the Run"

References

  1. ↑ https://www.collectorsmusicreviews.com/beatles/misterclaudel-label/paul-mccartney-wings-last-flight-definitive-edition-misterclaudel-mccd-0506/
  2. ↑ Wings Average Setlists of year: Wings UK Tour 1979, http://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/wings-23d68837.html?tour=Wings+UK+Tour+1979
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