The 'US' Tour

The 'US' Tour
Tour by Paul McCartney
Start date	16 September 2005
End date	30 November 2005
Legs	1
Shows	37 in North America 37 in total
Paul McCartney tour chronology
2004 Summer Tour (2004) The 'US' Tour (2005) Summer Live '09 (2009)

The US Tour was Paul McCartney's third North American concert tour of the 21st century. This was in promotion of 2005's Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. Rusty Anderson, Brian Ray, Paul "Wix" Wickens, and Abe Laboriel Jr. returned as the backing band, the first to fully remain intact for more than one solo McCartney tour, following the previous year's summer jaunt in the UK. McCartney's then-wife Heather Mills and their daughter, Beatrice, accompanied him on the tour and were in the audience every night.

On 12 November 2005 in Anaheim, California, two songs and some dialogue from the concert were broadcast to the International Space Station and astronauts Valeri Tokarev and Bill McArthur. The songs played were The Beatles' "Good Day Sunshine" and McCartney's "English Tea", a song from his Chaos and Creation in the Backyard album.

'US' refers to us and the U.S.

No official audio release chronicling this tour materialised, though a TV special and subsequent DVD The Space Within US, aired on the A&E Network. Lexus and Fidelity Investments were major sponsors of the tour.

Remixes of Twin Freaks tracks played by DJ Freelance Hellraiser and a short film opened each show.

The band

• Paul McCartney: lead vocals, acoustic, electric and bass guitars, piano
• Rusty Anderson: backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
• Brian Ray: backing vocals, acoustic, electric and bass guitars
• Paul "Wix" Wickens: backing vocals, keyboards, accordion, electric guitar, harmonica, percussion
• Abe Laboriel, Jr.: backing vocals, drums, percussion

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
16 September 2005	Miami, Florida	United States	American Airlines Arena
17 September 2005	Tampa, Florida		St. Pete Times Forum
20 September 2005	Atlanta, Georgia		Philips Arena
22 September 2005	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		Wachovia Center
23 September 2005
26 September 2005	Boston, Massachusetts		TD Banknorth Garden
27 September 2005
30 September 2005	New York City, New York		Madison Square Garden
1 October 2005
4 October 2005
5 October 2005
8 October 2005	Washington, D.C.		MCI Center
10 October 2005	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Air Canada Centre
14 October 2005	Auburn Hills, Michigan	United States	The Palace of Auburn Hills
15 October 2005
18 October 2005	Chicago, Illinois		United Center
19 October 2005
22 October 2005	Columbus, Ohio		Value City Arena
23 October 2005	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		Bradley Center
26 October 2005	Saint Paul, Minnesota		Xcel Energy Center
27 October 2005	Des Moines, Iowa		Wells Fargo Arena
30 October 2005	Omaha, Nebraska		Qwest Center
1 November 2005	Denver, Colorado		Pepsi Center
3 November 2005	Seattle, Washington		KeyArena
4 November 2005	Portland, Oregon		Rose Garden
7 November 2005	San Jose, California		HP Pavilion
8 November 2005
11 November 2005	Anaheim, California		Arrowhead Pond
12 November 2005
16 November 2005	Sacramento, California		ARCO Arena
19 November 2005	Houston, Texas		Toyota Center
20 November 2005	Dallas, Texas		American Airlines Center
23 November 2005	Glendale, Arizona		Glendale Arena
25 November 2005	Paradise, Nevada		MGM Grand Garden Arena
26 November 2005
29 November 2005	Los Angeles, California		Staples Center
30 November 2005

Set List

1. "Magical Mystery Tour"
2. "Flaming Pie"
3. "Jet"
4. "I'll Get You"
5. "Drive My Car"
6. "Till There Was You"
7. "Let Me Roll It"
8. "Got to Get You into My Life"
9. "Fine Line"
10. "Maybe I'm Amazed"
11. "The Long and Winding Road"
12. "In Spite of All the Danger"
13. "I Will"
14. "Jenny Wren"
15. "For No One"
16. "Fixing a Hole"
17. "English Tea"
18. "I'll Follow the Sun"
19. "Follow Me"
20. "Midnight Special" (only in Houston)
21. "Blackbird"
22. "Eleanor Rigby"
23. "Too Many People"/"She Came In Through the Bathroom Window"
24. "Good Day Sunshine"
25. "Band on the Run"
26. "Penny Lane"
27. "I've Got a Feeling"
28. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
29. "Hey Jude"
30. "Live And Let Die"
31. "Yesterday"
32. "Get Back"
33. "Helter Skelter"
34. "Please Please Me"
35. "Mull Of Kintyre" (Toronto only)
36. "Let It Be"
37. "Sgt. Pepper's"/"The End"

Instruments played by band members

Songs	McCartney	Anderson	Ray	Wickens	Laboriel
"Magical Mystery Tour"	Bass	Electric Guitar	Electric Guitar	Keyboards	Drums
"Flaming Pie"
"Jet"
"I'll Get You"				Harmonica
"Drive My Car"				Keyboards
"Till There Was You"		Acoustic Guitar	Acoustic Guitar	Accordion
"Let Me Roll It"	Electric Guitar	Electric Guitar	Bass	Keyboards
"Got to Get You into My Life"	Bass		Electric Guitar
"Fine Line"	Piano		Bass		Drums/Maracas
"Maybe I'm Amazed"					Drums
"The Long and Winding Road"
"In Spite of All the Danger"	Acoustic Guitar	None	None	None	None
"I Will"
"Jenny Wren"				Accordion	Drum
"For No One"	Piano			Keyboards	None
"Fixing a Hole"				None
"English Tea"			Bass	Keyboards	Drums
"I'll Follow the Sun"	Acoustic Guitar	Acoustic Guitar
"Follow Me"
"Blackbird"		None	None	None	None
"Eleanor Rigby"				Keyboards
"Too Many People"/"She Came In Through the Bathroom Window"	Bass	Electric Guitar	Acoustic Guitar	Electric Guitar/Maracas/Tambourine	Drums
"Good Day Sunshine"			Electric Guitar	Keyboards
"Band on the Run"			Electric Guitar/Acoustic Guitar
"Penny Lane"			Electric Guitar
"I've Got a Feeling"	Electric Guitar		Bass
"Back in the U.S.S.R."	Bass		Electric Guitar
"Hey Jude"	Piano		Bass
"Live and Let Die"
"Yesterday"	Acoustic Guitar	None	None		None
"Get Back"	Bass	Electric Guitar	Electric Guitar		Drums
"Helter Skelter"				Electric Guitar
"Please Please Me"				Harmonica
"Let It Be"	Piano		Bass	Keyboards
"Sgt. Pepper's"/"The End"	Electric Guitar		Bass/Electric Guitar