Wings UK Tour 1979

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Wings UK Tour 1979
Tour by Wings
Legs 1
Shows 17 in England
2 in Scotland
19 in total

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

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

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

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

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

[edit] Tour dates

After a live rehearsal at Liverpool Institute, McCartney's alma mater.

Date City Country Venue
23 November 1979 Liverpool England Royal Court Theatre
24 November 1979
25 November 1979
26 November 1979
28 November 1979 Manchester The Apollo
29 November 1979
1 December 1979 Southampton Gaumont
2 December 1979 Brighton New Conference Centre
3 December 1979 London Lewisham Odeon
5 December 1979 The Rainbow Theatre
7 December 1979 Empire Pool
8 December 1979
9 December 1979
10 December 1979
12 December 1979 Birmingham Odeon
14 December 1979 Newcastle upon Tyne City Halls
15 December 1979 Edinburgh Scotland Odeon
16 December 1979 Glasgow Apollo
17 December 1979
29 December 1979 London England Hammersmith Apollo

[edit] Tour set list

  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"

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