Wings UK Tour 1979
Tour by Wings | |
Associated album | Back to the Egg |
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Start date | 23 November 1979 |
End date | 29 December 1979 |
Legs | 1 |
No. of shows | 20 |
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.
History
[edit]Wings' lineup for the tour was Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Laurence Juber and Steve Holley, together with a brass section from the previous tour led by Howie Casey.
Following the main part of the tour, Wings teamed up with an all-star cast of musicians and took the name Rockestra to perform a series of Concerts for the People of Kampuchea at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
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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.[1][2]
Releases
[edit]A recording of "Coming Up" from Glasgow on 17 December 1979 of the tour was released on the single in April 1980 taking the A-side in the United States and becoming a number one hit. The Glasgow show itself was widely bootlegged under the title 'Last Flight'.[3]
Six songs of the Hammersmith Odeon performance, three by Wings and three by Rockestra, were released on a Concerts for the People of Kampuchea live album.
With the beginning of Paul McCartney Archive Collection album reissues in 2010 more songs from a Glasgow show have been released. Band on the Run reissue received "No Words" and "Band on the Run" as pre-order bonus tracks, McCartney included "Every Night", "Maybe I'm Amazed" and "Hot as Sun" and McCartney II included "Coming Up" as bonus tracks.
Tour dates
[edit]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 |
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23 November 1979 | Liverpool | England | Royal Court Theatre |
24 November 1979 | |||
25 November 1979 | |||
26 November 1979 | |||
28 November 1979 | Manchester | Manchester Apollo | |
29 November 1979 | |||
1 December 1979 | Southampton | Gaumont Theatre | |
2 December 1979 | Brighton | Brighton Centre | |
3 December 1979 | London | Lewisham Odeon | |
5 December 1979 | The Rainbow Theatre | ||
7 December 1979 | Wembley Arena | ||
8 December 1979 | |||
9 December 1979 | |||
10 December 1979 | |||
12 December 1979 | Birmingham | Birmingham Odeon | |
14 December 1979 | Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle City Hall | |
15 December 1979 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Edinburgh Odeon |
16 December 1979 | Glasgow | The Apollo | |
17 December 1979 | |||
29 December 1979[A] | London | England | Hammersmith Odeon |
- Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
- A This concert was a part of "Concerts for the People of Kampuchea"
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tokyo Officials Hold Paul for Drugs". The Michigan Daily. January 17, 1980. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
- ^ Wasserman, Harry. "Paul's Pot-Bust Shocker Makes Him A Jailhouse Rocker". High Times, July 1980. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ "Paul McCartney & Wings – Last Flight Definitive Edition (Misterclaudel MCCD-05/06) – Collectors Music Reviews". 6 April 2010.