Ringo Starr heuert Paul McCartney für sein neues Album an

Reunion der Beatles-Rhythm-Section: Paul McCartney hat seinem Kumpel Ringo einen Gefallen getan. Für sein neues Album hat der frühere Beatles-Schlagzeuger Ringo Starr seinen alten Bandkollegen Paul McCartney (67) ins Boot geholt. Wie die Zeitschrift „NME“ in ihrer Onlineausgabe berichtet, half Cartney bei den Stücken „Walk With Me“ und „Peace Dream“ aus.
Nachdem der 69-Jährige ihm eines der Stücke vorgespielt hatte, sei Paul sehr begeistert gewesen und wollte gleich loslegen. Ringo erzählte: „Er ging zum Mikrofon und dachte sich den Teil aus, wo er auf meinen Gesang folgt. Das war alles Paul McCartney, und an der Stelle könnte es nichts Besseres geben. Er ist ein Genie.“ Starrs Album „Y Not“, auf dem beide Songs zu hören sein werden, soll im Januar 2010 erscheinen.
The Guardian: „Ringo Starr’s forthcoming solo album will feature bass and backing vocals from an old, mop-topped pal from Liverpool. Paul McCartney appears on two tracks on Y Not, Starr’s fifteenth solo record and the first he has produced himself.
„Paul was doing the Grammys, so he came over to the house and was playing bass on [new song] Peace Dream,“ Starr explained. „I played him this other track and Paul said, ‘Give me the headphones. Give me a pair of cans’. And he went to the mic and he just invented that part where he follows on my vocal. That was all Paul McCartney, and there could be nothing better.“
The song, Walk With Me, was co-written by Starr and Van Dyke Parks, the 66-year-old arranger who has worked with everyone from the Beach Boys to Joanna Newsom. McCartney’s vocals „make it bigger and … fuller“, Starr said. „It makes the song like a conversation between us, and that was Paul’s idea to do his part one beat behind me. That’s why he’s a gen-i-us and an incredible bass player.“
McCartney last teamed up with Starr for his 1998 album, Vertical Man, which also featured George Harrison and George Martin. More recently, they appeared together at a transcendental meditation benefit in New York earlier this year. Besides the former Beatle, Y Not’s other „gen-i-uses“ include Joss Stone, Ben Harper, All Starr bandmate Richard Marx and Ringo’s brother-in-law, Joe Walsh. Still, the Fab Four drummer hasn’t turned this into a grotesque comedy of cameos. Starr runs the show, also making his debut as producer.
„I was the least involved in the production of the Beatles’ records. And then [the same] with my solo records,“ he said. „Then suddenly it’s another point in your life, and you say, ‘I’m going to do this now’. So I’ll be producing everything I make from now on. That’s the good news. It’s a confidence thing, I suppose. And Y Not is really another way of me saying, ‘Yes I Can.’“ Slogan aside, there is no sign of Barack Obama on Starr’s new record.- Y Not will be released on 12 January 2010.“

Paul McCartney Setlist Liverpool 1999

Das war die Setlist Paul McCartney’s „Live At The Cavern“ am Dienstag, 14. Dezember 1999, Cavern Club, Liverpool (UK):

Honey Hush (Turner)
Blue Jean Bop (Vincent/Levy)
Brown Eyed Handsome Man (Berry)
Fabulous (Land/Sheldon)
What It Is (McCartney)
Lonesome Town (Knight)
Twenty Flight Rock
No Other Baby (Bishop/Watson)
Try Not To Cry (McCartney)
Shake A Hand (Morris)
All Shook Up (Blackwell/Presley)
I Saw Her Standing There (Lennon/McCartney)
Party (Robinson)

The Band:
Paul McCartney – bass guitar、vocal
David Gilmour – guitar
Mick Green – guitar
Ian Paice – drums
Pete Wingfield – drums

Review by BBC News: „Sir Paul rolls back the years. For years, Sir Paul has been lamenting the loss of the Cavern and now he accepts that the new building at the same address is the Cavern and that this was his 281st gig at the venue.
In that sense, it was a pity that he chose to play in the larger back room rather than in the arched area which so closely resembles the original.
The stage was too small for the band’s hi-tech equipment and the modern lighting effects. Not to worry as Sir Paul was in brilliant form playing 12 songs in 40 minutes, mostly from Run Devil Run.
In any other circumstance, it would be a major boost for Pink Floyd’s Dave Gilmour to be playing Liverpool. Here he was one of the twin electric lead guitarists with Mick Green from the Pirates …
Sir Paul limited himself to short, pertinent introductions. He said that „Lonesome Town“ was „for lovers, past, present and future“, – make what you will of that.
He told us that John Lennon was impressed that he knew the words of „Twenty Flight Rock“, then he stuck to Chuck Berry’s original lyric for „Brown Eyed Handsome Man“ – repeating Chuck’s reference to the „Milo de Venus“ (sic).
He contorted his face like Gene Vincent when he sang „Bluejean Bop“, or maybe that’s the only way to sing the song.
Sir Paul’s current single revives the skiffle song, „No Other Baby“. I thought that this song was inconsequential but it sounded so much better live and it was good to hear him slow down the tempo and the volume for one number.
Sir Paul reeled off a couple of new songs – „What It Is“ and „Try Not To Cry“, but the biggest applause was for „I Saw Her Standing There“… quintessential Beatles, quintessential Paul McCartney and total magic. Although the large man in front of me did his best to obscure my view by waving his hands, this was the best moment I have ever seen on stage anywhere. No doubt about it, Sir Paul got back to where he once belonged.“

Paul McCartney Solo Songs Top Ten

What are the best songs by Paul McCartney as an ex-Beatle? Which songs belong to a top ten listing of Paul Mccartney songs? What about „Figure Of Eight“, „Beware My Love“, „Every Night“, „Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five“, „Jet“, „Coming Up“, „C Moon“, „Helen Wheels“ …? Here are three suggestions of Paul McCartney Top Tens I found:

1. Maybe I’m Amazed (McCartney, 1970)
2. Mull of Kintyre (Single, 1977)
3. Silly Love Songs (Wings at the Speed of Sound, 1976)
4. Band On The Run (Band On The Run, 1973)
5. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (Ram, 1971)
6. Another Day (Single, 1971)
7. Wanderlust (Tug Of War, 1982)
8. Give Ireland Back to the Irish (Single, 1972)
9. Souvenirs (Flaming Pie, 1997)
10. Fine Line (Chaos and Creation In The Backyard, 2005)

1. Maybe I’m Amazed (McCartney, 1970)
2. The Back Seat Of My Car (Ram, 1971)
6. Another Day (Single, 1971)
4. My Love (Red Rose Speedway, 1973)
5. Let Me Roll It (Band On The Run, 1973)
6. Jet (Band On The Run, 1973)
7. Listen To What The Man Said (Venus and Mars, 1975)
8. Take It Away (Tug Of War, 1982)
9. My Brave Face (Flowers in the Dirt, 1989)
10. Friends To Go (Chaos and Creation In The Backyard, 2005)

1. Band on the Run (Band On The Run, 1973)
2. Live and Let Die (Single, 1973)
3. Jet (Band On The Run, 1973)
4. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (Ram, 1971)
5. My Love (Red Rose Speedway, 1973)
6. Silly Love Songs (Wings at the Speed of Sound, 1976)
7. Maybe I’m Amazed (McCartney, 1970)
8. Listen to What the Man Said (Venus and Mars, 1975)
9. Let ‘em In (Wings at the Speed of Sound, 1976)
10. With a Little Luck (London Town, 1978)

Paul McCartney Setlist New York Citi Field 2009

Das war die Setlist Paul McCartney’s am Freitag, 17. Juli 2009, Citi Field, New York, NY (USA):

Drive My Car
Jet
Only Mama Knows
Flaming Pie
Got To Get You Into My Life
Let Me Roll It
Highway
The Long and Winding Road
My Love
Blackbird
Here Today
Dance Tonight
Calico Skies
Mrs. Vanderbilt
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 Jude
Encore 1:
Day Tripper
Lady Madonna
I Saw Her Standing There (with Billy Joel)
Encore 2:
Yesterday
Helter Skelter
Get Back
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
The End

Review by nj.com: „Paul McCartney re-creates Beatles magic at Citi Field show. No rock performer, of any age, seems more delighted to be onstage. The weather wasn’t great (rain fell throughout much of the show, at times quite heavily), but the music was flawless.
McCartney played a bunch of new or relatively new songs, including the rousing anthem “Sing the Changes’ (from his 2008 ‘Electric Arguments’ album, released under the name the Fireman) and the fanciful ‘Flaming Pie’ (from his 1997 album of that name). But he didn’t stint on Beatles or Wings songs, and the second half of the show in particular was a parade of classics.
There was lots of lean, driving rock ‘n’ roll (‘Lady Madonna,’ ‘Back In the U.S.S.R.,’ ‘Day Tripper’) in this show, and plenty of timeless ballads (‘Yesterday,’ ‘Let It Be,’ ‘The Long and Winding Road’). ‘A Day In the Life’ segued into ‘Give Peace a Chance,’ and ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)’ into ‘The End’ (the final portion of the Abbey Road“medley).
Billy Joel, who played the last show at Shea, last year (with McCartney sitting in), guested on one of the encores, ‘I Saw Her Standing There,’ sharing lead vocals and playing muscular piano riffs.
McCartney dedicated the sweet ‘My Love’ to his late wife Linda, and ‘Hey Jude’ became a massive singalong. ‘Let Me Roll It’ was extended with a fiery jam that McCartney described as a tribute to Jimi Hendrix. Afterwards, he reminisced about seeing Hendrix play the ‘Sgt. Pepper’ title track in concert, almost immediately after the album was released.
McCartney played a ukulele that the late George Harrison gave him as he sang Harrison’s ‘Something.’ He also performed his affectionate tribute to the late John Lennon, ‘Here Today.’“

Paul McCartney Setlist CD DVD Box Set „Good Evening New York City“

This is the setlist / track listing for Paul McCartney’s forthcoming ‘Good Evening New York City’ live CD album and DVD, which is released on November 23.
The album was recorded at McCartney’s New York Citi Field gigs in July, and features 33 tracks spanning his entire career.

Disc 1 (CD)
1. Drive My Car
2. Jet
3. Only Mama Knows
4. Flaming Pie
5. Got To Get You Into My Life
6. Let Me Roll It
7. Highway
8. The Long And Winding Road
9. My Love
10. Blackbird
11. Here Today
12. Dance Tonight
13. Calico Skies
14. Mrs Vandebilt
15. Eleanor Rigby
16. Sing The Changes
17. Band On The Run

Disc 2 (CD)
1. Back In The U.S.S.R.
2. I’m Down
3. Something
4. I’ve Got A Feeling
5. Paperback Writer
6. A Day In The Life / Give Peace A Chance
7. Let It Be
8. Live And Let Die
9. Hey Jude
10. Day Tripper
11. Lady Madonna
12. I Saw Her Standing There
13. Yesterday
14. Helter Skelter
15. Get Back
16. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / The End

Disc 3 (DVD)
1. Intro
2. Drive My Car
3. Jet
4. Only Mama Knows
5. Flaming Pie
6. Got To Get You Into My Life
7. Let Me Roll It 8. Highway
9. The Long And Winding Road
10. My Love
11. Blackbird
12. Here Today
13. Dance Tonight
14. Calico Skies
15. Mrs Vandebilt
16. Eleanor Rigby
17. Sing The Changes
18. Band On The Run
19. Back In The USSR
20. I’m Down
21. Something
22. I’ve Got A Feeling
23. Paperback Writer
24. A Day In The Life / Give Peace A Chance
25. Let It Be
26. Live And Let Die
27. Hey Jude
28. Day Tripper
29. Lady Madonna
30. I Saw Her Standing There
31. Yesterday
32. Helter Skelter
33. Get Back
34. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / The End

Deluxe Edition Bonus Material (2nd DVD): Paul’s deluxe edition of ‘Good Evening New York City’ will be packed with extra special bonus material, including the video of Paul’s traffic stopping performance on the Late Show. In addition there will also be the documentary ‘Good Evening People’, filmed by the audience at Citi Field sharing their Paul experiences. The final added extra is the full performance of ‘I’m Down’ from Citi Field.
Track Listing: Live on the Late Show with David Letterman 1. Get Back 2. Sing The Changes 3. Coming Up 4. Band On The Run 5. Let Me Roll It 6. Helter Skelter 7. Back In The USSR Good Evening People (Audience Documentary Film) I’m Down (Full Performance)

Paul McCartney Setlist Stuttgart 1993

Das war die Setlist Paul McCartney’s am Dienstag, 5. Oktober 1993, „The New World Tour“, Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart (Germany):

Drive My Car
Coming Up
Looking For Changes
Jet
All My Loving
Let Me Roll It
Peace In The Neighbourhood
Off The Ground
Can’t Buy Me Love
Robbie’s Bit
Good Rockin’ Tonight
We Can Work It Out
I Lost My Little Girl
Ain’t No Sunshine
Hope Of Deliverance
Michelle
Biker Like An Icon
Here There And Everywhere
Yesterday
My Love
Lady Madonna
C’mon People
Magical Mystery Tour
Let It Be
Live And Let Die
Paperback Writer
Back In The U.S.S.R.
Penny Lane
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Band On The Run
I Saw Her Standing There
Hey Jude

Band:
Paul McCartney – lead voc, bass, guitar, piano
Linda McCartney – keyboards, backing voc
Hamish Stuart – guitar, bass, backing voc
Robbie McIntosh – guitar, backing voc
Paul „Wix“ Wickens – keyboards, accordion, backing voc
Blair Cunningham – drums

Paul McCartney Setlist Tulsa 2009

Das war die Setlist Paul McCartney’s am Montag, 17. August 2009, BOK Center, Tulsa, OK (USA):

Drive My Car
Jet
Only Mama Knows
Flaming Pie
Got To Get You Into My Life
Let Me Roll It / Foxy Lady
Highway
The Long and Winding Road
My Love
Blackbird
Here Today
Dance Tonight
Calico Skies
Mrs Vanderbilt
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 Jude
Encore:
Day Tripper
Lady Madonna
I Saw Her Standing There
Encore 2:
Yesterday
Helter Skelter
Get Back
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
The End

Band:
Paul McCartney – voc, bass, guitar, piano
Rusty Anderson – guitar, bass
Brian Ray – guitar, bass
Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums
Paul Wickens – keyboards

Review by StaticBlog: „Beginning with ‘Drive My Car,’ McCartney tirelessly powered through 34 songs with Beatles classics outnumbering solo tracks roughly two to one, but he delivered all his songs at full-tilt energy, whether it was last year’s ‘Highway’ or ‘Eleanor Rigby’ from 43 years ago. After recalling his recent driving tour of Route 66, which took him through Oklahoma, he paused in front of the 20,000-strong crowd ‘to take a moment to drink it all in.’ Then, as he performed ‘The Long and Winding Road,’ photos taken on ‘the mother road’ flashed on the fiber-optic screen behind his band.
McCartney filled the set with historical grace notes, talking about how he wrote ‘Blackbird’ during the Civil Rights Movement, ‘imagining a black girl going through all that,’ and offering poignant tributes to his late wife Linda (‘My Love’ from 1972’s ‘Red Rose Speedway’) and fellow Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison. He began Harrison’s ‘Something’ on ukelele, an instrument both men loved, then expandedthe song to its full ‘Abbey Road’ arrangement as rare photos of Harrison flashed on the screen. When he played Lennon’s ‘A Day in the Life,’ he effortlessly segued into his former songwriting partner’s protest hit, ‘Give Peace a Chance’ …
While McCartney left out some key classics he played during his 2002 show in Oklahoma City, it was hard to be disappointed by the massive set list as his band, featuring guitarists Rusty Anderson and Brian Ray, keyboardist Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens and drummer Abe Laboriel Jr., masterfully recreated the classic arrangements on ‘Paperback Writer,’ ‘Hey Jude’ and ‘Live and Let Die,’ which was accompanied by massive flames and fireworks rising from the stage …“



Paul McCartney Setlist Liverpool 2008

Das war die Setlist Paul McCartney’s am Sonntag, 1. Juni 2008, The Liverpool Sound Concert, Liverpool (UK), Anfield Stadium:

Hippy, Hippy Shake
Jet
Drive My Car
Flaming Pie
Got To Get You Into My Life
Let Me Roll It
My Love
C’ Moon
Long And Winding Road
Dance Tonight
Blackbird
Calico Skies
In Liverpool
Follow The Sun
Eleanor Rigby
Something
Penny Lane
Band On The Run (Dave Grohl on guitar)
Back In The USSR (Dave Grohl on drums)
Live And Let Die
Let It Be
Hey Jude
Yesterday
A Day In The Life
Give Peace A Chance
Lady Madonna
I Saw Her Standing There (Dave Grohl on drums)

Band:
Paul McCartney – voc, bass, guitar, piano
Rusty Anderson – guitar, bass
Brian Ray – guitar, bass
Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums
Paul Wickens – keyboards

Liverpool Echo: „SIR PAUL McCartney’s stunning Anfield show was today hailed as his best gig ever. His management team said they had never heard him perform better. And the fans in the 36,000 sell-out crowd agreed after his emotional two hour homecoming concert set up a spectacular 08 summer. Sir Paul told the ecstatic crowd that he was in: „The city of culture at the centre of the universe.“ „LIVERPOOL I love you,“ said Sir Paul taking to the stage for his triumphant homecoming. And the feeling was entirely mutual. The city’s favourite son delivered his gift to his hometown in person, with a spectacular centrepiece concert in its Capital of Culture year. „In the city of culture at the centre of the universe,“ he grinned. „I was born just down the road from here in Walton hospital.“ And Sir Paul certainly pulled out all the stops for the city he holds so dear. With a set-list reading like a greatest hits from heaven, he powered through everything from Hippy Hippy Shake to The Long and Winding Road. Along the way he packed in Blackbird, Eleanor Rigby, Penny Lane, Live and Let Die, Let It Be, Hey Jude, Yesterday and Lady Madonna.
It was a performance packed with emotion. From the quiet, heartfelt dedication of My Love to his adored wife Linda, to the tribute to George with Something – on the ukulele no less – this was a show from the heart.
And his hometown is something that will always mean the world to Sir Paul.
“It’s great for me because every time I come to Liverpool my memories come flooding back,” he said. “Me and the lads. I remember there was this thing that me and George used to do. JS Bach. He got it right, I got it wrong.” And launched into Blackbird. The crowd sang along to every word.
And Sir Paul clearly felt at home.“



Paul McCartney Tour 2009 “Good Evening Europe”

Paul McCartney geht, einer Ankündigung auf seiner Webseite nach, im Dezember mit einer fast astreinen Oldies-Show auf Europatournee. Schwerpunkt von Paul’s Live-Aktivitäten ist ganz offensichtlich Deutschland mit vier Gigs (dank des zweiten Kölner Termins eine Woche vor Heilig Abend, der letztens nachgelegt wurde). Paul wird dabei erstmals in den 02-Arenen in Berlin, Dublin und London auftreten. Einen von Pauls legendären Auftritten sollte man einmal im Leben besucht haben, so heißt es in der Mitteilung weiter. „Das Publikum wird die größten Momente aus 50 Jahren Musikgeschichte wiedererleben, für einige ist das der Soundtrack ihres Lebens.“
Paul startet seine Tour in Hamburg – einer Stadt, die er nur zu gut kennt. 49 Jahre ist es her, dass er dort zum ersten Mal mit den Beatles auftrat. Zuletzt war er 2003 anlässlich seiner „Back In The World“-Tour dort live zu hören und zu sehen. Das gilt auch für Köln. Die Berliner werden McCartney erstmals seit 1993 wiedersehen.
Paul sagt auf seiner Webseite: „Das ist meine Chance die aktuelle Show nach Hause zu bringen – dorthin wo alles begann. Angefangen mit Hamburg, zum Schluss dann London und mittendrin rocken wir in Europa ab. Ich freue mich, dieses Jahr mit einem Höhepunkt abschließen zu können.“
Das Motto der Tour „Good Evening Europe“ bezieht sich auf die bevorstehende Veröffentlichung der Multidisc „Good Evening New York“ (CD/DVD), eines Mitschnitts seiner Konzerte in der New Yorker Citi-Field-Arena (Neubau auf dem Areal des früheren Shea-Stadions) anlässlich seiner „Summer Live ‘09″-Tournee in Nord-Amerika.
Der Vorverkauf für Deutschland begann am 24. Oktober. Die Ticketpreise für Hamburg liegen laut Veranstalter Karsten Jahnke zwischen 59,10 EUR und 159,60 EUR.

Die Tourneedaten:
2. Dezember – Hamburg, Color Line Arena
3. Dezember – Berlin, O2 World
9. Dezember – Arnhem, Gelredome
10. Dezember – Paris, Bercy
16. Dezember – Köln, Lanxess Arena
neu: 17. Dezember – Köln, Lanxess Arena („extra added date“)
20. Dezember – Dublin, The O2
22. Dezember – London,The O2 Arena

The Who Setlist Stuttgart 1997

Das war die Setlist des Konzerts The Who, Hans-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart (Germany), 5. Mai 1997:

I Am The Sea
The Real Me
Quadrophenia
Cut My Hair
The Punk And The Godfather
I’m One
The Dirty Jobs
Helpless Dancer
Is It In My Head
I’ve Had Enough
5.15
Sea And Sand
Drowned
Bell Boy
Doctor Jimmy
The Rock
Love Reign O’er Me
I’m The Face
Won’t Get Fooled Again
Behind Blue Eyes
Substitute
I Can’t Explain
Who Are You