Associated album Flowers in the Dirt End date 29 July 1990 Period 1989 – 29 July 1990 | Start date 26 September 1989 Legs 9 Leg 9 | |
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No. of shows 103
48 in Europe,
47 in North America
6 in Asia
2 in South America | ||
The Paul McCartney World Tour was a worldwide concert tour by Paul McCartney during 1989 and 1990. It was McCartney's first major tour outing in ten years, since Wings UK Tour 1979, and his first appearances in North America in thirteen years, since the 1976 Wings Over America Tour. It was also his first tour under his name.
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While the tour coincided with the release of his Flowers in the Dirt album, it was thematically more about his finally embracing his Beatles past, including for the first time, in any of his tours, a substantial number of Beatles songs in the set list.
The tour was documented by the 1990 live albums Tripping the Live Fantastic and Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights!, and the 1991 concert film Get Back. A one-hour tour documentary was also aired on Channel 4 TV in the UK, titled From Rio to Liverpool.
Tour booklet
Attendees to the concerts received, free of additional charge, a lavish 9x12-inch 98-page booklet. It contained the tour itinerary, lengthy profiles of each of the band members, descriptions of the tour's stage and logistics, and an extended description of Friends of the Earth's mission. Two-thirds of the booklet consisted of McCartney's reflections upon his life and career, illustrated by many photographs.
Tour band
Tour dates
Soundcheck
- "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) Played July 4, 1990 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C.
- "C Moon" (McCartney)
- "Crackin' Up" (McDaniel)
- "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (Greene)
- "Inner City Madness" (Paul McCartney/Linda McCartney/Stuart/McIntosh/Wickens/Whitten)
- "Matchbox" (Perkins)
- "Sally" (Haines/Leon/Towers)
- "Together" (Paul McCartney/Linda McCartney/Stuart/McIntosh/Wickens/Whitten)