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I Saw a Beatle: Sir Paul McCartney Concert Review

  • Date of Concert: October 13, 2015
  • Location of Concert: Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH

Well, I went to another once in a lifetime concert last night in Columbus, Ohio. My best friend Jamie McClintic and I saw the one and only Sir Paul McCartney!!! I have seen many people in concert, but never a Beatle! He played a 3 hour set with no intermission, playing songs by his band The Beatles (the most important and influential band ever), his band Wings, and lots of solo songs. The whole show was a highlight, but some of the biggest ones for me was when he brought out his former Beatles band mate George Harrison’s ukulele and played his song Something. Also, when he played Blackbird, Helter Skelter, Eleanor Rigby, Let It Be, The Long And Winding Road, Band On The Run, All Together Now, Hey Jude, The End. Heck, every song was a highlight, like I said. Including the songs from his latest album from 2013, called New. His band is solid, and he still sings, plays, and looks phenomenal! He thanked the audience often, and seemed to really be having a ball. And to show you how fan friendly he is, near the end of the show, he brought some fans onto the stage, talked to them, hugged them, and even signed a woman’s neck, and her husband or boyfriend’s arm. Another woman came out with a sign asking Paul to announce to the crowd that she is pregnant. He did and gave her a hug. What a class act. For someone as rich and famous as he is, he did not have to do that. I honestly cannot find the words right now to explain to you that this was another amazing concert and life experience in general! If anyone has not seen this man, PLEASE go and see him!! He is the best.

Band Members:

  • Paul McCartney (Lead Vocals/Bass/Guitar/Piano/Keyboards/Organ)
  • Wix Wickens (Keyboards)
  • Rusty Anderson (Guitar)
  • Brian Ray (Guitar/Bass)
  • Abe Laboriel Jr. (Drums)

Set List:

  1. Eight Days A Week
  2. Save Us
  3. Got To Get You Into My Life
  4. One After 909
  5. Temporary Secretary
  6. Let Me Roll It
  7.  Paperback Writer
  8. My Valentine
  9. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
  10. The Long And Winding Road
  11. Maybe I’m Amazed
  12. I’ve Just Seen A Face
  13. FourFiveSeconds
  14. We Can Work It Out
  15. We Can Work It Out
  16. Another Day
  17. Hope For The Future
  18. And I Love Her
  19. Blackbird
  20. Here Today
  21. New
  22. Queenie Eye
  23. Lady Madonna
  24. All Together Now
  25. Lovely Rita
  26. Eleanor Rigby
  27. Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!
  28. Something
  29. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
  30. Band On The Run
  31. Back In The U.S.S.R.
  32. Let It Be
  33. Live And Let Die
  34. Hey Jude
  35. Encore:  Another Girl
  36. Hi, Hi, Hi
  37. Can’t Buy Me Love
  38. Encore 2:  Yesterday
  39. Helter Skelter
  40. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End
  41. He also played an instrumental version of Foxy Lady earlier in the show.

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