Wings UK Tour 1979

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.

Wings UK Tour 1979
Tour by Wings
Associated albumBack to the Egg
Start date23 November 1979
End date29 December 1979
Legs1
No. of shows20
Wings concert chronology

History

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.

Paul McCartney after deporting from Japan, January 1980

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

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

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
23 November 1979LiverpoolEnglandRoyal Court Theatre
24 November 1979
25 November 1979
26 November 1979
28 November 1979ManchesterManchester Apollo
29 November 1979
1 December 1979SouthamptonGaumont Theatre
2 December 1979BrightonBrighton Centre
3 December 1979LondonLewisham Odeon
5 December 1979The Rainbow Theatre
7 December 1979Wembley Arena
8 December 1979
9 December 1979
10 December 1979
12 December 1979BirminghamBirmingham Odeon
14 December 1979Newcastle upon TyneNewcastle City Hall
15 December 1979EdinburghScotlandEdinburgh Odeon
16 December 1979GlasgowThe Apollo
17 December 1979
29 December 1979[A]LondonEnglandHammersmith Odeon
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was a part of "Concerts for the People of Kampuchea"

Tour set list
Average tour setlist[4]
  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"

References
  1. "Tokyo Officials Hold Paul for Drugs". The Michigan Daily. January 17, 1980. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  2. Wasserman, Harry. "Paul's Pot-Bust Shocker Makes Him A Jailhouse Rocker". High Times, July 1980. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
  3. "Paul McCartney & Wings – Last Flight Definitive Edition (Misterclaudel MCCD-05/06) – Collectors Music Reviews". 6 April 2010.
  4. Wings Average Setlists of year: Wings UK Tour 1979, http://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/wings-23d68837.html?tour=Wings+UK+Tour+1979
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