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 | |
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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
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
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 |
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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
- "Wings Last Tour"
References
- ^ "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.
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