By Jeff K
May 3, 2021
It was on this day in 1976 when Paul McCartney and Wings played the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth. It was Paul s first U.S. post-Beatles concert. Were you there? Paul played 29 songs over 2+ hours.
In honor of the 45th anniversary, YOU get to pick the Paul McCartney song I play today at 4:20 pm with
In the meantime, see highlights and the setlist below.
SETLIST: Venus and Mars / Rock Show Jet Let Me Roll It Spirits of Ancient Egypt Medicine Jar Maybe I m Amazed Call Me Back Again Lady Madonna The Long and Winding Road Live and Let Die Picasso s Last Words (Drink to Me) Richard Cory Bluebird I ve Just Seen a Face Blackbird Yesterday You Gave Me the Answer Magneto and Titanium Man My Love Listen to What the Man Said Let Em In Time to Hide Silly Love Songs Beware My Love Letting Go Band on the Run Hi, Hi, Hi Soily
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One of the strangest things about the first lockdown was thinking that all the famous people were trapped in their houses, too. Coronavirus was such a leveller: there they were, at home, in LA or Guildford, padding about in expensive jeans and unable to see their friends. Some of us will remember that concert last April,
One World: Together at Home, which linked up performances by Paul McCartney, thumping away at “Lady Madonna”, and Elton John (“I’m Still Standing”), and the Rolling Stones. Without their big backing bands you got a sense of what they really sounded like. But they certainly threw themselves into it.
In 1968,
In 1973,
Elton John started a three-week run at number one with his hit song, “Crocodile Rock,” the first of five top tracks the Rocket Man would wind up having.
In 1992,
Pearl Jam played their first-ever show in the UK. It took place at Southend, England’s Esplanade Club during the band’s first European tour. That trek also took the group to Spain, Italy, France, Norway, Sweden and Holland.
In 1996,
And in 2004,
And that’s what happened today in rock history.
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