21 August 2010

McCartney @ Consol Centert


And the article... http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=536204

And from the Detroit Free Press, with a few hilarious comments from Red Wings fans... http://www.freep.com/article/20100820/BLOG09/100820059/Paul-McCartney-draws-ire-of-Pens-prez-Pittsburgh-mayor-with-Wings-sticker

SETLIST:
1. Venus And Mars/Rock Show
2. Jet
3. All My Loving
4. Letting Go
5. Drive My Car
6. Highway (The Fireman cover)
7. Let Me Roll It / Foxy Lady (Hendrix cover)
8. The Long and Winding Road
9. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
10. Let 'Em In
11. My Love
12. I've Just Seen a Face
13. And I Love Her
14. Blackbird
15. Here Today
16. Dance Tonight
17. Mrs Vanderbilt
18. Eleanor Rigby
19. Ram On
20. Something
21. Sing the Changes (The Fireman cover)
22. Band on the Run
23. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
24. Back in the USSR
25. I've Got a Feeling
26. Paperback Writer
27. A Day in the Life / Give Peace A Chance
28. Let It Be
29. Live and Let Die
30. Hey Jude Play
31. Encore:
31. Day Tripper
32. Lady Madonna
33. Get Back
34. Encore 2:
34. Yesterday
35. Helter Skelter
36. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
37. The End

From setlist.fm

Here are a few videos from the show: SOMETHING DAY IN THE LIFE/GIVE PEACE A CHANCE I'VE JUST SEEN A FACE SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (REPRISE) LIVE AND LET DIE

I'm not going to review the show. It was awesome. I got goosebumps too many times to remember and had tears in my eyes once. Any attempt by me to put it into words would only minimize the overall experience. I will say that it was a surreal event, like STAR WARS without Han and Chewie. Or like an Alfredo sauce without butter. I got the same feeling I get any time I read something about John or listen to the B side of ABBEY ROAD. I wonder what could've been and wish I had been there in '64.

Many, many thanks to the Regas for letting me tag along.