On This Day 11/09/1975 Wings

On this day, 11 September 1975, Paul McCartney and Wings played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre as part of their Wings Over The World Tour. It was the third date on the tour following concerts at Southampton and Bristol.

The world tour followed the release of Wings' bestselling album Venus and Mars (1975), while the follow-up album, Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976), was completed after the band's Australian concerts.

Both Venus and Mars and Band on the Run (1973) were well represented in the setlist for the two 1975 legs. Songs from Speed of Sound were then introduced into the set in March 1976, and McCartney is known to have remarked: "Everything I have done since The Beatles split has been leading up to this."

Wings' line-up for this tour was Paul McCartney (vocals, bass, piano, acoustic guitar), Linda McCartney (keyboards, backing vocals), Denny Laine (vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion), Jimmy McCulloch (electric and acoustic guitars, bass, vocals) and Joe English (drums, percussion, backing vocals). They were joined by brass and woodwind players Howie Casey, Steve Howard, Thaddeus Richard and Tony Dorsey.






Setlist:

Venus and Mars/Rock Show

Jet

Let Me Roll It

Spirits of Ancient Egypt

Little Woman Love

C Moon

Maybe I'm Amazed

(Paul McCartney song)

Lady Madonna

(The Beatles cover)

The Long and Winding Road

(The Beatles cover)

Medicine Jar

Soily

Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)

Richard Cory

(Simon & Garfunkel cover)

Bluebird

I've Just Seen a Face

(The Beatles cover)

Blackbird

(The Beatles cover)

Yesterday

(The Beatles cover)

You Gave Me the Answer

Magneto and Titanium Man

Go Now

(Bessie Banks cover)

Junior's Farm

Letting Go

Live and Let Die

Call Me Back Again

My Love

Listen to What the Man Said

Band on the Run

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