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On This Day 11/09/1975 Wings

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On this day, 11 September 1975, former Beatle Paul McCartney played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre with his band Wings on their Wing 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.




Set List

Venus And Mars / Rock Show / Jet

Let Me Roll It

Spirits Of Ancient Egypt

Little Woman Love

C Moon

Maybe I'm Amazed

Lady Madonna

The Long And Winding Road

Medicine Jar

Soily

Picasso's Last Words

Richard Cory

Bluebird

I've Just Seen A Face

Blackbird

Yesterday

You Gave Me The Answer

Magneto And Titanium Man

Go Now

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

Hi Hi Hi

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

Hi, Hi, Hi

On This Day 11/09/1975 Wings

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On this day, 11 September 1975, Paul McCartney’s Wings played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band Wings (consisting of his wife Linda, Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch and Joe English, together with a brass section led by Howie Casey) performed the third of 66 shows of the Wings Over the World tour at the Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales, following concerts at Southampton and Bristol.

The Wings Over the World tour was a series of concerts in 1975 and 1976 by the British–American rock band Wings performed in Britain, Australia, Europe, the United States and Canada. The North American leg constituted band leader Paul McCartney's first live performances there since the Beatles' final tour, in 1966, and the only time Wings would perform live in the US and Canada.

The world tour was well-attended and critically acclaimed, and resulted in a triple live album, Wings over America, released in December 1976. In addition, the tour was documented in the television film Wings Over the World (1979) and a cinema release, Rockshow (1980).




BAND Interview - https://youtu.be/oW8K_dn4AN4

Setlist:

  1. Venus and Mars

  2. Rock Show

  3. Jet

  4. Let Me Roll It

  5. Spirits of Ancient Egypt

  6. Little Woman Love

  7. C Moon

  8. Maybe I'm Amazed

    (Paul McCartney song)

  9. Lady Madonna

    (The Beatles cover)

  10. The Long and Winding Road

    (The Beatles cover)

  11. Medicine Jar

  12. Soily

  13. Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)

  14. Richard Cory

    (Simon & Garfunkel cover)

  15. Bluebird

  16. I've Just Seen a Face

    (The Beatles cover)

  17. Blackbird

    (The Beatles cover)

  18. Yesterday

    (The Beatles cover)

  19. You Gave Me the Answer

  20. Magneto and Titanium Man

  21. Go Now

    (Bessie Banks cover)

  22. Junior's Farm

  23. Letting Go

  24. Live and Let Die

  25. Call Me Back Again

  26. My Love

  27. Listen to What the Man Said

  28. Band on the Run

  29. Hi, Hi, Hi

On this day 11/09/1975 Wings

Images may be subject to copyright

Images may be subject to copyright

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.

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Cardiff - interview - https://youtu.be/oW8K_dn4AN4

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

Hi, Hi, Hi

On This Day 13/5/1973 Wings

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On this day, 13 May 1973, Paul McCartney’s Wings played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre on their 1973 UK Tour where the band was promoting the Red Rose Speedway album that had been released the previous month.

Support was provided by Brinsley Schwarz who McCartney had seen performing at the opening of the Hard Rock Cafe.


As per McCartney's practice with Wings at the time, the three non-McCartney band members did not earn a share of the receipts but rather received a flat rate of £70 a week, with a £1000 bonus paid at the tour's conclusion.


This reinforced the financial dissatisfaction that Seiwell was feeling with vaguely promised royalties from Wings' recordings not coming to him.


McCullough was also unhappy with the monetary situation and furthermore resented having to share the stage with Linda McCartney.


Although her keyboard playing had improved from before, she still qualified as a musical amateur.
Overall, the group began coming apart during the tour.


The situation with Seiwell and McCollough would soon reach a breaking point in the weeks immediately afterward, and both quit Wings shortly before the group left for Lagos, Nigeria to record Band on the Run.

Setlist

Soily"
"Big Barn Bed"
"When the Night"
"Wild Life"
"Seaside Woman"
"Little Woman Love"
"C Moon"
"Little Woman Love" (reprise)
"Live and Let Die"
"Maybe I'm Amazed"
"My Love"
"Go Now"
"Say You Don't Mind"
"The Mess"
"Hi Hi Hi"

Encore
"Long Tall Sally"