Freshen_Up_(tour)

Freshen Up (tour)

Freshen Up (tour)

2018–2019 concert tour by Paul McCartney

Freshen Up was a concert tour by English musician Paul McCartney that commenced on 17 September 2018 with a four-concert leg in Canada.[1] The tour was McCartney's first tour after the release of his album Egypt Station, which was released on 7 September. As with McCartney's other concert tours as a solo artist, the setlist for the Freshen Up tour was composed of songs by his former bands the Beatles and Wings, as well as songs from his solo career.

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Prior to the announcement of the tour, McCartney revealed he would headline the 17th Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park, in October 2018.[2] In November 2019, the tour was extended into the following year, to include McCartney's first concerts in Italy since his Out There tour.[3] In the end, the tour was performed across venues in North America, Japan, Europe, and South America. A headlining appearance at the 2020 Glastonbury Festival was to be the final concert of the tour; however, it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[4] which later led to the cancelation of all the concerts scheduled for 2020.[5]

Tour band


Rusty Anderson (Backing vocals,
electric guitar, acoustic guitar)

Paul McCartney
(Lead vocals, bass,
acoustic guitar, piano,
electric guitar,
ukulele, mandolin)

Brian Ray (Backing vocals, electric guitar,
acoustic guitar, bass)

Paul Wickens
(Backing vocals, keyboards,
electric guitar,
acoustic guitar,
bongos, percussion,
harmonica, accordion)
Abe Laboriel, Jr. (Backing vocals,
drums, percussion)

Tour dates

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Cancelled shows

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Setlist

Typical set list

  1. "A Hard Day's Night"
  2. "Hi, Hi, Hi" or "Junior's Farm" or "Save Us"
  3. "Can't Buy Me Love" or "All My Loving"
  4. "Letting Go"
  5. "Who Cares"
  6. "Got to Get You Into My Life" (since Tokyo)
  7. "Come On To Me"
  8. "Let Me Roll It" (with "Foxy Lady" coda)
  9. "I've Got a Feeling"
  10. "Let 'Em In"
  11. "My Valentine"
  12. "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"
  13. "Maybe I'm Amazed"
  14. "I've Just Seen a Face" or "We Can Work It Out"
  15. "In Spite of All the Danger"
  16. "From Me To You"
  17. "Dance Tonight" (since Copenhagen)
  18. "Love Me Do"
  19. "Blackbird"
  20. "Here Today"
  21. "Queenie Eye"
  22. "Lady Madonna"
  23. "Eleanor Rigby"
  24. "Fuh You"
  25. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"
  26. "Something"
  27. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
  28. "Band on the Run"
  29. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
  30. "Let It Be"
  31. "Live and Let Die"
  32. "Hey Jude"
    • Encore
  33. "Yesterday" or "Birthday" or "I Saw Her Standing There"
  34. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)"
  35. "Helter Skelter"
  36. "Golden Slumbers"/"Carry That Weight"/"The End"

Set lists

Austin City Limits Music Festival 1 (October 2018)
  1. "A Hard Day's Night"
  2. "Hi, Hi, Hi"
  3. "Can't Buy Me Love"
  4. "Letting Go"
  5. "Come On To Me"
  6. "Let Me Roll It"
  7. "I've Got a Feeling"
  8. "My Valentine"
  9. "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"
  10. "Maybe I'm Amazed"
  11. "I've Just Seen a Face"
  12. "In Spite Of All The Danger"
  13. "From Me To You"
  14. "Love Me Do"
  15. "Blackbird"
  16. "Here Today"
  17. "Lady Madonna"
  18. "FourFiveSeconds"
  19. "Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite"
  20. "Something"
  21. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
  22. "Band on the Run"
  23. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
  24. "Let It Be"
  25. "Live and Let Die"
  26. "Hey Jude"
    • Encore:
  27. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)"
  28. "Helter Skelter"
  29. "Golden Slumbers"/"Carry That Weight"/"The End"

See also

Notes

  1. The concerts on 5 October 2018 and 12 October 2018 in Austin were part of the Austin City Limits Music Festival.[7]
  2. McCartney reunited with former bandmate Ringo Starr to play Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) and Helter Skelter. For The End, Joe Walsh made a guest appearance.[12]
  3. The concert on 13 June 2020 in Lucca was due to be part of the Lucca Summer Festival.
  4. The concert on 21 June 2020 in Werchter was due to be part of TW Classic Festival.
  5. The concert on 27 June 2020 in Pilton was due to be part of the Glastonbury Festival.

References

  1. [1]
    Kreps, Daniel (4 July 2018). "Paul McCartney Announces Freshen Up Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. [2]
    Flook, Harriet (14 July 2018). "Paul McCartney to Headline Austin City Limits Music Festival". paulmccartney.com. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. [3]
    PaulMcCartney.com 19.11.19
  4. [4]
    Zemler, Emily (18 March 2020). "Glastonbury Festival 2020 Canceled Due to Coronavirus". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Freshen Up European Summer Tour Cancelled". Paul McCartney Official Website. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Current Boxscore | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Paul to Headline Austin City Limits Music Festival". Paul Mccartney. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  8. [8]
    "Current Boxscore | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  9. [9]
    @touringdata (23 August 2019). "FRESHEN UP TOUR, @PaulMcCartney La..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. [10]
    "South American 2019 dates announced". Paul Mccartney. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  11. [11]
    "Las Vegas Date Added to #FreshenUpTour". Paul Mccartney. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  12. [12]
    "Paul McCartney Brings Ringo Starr to the Stage for End-of-Tour Surprise (Watch)". 14 July 2019.
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