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Post by brewmaster on Mar 8, 2015 12:27:46 GMT
Great news for all fans in the area. Details here
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Post by ROCKY on Mar 9, 2015 11:29:49 GMT
The 'Presale' was a sellout! I guess the official ticket sale today is sold out already now too! Now the scalpers will have a field day.
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Post by mrmustard on Mar 9, 2015 12:14:47 GMT
The 'Presale' was a sellout! I guess the official ticket sale today is sold out already now too! Now the scalpers will have a field day. Myself and The Sun King have tickets!!!!
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Post by brewmaster on Mar 9, 2015 12:49:29 GMT
On local radio news, they reported that although a few fans waited overnight, when the box office opened at the Arena this morning there were only about 60 people waiting. So tickets should be available. I think the show will be about three hours long.
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Post by bluemeaniepaul74 on Mar 9, 2015 19:30:40 GMT
Well done Simon and Liam, I tried to get tickets online this morning but was unsuccessful. I Spent 10 minutes in a virtual queue before the page timed out.
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Post by starrisonsubmarine on Mar 10, 2015 16:03:03 GMT
I got tickets! I'm super excited to go!
I will say this though- the presale was a joke really. Letting people who signed up to Paul McCartney's site up to two hours before presale started was a bad idea- scalpers can get right in there then can't they? And allowing six per customer was also a bit too much. There were tickets up for sale on third party sites by half 10 for astronomical prices. A nice way for people to make a few hundred bob or two right off Paul's back.
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Post by Mr Kite on Mar 10, 2015 19:33:14 GMT
I`m not listening ! Well done to those who got tickets .
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Post by tafferoo on May 25, 2015 11:09:48 GMT
Not sure if anyone is still following this thread, but I have two spare tickets available for the echo arena gig. They are seated in the upper tier, both together. I have the tickets in hand and can post them by recorded delivery or personally hand them over on the day of the gig ( I am still going ). I am only asking face value for them which is £88.50 per ticket. I would hate these to go waste, but I don't seem to be able to sell them!!!??
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Post by henryj on May 25, 2015 12:21:34 GMT
Hey, starrison submarine, let us know how it was. Maybe we can compare notes. I, along with my wife, two brothers, one sister-in-law, and one niece, say him last October in Dallas, TX. He played nearly three hours, and it was good. And it's McCartney music, Beatle and otherwise. It was not cheap, but Paul gives you your money's worth. Good band.
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Post by ROCKY on May 25, 2015 12:32:19 GMT
Not sure if anyone is still following this thread, but I have two spare tickets available for the echo arena gig. They are seated in the upper tier, both together. I have the tickets in hand and can post them by recorded delivery or personally hand them over on the day of the gig ( I am still going ). I am only asking face value for them which is £88.50 per ticket. I would hate these to go waste, but I don't seem to be able to sell them!!!?? The concert is Thursday (28th). I'll probably have to watch it on Youtube. lol tafferoo Welcome to the Forum. If you can't sell your tickets anywhere then take them with you down to the concert, there's always people there that want tickets to get in and I'm sure you'll find two people that will buy them off of you, especially at face value.
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Post by bluemeaniepaul74 on May 25, 2015 23:12:27 GMT
I managed to get a ticket a couple of weeks ago after the initial disappointment of missing out on the original sale, I'm looking forward to a great night!!!
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Post by henryj on May 29, 2015 23:34:34 GMT
Hey, those of you who got tickets, how was it?
I would like to compare notes. Set list? Did he have the hogshead of real fire on "Live and Let Die"? Was "Helter Skelter" the loudest thing you ever heard? How did "The End" guitar jam go over? Was the crowd appreciative? Was it a great show? Did he play nearly three hours?
I'm still pumped over having seen Sir Paul last October in Dallas, Texas. It was a great evening. The Dallas policewoman who was directing traffic and letting us pedestrians cross the street is probably still wondering why we were all addressing her as "Rita."
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Post by Bongo on Jun 4, 2015 18:30:32 GMT
Ahhhhh, lovely Rita!
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Post by ROCKY on Jun 9, 2015 11:52:34 GMT
Just for you Bongo & HenryJ.
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Post by ROCKY on Jun 9, 2015 12:00:48 GMT
btw I'm not sure about this, but does Sir Paul still refer to his backing players as Wings?
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Post by mrmustard on Jun 9, 2015 13:57:18 GMT
btw I'm not sure about this, but does Sir Paul still refer to his backing players as Wings? I've never heard him say that. Where makes you ask this? Has there been a mention of it somewhere?
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Post by ROCKY on Jun 9, 2015 15:19:16 GMT
I was just wondering, never gave it much thought. Seen that Abe has the 'NEW' logo on his drum kit and was wondering what they were called.
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Post by henryj on Jun 18, 2015 2:26:55 GMT
Rocky, that's almost as good as a Liverpudlian's review of the concert. But I'd still like to see someone else's impression of the show in Liverpool, other than mine of Paul's show in Dallas TX.
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Post by bluemeaniepaul74 on Jul 19, 2015 0:03:03 GMT
For HenryJ....
The Liverpool McCartney gig was undoubtedly a great night. From the moment I arrived in the City Centre I could sense a real excitement about the place which was especially palpable down on Mathew Street and in the Cavern Club where the punters talked of possible playlists while the stage acts sang McCartney and Beatle songs.
With the place buzzing it would've been very easy to get carried away with the party atmosphere and start knocking back the drinks like there was no tomorrow, but one thing I'd decided not to do prior to the show was drink too much alcohol, as the last time I saw Paul at the Kings Dock in 2003, I over did it a little and as a result my memories of that night are a little vague to say the least. I can remember all the pubs and bars I visited before the show, but save for the opening number of 'Hello Goodbye', everything else is a blur, so only a few pints were consumed this time before taking the short journey over to the Echo Arena with forum member Shanna McCartney and her friend Lynda.
The atmosphere inside the venue was superb, with thousands scurrying between their seats, the bars and in particular the merchandise stalls which were all swamped with folk eager to get their hands on T-shirts, bags, wristbands and other top notch quality items which would no doubt serve as special mementos from what certainly promised to be a fantastic night. I rather foolishly got caught up in the buying frenzy and parted with £20 to buy quite a hefty tour programme which, fearing it may it become creased or damaged, I shoved down the front of my jacket for the entire show so my hands were free to applaud, wave or give a peace sign à la Ringo. Yes, It was rather uncomfortable with War and Peace pressed up against my chest for the whole of the evening but on the plus side it gave me quite an athletic looking profile and would have acted as the perfect stab-vest if later confronted by any errant Teddy Boys up from the Dingle to cause trouble.
There was around a 40 minute wait between my sitting down and Paul appearing on stage, and those of you who have been to see the 'Out-There' tour will know that whilst awaiting his arrival the crowd are treated to a series of visual montages on the big screens, which include Beatle and Wings photographs and images of a number of Pauls original drawings and paintings. It was while Macca's abstracts scrolled across the screen that I realised somebody had swiped my 'Welcome Home Paul' flyer which should've been attached to my seat when I arrived. A quick inconspicuous glance around registered more than a few guilty looking characters but nothing could be proven and I decided to welcome Paul onto the stage with a couple of thumbs up instead. (To make matters worse the flyers were selling on Ebay the next day at prices anywhere between £5 and £20)
THE SHOW
I'd been in the Echo Arena a few months prior to the McCartney gig when 'The Who' came to Liverpool with their 'Who is 50 tour'. The pre-show build up then was electric but it wasn't a patch on the feverish anticipation and ultimate rapture which greeted Paul when he stepped onto the stage and kicked off with 'Eight Days A Week'.
SET-LIST
Eight Days a Week
Save Us
Got to Get You into My Life
Listen to What the Man Said
Temporary Secretary
Let Me Roll It
Paperback Writer
My Valentine
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
The Long and Winding Road
Maybe I'm Amazed
I'm Looking Through You
We Can Work It Out
Another Day
Hope for the Future
And I Love Her
Blackbird
Here Today
New
Queenie Eye
Lady Madonna
All Together Now
Lovely Rita
Eleanor Rigby
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Something
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Band on the Run
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Let It Be
Live and Let Die
Hey Jude
Encore:
Another Girl
Hi, Hi, Hi
Can't Buy Me Love
Encore 2:
Yesterday
Helter Skelter
Golden Slumbers
Carry That Weight
The End
Between hits Paul would reminisce about "The Old Days" and chat about his songs with the fondness of a Father talking about one of his Children. He regaled the audience with tales of 'Hendrix' playing 'Sgt Pepper' only three days after the album had been released and of how he'd written 'Blackbird' as a direct response to the racial tensions in America. Prior to that he'd wowed the crowd with the admission that the guitar he was about to play on 'Paperback Writer' (an 'Epiphone Casino' I believe) was the actual guitar he'd used on the original recording back in 1966..... unbelievable!!! He also gave a shout out to his birthplace of Walton Hospital and even found time to let a French fella propose to his girlfriend on stage.
My personal highlights from the 40 songs played were mostly from Paul's solo and Wings years, with the likes of 'Listen To What The Man Said', 'Temporary Secretary' and 'Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five' hitting the spot early on and then later 'Another Day', 'Queenie Eye' and 'Hi Hi Hi' doing the business too. I must admit that the aforementioned 'Queenie Eye' was probably my favourite of the night, I don't know why? I just think it's a great rocking song and everyone around me got up on their feet bopping to that one including the old fella next to me who spent most of the show sitting down. One of the most awe inspiring parts of the night came when the pyrotechnics went off during 'Live and Let Die'. Now I wasn't as close to the stage as most of the 12 thousand people in the Arena but I still got hit by an intense wall of heat which I imagine would have singed more than a few Scouse brows further on down at the front.
Of course there were poignant parts of the set too with 'Here Today' and 'Something', the now customary tributes to John and George, plus 'Maybe I'm Amazed' for Linda and a lovely performance of 'My Valentine', dedicated to his Wife Nancy, which I really think is up there as one of Paul's most beautiful compositions.
In hindsight the set seemed to be an eclectic mix of Paul's back catalogue with no discernible theme, like somebody hitting the shuffle button on an ipod crammed exclusively with Beatles and McCartney songs, which of course meant the set would slow down periodically for the likes of 'My Valentine' and 'Something' only for it to speed up again shortly after for 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da' or 'Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five, but nobody seemed to mind this stop start scenario and the majority of people stayed on their feet throughout the show anyway.
THE END
There really couldn't have been any better climax to the show than that of 'Golden Slumbers', 'Carry That Weight' and 'The End'. It's the perfect piece of music to finish a show with and one which never fails to stir the emotions. I watched the 'Fab Faux' perform it (note for note) at Beatleweek last year and the lady sat next to me burst into tears, okay that happens to me more often than not but I believed at the time that it had more to do with the music rather than anything I'd said or done. Anyway this time was no different, it was a rousing finale with a little extra guitar jamming thrown in near the end (quite literally!), which although unexpected didn't really take anything away from the splendour of the medley as a whole, It really was the perfect end to a perfect night and of course with all the evenings events stored away safely in the memory banks...I was free to go back to the Cavern Club and get terribly terribly drunk!!!
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Post by henryj on Jul 19, 2015 2:43:21 GMT
Thank you thank you thank you bluemeaniepaul74!!! I love to compare notes with other people. When I saw Paul last year, I originally had tickets for a venue 40 miles from my house, but he got sick and rescheduled for a date that conflicted with an already-planned trip, so we had to fly maybe 500 miles.
We got the story about seeing Hendrix play Sgt. Pepper 3 days after the album came out, and about Hendrix's vibrato tailpiece knocking this Strat out of tune.
We also got the startling fire in "Live and Let Die." My wife asked me if it was real fire. I told her it was a hogshead's worth.
And yeah, the Abbey Road medley jam was great, the bass parts played by the keyboard player as Paul played lead with the other two guitarists.
We had a slightly different set list. I'm sure the Liverpool crowd enjoyed it as much as the Dallas audience. Maybe more, since he is a homeboy. I'm glad you got to see him. Thanks for the report.
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