The Good Evening Europe Tour was a concert tour by
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and the piano, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John ...
in
Europe
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. A continuation of his
Summer Live '09 show, the tour began on 2 December 2009, at the
Color Line Arena in
Hamburg
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, Germany, and concluded on 22 December 2009, at
The O2 Arena in
London
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, England.
Background
The tour followed McCartney's summer tour of the
United States
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,
Summer Live '09, and the
live album
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pulled from his three-night stint at the newly opened
Citi Field
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in
New York City
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, ''
Good Evening New York City''.
Personnel
* Paul McCartney: Lead Vocals, Bass, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Ukulele, Mandolin
* Rusty Anderson: Backing Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
* Brian Ray: Backing Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass
* Paul "Wix" Wickens: Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Harmonica
* Abe Laboriel Jr.: Backing Vocals, Drums, Percussion
Tour dates
Set list
Instruments played by band members
File:Pauldublin.JPG, Paul takes to the stage in Dublin
File:goodeveningstage.JPG, The stage from the Good Evening Europe tour
File:paulsaysgoodnight.JPG, Paul leaving the stage after a concert in Dublin, December 2009
References
External links
{{Paul McCartney
2009 concert tours
Paul McCartney concert tours