Paul McCartney Launches 2024 Got Back Tour: Set List and Video
· Ultimate Classic RockPaul McCartney launched the latest leg of his Got Back tour on Tuesday at Montevideo, Uruguay's Estadio Centenario.
You can see the set list and videos from the performance below.
It was a fairly standard latter-day set list for McCartney — that is, a marathon, 37-song performance comprising Beatles, Wings and solo classics. The octogenarian honored the late John Lennon and George Harrison with "Here Today" and "Something," respectively, and he duetted virtually with Lennon during an encore performance of "I've Got a Feeling."
McCartney took a customary look back at his early musical endeavors with the Quarrymen's "In Spite of All the Danger," and he dedicated the solo cut "My Valentine" to his wife, Nancy Shevell. The show even featured the live debut of a highly publicized song from McCartney's old group.
McCartney's 2024 Got Back Tour Kickoff Includes New Beatles Song
Perhaps the most notable addition to McCartney's Got Back 2024 tour set list was the last-ever Beatles song, "Now and Then," which arrived last November.
McCartney, Ringo Starr and Harrison previously worked on "Now and Then" during the 1995 Anthology sessions, which also yielded "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love." The song was built around a vocal and piano demo from Lennon that was previously unsalvageable due to its rough quality. But with the help of audio restoration technology commissioned by Get Back director Peter Jackson, Lennon's vocals were extracted and the demo was made usable. The two living Beatles recorded new parts for "Now and Then," and the song was rounded out by guitar tracks recorded by Harrison in 1995.
"In 2023 to still be working on Beatles music, and about to release a new song the public haven't heard, I think it's an exciting thing," McCartney said in a statement at the time of the song's release.
McCartney has been on the Got Back tour since April 2022, when he launched the trek in Spokane, Washington. The current leg will keep him on the road through December and take him through South America, Mexico and Europe.
Watch Paul McCartney Play 'Now and Then' on 10/1/24 in Montevideo
Watch Paul McCartney Play 'She's a Woman' on 10/1/24 in Montevideo
Watch Paul McCartney Play 'Live and Let Die' on 10/1/24 in Montevideo
Watch Paul McCartney Play 'I've Got a Feeling' on 10/1/24 in Montevideo
Paul McCartney, 10/1/24, Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Set List
1. "A Hard Day's Night"
2. "Junior's Farm"
3. "Letting Go"
4. "She's a Woman"
5. "Got to Get You Into My Life"
6. "Come on to Me"
7. "Let Me Roll It"
8. "Getting Better"
9. "Let 'Em In"
10. "My Valentine"
11. "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"
12. "Maybe I'm Amazed"
13. "I've Just Seen a Face"
14. "In Spite of All the Danger"
15. "Love Me Do"
16. "Dance Tonight"
17. "Blackbird"
18. "Here Today"
19. "Now and Then"
20. "New"
21. "Lady Madonna"
22. "Jet"
23. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"
24. "Something"
25. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
26. "Band on the Run"
27. "Get Back"
28. "Let It Be"
29. "Live and Let Die"
30. "Hey Jude"
31. "I've Got a Feeling"
32. "Birthday"
33. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)"
34. "Helter Skelter"
35. "Golden Slumbers"
36. "Carry That Weight"
37. "The End"
No. 27. 'Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live 2006' (2007)
(Ringo Starr)
Starr mixes Beatles and solo material of his own with performances of songs by members of his All-Starr Band, so the strength of the individual guests can end up defining the tour. This particular outing featured Edgar Winter, Rod Argent, Richard Marx, Sheila E. and Billy Squier – and frankly, he's had much more star (Starr?) power in other eras.
No. 26. 'The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl' (1977)
(The Beatles)
Still in the primitive era of three-track machines with half-inch tapes, recording staff at the Hollywood Bowl should have saved one track for the vocals – so they could be leveled up in the mixing process. Instead, the vocals and some instruments ended up on the same track. The result was a shoddy bootleg-quality album where 18,700 screaming fans are better heard than the songs.
No. 25. 'Live at the Greek Theatre 2008' (2010)
(Ringo Starr)
Through recorded a couple of years after Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live 2006, the lineup still includes Billy Squier and Edgar Winter. But Men at Work's Colin Hay was a fun new addition, and Gary Wright added real emotional resonance to the guest-heavy set. Starr also opens with an absolutely rollicking version of "It Don't Come Easy."
No. 24. 'Tour 2003' (2004)
(Ringo Starr)
An offbeat lineup brings a decidedly '80s-era vibe to Starr's show, as he's is joined by Paul Carrack of Squeeze and Mike and the Mechanics, Colin Hay from Men at Work, and John Waite of the Babys and Bad English. Starr also fiddles with his own set list a bit, adding in "Memphis in Your Mind" from his then-new album Ringo Rama.
No. 23. 'Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany 1962' (1977)
(The Beatles)
This also sounds like an awful bootleg but in the case of Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany 1962, that's because it was. Stage manager Adrian Barber set up a home taping machine in December 1962 during the Beatles' final Star-Club residency with a single microphone placed at the front of the stage. It's a muddy mess, despite all their manic energy.
No. 22. 'Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live From Montreux' (1993)
(Ringo Starr)
The second edition of the All-Starr Band retained Joe Walsh and Nils Lofgren from the original lineup, adding Todd Rundgren, Timothy B. Schmit of Eagles and Poco, Dave Edmunds and Burton Cummings from the Guess Who. Everybody gets their turn, of course, but Starr ends up stealing the show with a fun version of "I'm the Greatest."
No. 21. 'Live Peace in Toronto 1969' (1969)
(John Lennon)
John Lennon basically put together the first edition of the Plastic Ono Band on the flight to September 1969's Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival – and this sounds exactly like that. There's a Beatles song and a few early rock favorites they'd once covered, but also a free-form Yoko Ono performance which was so avant-garde that even Lennon later dubbed them as "half rock and half madness."
No. 20. 'King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo and His New All-Starr Band' (2002)
(Ringo Starr)
One of the most varied All-Starr Band configurations, with Greg Lake, Ian Hunter, Howard Jones, Sheila E. and Roger Hodgson. During a single five-song romp, they offered live versions of Sheila E.'s "Glamorous Life," the Beatles' "I Wanna Be Your Man," Emerson Lake and Palmer's "Lucky Man," Supertramp's "Take the Long Way Home" and Mott the Hoople's "All the Young Dudes." Best buckle your seat belt.
No. 19. 'Paul Is Live' (1993)
(Paul McCartney)
A throwback cover (hat tip to Abbey Road) and title (hat tip to looney fans) might have convinced some that McCartney's fourth-ever live album would pay more attention to his Beatles past. There's some of that, but Paul Is Live somehow contained not one or two but an astounding five songs from the lightly regarded Off the Ground.
No. 18. 'Live at the Greek Theater 2019' (2022)
(Ringo Starr)
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of his guest-band concept, Starr made this one all about homecomings. Steve Lukather and Gregg Rolie were back from the longest-standing lineup. Regular collaborators Colin Hay and Hamish Stuart, too. The last song, a rambling "With a Little Help From My Friends," was an even bigger reunion. And of course, this was the same venue where they recorded Live at the Greek Theatre 2008.
No. 17. 'Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band' (1990)
(Ringo Starr)
The first All-Starr Band live album featured arguably his most simpatico lineup of guests, including Joe Walsh, Dr. John, Levon Helm and Rick Danko of the Band, Billy Preston, Nils Lofgren and Clarence Clemons. So, it only follows that the simply titled Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band sounds like a house party in the very best way.
No. 16. 'Live in New York City' (1986)
(John Lennon)
Lennon actually rehearsed before playing a pair of benefit concerts in August 1972. The setlist was also a deeper exploration of his own catalog, including "Come Together," "Instant Karma," "Imagine" and, of course, "Give Peace a Chance." The problem was his touring band. Known as Elephant's Memory, they were quite memorably amateurish.
No. 15. 'Back in the U.S.: Live 2002' (2002)
(Paul McCartney)
This tour became an in-depth rumination on McCartney's Beatles past – to the point where he decided to reverse the traditional songwriting credits to McCartney-Lennon for the LP. More importantly, this tour saw the solidification of his longest-standing tour lineup. McCartney has been with Paul "Wix" Wickens, Brian Ray, Rusty Anderson and Abe Laboriel Jr. longer than the Beatles and Wings combined.
No. 14. 'Amoeba Gig' (2019)
(Paul McCartney)
Recorded years before in 2007, Amoeba Gig combined live performances that had been scattered on a single, an EP and a giveaway disc with the rest of McCartney's fun in-store performance at Amoeba Music in Hollywood. Of particular note were previously unheard takes on "I'll Follow the Sun, "I've Got a Feeling" and "Let It Be."
No. 13. 'Live at Soundstage' (2007)
(Ringo Starr)
Appearing without his All-Starr Band, Starr's June 2005 concert in Waukegan, Illinois, became a wider showcase for his work both with the Beatles and as a solo artist. "Octopus's Garden" and "Yellow Submarine" find a home next to "Photograph" and "Back Off Boogaloo," while Starr also includes songs from his two most recent LPs, Choose Love and Ringo Rama.
No. 12. 'Good Evening New York City' (2009)
(Paul McCartney)
This 33-track behemoth is the most complete live document of McCartney's stalwart modern-era band. Good Evening New York City is actually eight minutes longer than the bulky Back in the U.S. – and the DVD edition is 30 minutes longer than the album. That gave McCartney plenty of room to tear through the Beatles' "Helter Skelter," which later earned a Grammy for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance.
No. 11. 'VH1 Storytellers' (1998)
(Ringo Starr)
Ringo Starr's best live project is one where he was offered an opportunity to be completely, authentically himself. VH1 Storytellers is simply a joy. He sings songs both old ("Love Me Do" is a barnburner) and new (he'd just released the well-received Vertical Man), while offering warm and gently humorous tales between each of them. On this album, Ringo is the only All-Starr you'll ever need.
No. 10. 'Back in the World Live' (2003)
(Paul McCartney)
At first, this might have seemed like a flimsy reboot of Back in the U.S. – right down to its only slightly altered cover image. But there are some important differences: Two lesser songs ("C Moon" and "Freedom") were smartly replaced by "Calico Skies," "Michelle," "Let 'Em In" and "She's Leaving Home." For diehards, there's also an alternate version of "Hey Jude" from a different show.
No. 9. 'Live at the Hollywood Bowl' (2016)
(The Beatles)
By 2016, technology and a huge find opened the door for a reexamination of the old Hollywood Bowl tapes from 1964-65. A better-quality recording had been found in the Capitol vaults and George Martin's son Giles was now employing the so-called "demixing" technology that would bring startling new clarity to a series of Beatles reissues. All of a sudden, these performances came to life.
No. 8. 'Live in Japan' (1992)
(George Harrison)
Harrison was in great voice – and, after a long-awaited creative and commercial comeback with 1987's Cloud Nine and then the Traveling Wilburys, he was in a great place, too. Old pal Eric Clapton nudged Harrison back on the road, traveling with him, performing onstage and providing his backing band. Clapton even let Harrison use his lightning rig. The result is a late-career triumph.
No. 7. 'Unplugged: The Official Bootleg' (1991)
(Paul McCartney)
The Off the Ground lineup of Hamish Stuart, Robbie McIntosh and Blair Cunningham from late-period Pretenders, Paul "Wix" Wickens and Linda McCartney may never be Paul McCartney's most celebrated. They were perfect, however, for this low-key breeze of a performance. McCartney's appearance on this show, and the Top 15 success of the resulting album, opened the floodgates for MTV's Unplugged. Soon, everyone wanted on.
No. 6. 'Get Back: The Rooftop Performance' (2022)
(The Beatles)
There's an admitted sameness to Get Back: The Rooftop Performance, since the complete recording includes repeat performances of songs in an attempt to get the best version for their film project. (That means three versions of "Get Back," for instance.) Still, they were so in sync that several takes made it onto their last-released album together. There's also no better argument for a return to the road back then for these curiously stage-shy Beatles.
No. 5. 'Tripping the Live Fantastic' (1990)
(Paul McCartney)
When Paul McCartney finally started touring again, he did so in a very big way: This jaunt included 102 concerts in 13 countries around the world, with more than 2.8 million fans in attendance. Some 83 shows were recorded along the way, using the latest digital 36-track mobile studio tech. That provided McCartney with his choice of the very best takes to craft a striking career summation.
No. 4. 'On Air: Live at the BBC Volume 2' (2013)
(The Beatles)
Included are a massive 63 tracks, with 37 previously unreleased performances. There were even three songs that had never been heard, "I'm Talking About You," "Beautiful Dreamer" and "Happy Birthday Dear Saturday Club." Still, like most sequels, On Air: Live at the BBC Volume 2 suffers a bit because it can't provide the same jolts of unexpected joy and excitement as the original.
No. 3. 'The Concert for Bangladesh' (1971)
(George Harrison)
Parts of this massive charity concert weren't Beatles-related, but the stuff that qualifies is simply transcendent. Harrison performs moving renditions of "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something," while roaring through his All Things Must Pass material. Ringo Starr and fifth Beatle Billy Preston join in, too. Harrison and Starr hadn't shared an official concert bill since August 1966.
No. 2. 'Wings Over America' (1976)
(Paul McCartney)
Paul McCartney's first U.S. tour since the Beatles took a final bow 10 years earlier in San Francisco offered a perhaps disappointingly brief detour into his former band's catalog. Despite its triple-disc size, Wings Over America includes only five looks back – but one of them is the de-Spectorized "Long and Winding Road," and that's perhaps worth the price of admission alone. Through it all, Wings is in peak form.
No. 1. 'Live at the BBC' (1994)
(The Beatles)
Decades before the stunning revelations of the "demixed" Live at the Hollywood Bowl, we finally heard the Beatles as they sounded on stage – exuberant in their youth, already brilliant, and without the screaming kids. The sweeping Live at the BBC included 56 radio performances from January 1963 through May 1965. (Among the previously unheard rarities was a Beatles version of "I'll Be on My Way," which they gave to Billy J. Kramer.) Charming banter accompanied these smart originals and fizzy covers, giving the double album this remarkable intimacy.