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US TOUR DIARY

PHOTOGRAPHS BY KEVIN WINTER

It's all been going on over there, so we suggested that Geoff Baker - the man with the verbal diary here - make a few notes...

AS PLAYED: THE LATE MAY TO MID JUNE NORTH AMERICAN LEG Club Sandwich 66

            Fri 21 May - Winnipeg Stadium - Winnipeg
            Sun 23 May - HHH Metrodome - Minneapolis
            Wed 26 May - Folsom Field - Boulder
            Sat 29 May - Alamodome - San Antonio
            Mon 31 May - Arrowhead Stadium - Kansas City
            Wed 2 June - Milwaukee County Stadium - Milwaukee
            Fri 4 June - Pontiac Stadium - Detroit
            Sun 6 June - Exhibition Stadium - Toronto
            Fri 11 June - Giants Stadium - New York
            Sun 13 June - Veterans Stadium - Philadelphia
            Tue 15 June - Blockbuster Stadium - Charlotte

             April 16th:
            Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles – Paul interrupts the tour schedule to stage a special concert in support of the USA Earth Day appeal for a cleaner planet. He headlines a line-up of P.M. Dawn, 10,000 Maniacs, Bruce Cockburn, Kenny Loggins, Steve Miller and Don Henley. Paul performs a shortened, 17-song version of the New World Tour set, adding 'Mother Nature's Son' and 'Blackbird', k d lang guest-stars with Paul and Linda on 'Hope Of Deliverance'. For the finale, all the artists join Paul for 'Hey Jude' - with a huge roar erupting from the crowd as Ringo Starr walks out to sing the chorus shoulder to shoulder with his former partner.

            April 17th:
            Anaheim, Los Angeles - The New World Tour rocks Anaheim Stadium and more -the explosions on 'Live And Let Die' are so loud that the percussion waves set off fire and burglar alarms in homes 15 blocks from the stadium. On leaving the show, Capitol Records president Hale Milgrim announces to a reporter, "That was something else. I'm not kidding you, never have I seen better." Meanwhile, LA Times rock writer Robert Hilburn opines in his column: "McCartney came across as a masterful rock force delighted to be back on stage."

            April 22th:
            Houston - After Paul performs 'Yesterday', solo, the entire crowd at The Astrodome rises to its feet to give him a 72-second cheering ovation.

            April 27th:
            Memphis - The New World Tour arrives in the birthplace of Blair Theodore Cunningham, "our new drummer". To celebrate this homecoming, Blair's entire family arrive for the show in droves and the local boy is in much demand with Tennessee TV stations. Also at the show is rock and roll luminary Carl Perkins, who jams with Paul backstage before the concert. Together they guitar-duet through 'Blue Suede Shoes', 'Maybellene', 'Matchbox' and 'My Old Friend' - a song Carl wrote for Paul when they recorded together on Montserrat. After joining a crowd of 42,000 to watch the concert, Carl Perkins stops a reporter later and tells him, "Get your notebook out, son, and write this down: you can tell anyone in the world that Carl Perkins has just witnessed absolutely the greatest show he has ever seen in his life. That boy just blows my mind."

            April 29th:
            St. Louis - As Paul arrives, so does official news from Broadcast Music Inc that 'Yesterday' has now had its six millionth airplay in the USA - a new world record as the most-played song ever. Meanwhile, Chuck Berry arrives backstage pre-show to rap with Paul. Later, during the concert at the Busch Memorial Stadium, Paul dedicates 'I Saw Her Standing There' to Berry, with this introduction: "There's someone here in the audience tonight who I've been a big fan of for too many years to mention. Give a big hand to a man from around these parts, Mr Chuck Berry - he's the greatest. Love you Chuck." Club Sandwich 66

            May 5th:
            Cincinnati - Before the concert at the Riverfront Stadium, Paul gives a radio interview to Q102 expressing his views on why all people need to -work to save the environment. He concludes, "Of all the millions and millions of stars and planets whizzing around in the sky above us, this planet Earth is the only one we've got. It's a fine planet and we have to take care of it." After the interview is broadcast, Q102 comments, "You know the problem with that guy? There's only one problem, that he isn't American. Because if he 'was born in the United States we'd FORCE him to run for President." Following the show, the Cincinnati Enquirer comments in an editorial "He's getting sexier with age".

            May 7th:
            Columbia - Prior to this South Carolina show, Paul is interviewed for NBC's Today show and is asked if domesticity is the enemy of art. He replies, "It may be true that domesticity is the enemy of art but if it is then I don't want to be an artist. Really, my wife and kids mean 1000 times more to me than the art."

            May 21st:
            Winnipeg - The second half of the North American leg opens at the Winnipeg Stadium playing to 41,000 fans, smashing a state record set 10 years earlier by David Bowie's Serious Moonlight Tour. For the first time ever in North America, 'Mull Of Kintyre' is performed - on account of all the expatriate British in the audience - with the Heatherbelles Ladies Pipe Band providing the blow. The Winnipeg Free Press comments "He came, he sang, he conquered".

            May 29th:
            San Antonio – The newly-built Alamodome is christened by Paul and Band performing to 47,000 fans. All tickets for this show are sold out within two hours. Paul is presented with the keys to the city by Mayor Nelson Wolfe and during the show the band is entertained by the sight of a buxom young lady in the third row who climbs on her boyfriend's shoulders, strips to her bra and then hurls the bra onto the stage as she jiggles to the songs, giving a new meaning to the 'Hey Jude' line "the movement you need is on your shoulder".

            May 31st:
            Kansas City - The Arrowhead Stadium erupts as Paul adds the old Beatles standard (courtesy of Little Richard) 'Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!' - to the set. For the second month running, The New World Tour tops Billboard's chart of top-grossing concerts.