Paul McCartney live: Fenway Park, Boston – 9 July 2013

On Tuesday 9 July 2013, Paul McCartney performed at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, to an audience of 36,278 fans. It was the 18th show of the Out There Tour, which ran for 91 dates across May 2013 to October 2015. McCartney had previously performed at Fenway Park on 5 and 6 August 2009, and would return on 17 July 2016 for the One On One Tour, and on 7 and 8 June 2022 for the Got Back Tour.

The Band

• Paul McCartney – vocals, guitar, bass, piano
• Paul 'Wix' Wickens – vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion, harmonica
• Brian Ray – vocals, guitar, bass
• Rusty Anderson – vocals, guitar
• Abe Laboriel Jr – vocals, drums

This was the same core band McCartney had been touring with since the early 2000s. Wix Wickens had been McCartney's keyboard player since the 1989–90 World Tour. Brian Ray and Rusty Anderson had joined for the Driving USA Tour in 2002. Abe Laboriel Jr – son of the celebrated session bassist Abraham Laboriel – had also been with the band since 2002. By 2013 they were one of the most experienced and cohesive touring bands in rock.

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The Setlist

Paul McCartney performed 38 songs at Fenway Park on 9 July 2013:

1. 'Eight Days A Week'
2. 'Junior's Farm'
3. 'All My Loving'
4. 'Listen To What The Man Said'
5. 'Let Me Roll It'
6. 'Paperback Writer'
7. 'My Valentine'
8. 'Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five'
9. 'The Long And Winding Road'
10. 'Maybe I'm Amazed'
11. 'I've Just Seen A Face'
12. 'We Can Work It Out'
13. 'Another Day'
14. 'And I Love Her'
15. 'Blackbird'
16. 'Here Today'
17. 'Your Mother Should Know'
18. 'Lady Madonna'
19. 'All Together Now'
20. 'Lovely Rita'
21. 'Mrs Vandebilt'
22. 'Eleanor Rigby'
23. 'Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!'
24. 'Something'
25. 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da'
26. 'Band On The Run'
27. 'Back In The USSR'
28. 'Let It Be'
29. 'Live And Let Die'
30. 'Hey Jude'
31. 'Day Tripper'
32. 'Hi, Hi, Hi'
33. 'I Saw Her Standing There'
34. 'Yesterday'
35. 'Helter Skelter'
36. 'Golden Slumbers'
37. 'Carry That Weight'
38. 'The End'

The 38-song set was a characteristically comprehensive survey of McCartney's career. 'Here Today' – the song McCartney wrote for John Lennon after his death in 1980 – was performed as a solo acoustic tribute. 'Something' was performed on ukulele, as McCartney had taken to doing in tribute to George Harrison, who had given him the instrument. 'Helter Skelter' – one of the heaviest songs in the Beatles catalogue – provided a dramatic contrast to the acoustic mid-section. The show closed with the Abbey Road medley of 'Golden Slumbers', 'Carry That Weight', and 'The End'.

'My Valentine' and 'Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five' were from McCartney's recent output – the former from his 2012 album Kisses on the Bottom, the latter a Wings classic from Band on the Run. 'Mrs Vandebilt' was another Band on the Run track, rarely performed live. 'Another Day' – McCartney's first solo single, from 1971 – was a welcome inclusion.

The Out There Tour

The Out There Tour was Paul McCartney's most extensive solo touring campaign, running for 91 dates across May 2013 to October 2015. It covered Brazil, the United States, Canada, Poland, Italy, Austria, Japan, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, South Korea, England, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and festival appearances at Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Firefly, Roskilde, and Lollapalooza.

The Fenway Park show on 9 July 2013 came during the tour's first North American leg, between the European dates in June and further North American stadium shows in July. It was one of the tour's earlier dates – show 18 of 91 – and the setlist and production were still being refined for what would become a two-and-a-half-year run.

Out There Tour: All 91 Dates

• 4 May 2013: Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
• 6 May 2013: Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia, Brazil
• 9 May 2013: Estádio Governador Plácido Castelo, Fortaleza, Brazil
• 18 May 2013: Amway Center, Orlando, USA
• 19 May 2013: Amway Center, Orlando, USA
• 22 May 2013: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, USA
• 23 May 2013: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, USA
• 26 May 2013: FedExForum, Memphis, USA
• 29 May 2013: BOK Center, Tulsa, USA
• 30 May 2013: BOK Center, Tulsa, USA
• 8 June 2013: Barclays Center, New York City, USA
• 10 June 2013: Barclays Center, New York City, USA
• 14 June 2013: Bonnaroo Festival, USA
• 22 June 2013: Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland
• 25 June 2013: Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy
• 27 June 2013: Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria
• 7 July 2013: Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada
• 9 July 2013: Fenway Park, Boston, USA (this show)
• 12 July 2013: Nationals Park, Washington, DC, USA
• 14 July 2013: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, USA
• 16 July 2013: Miller Park, Milwaukee, USA
• 19 July 2013: Safeco Field, Seattle, USA
• 23 July 2013: Plains of Abraham, Quebec City, Canada
• 9 August 2013: Outside Lands Festival, USA
• 12 August 2013: Investors Group Field, Winnipeg, Canada
• 14 August 2013: Mosaic Stadium, Regina, Canada
• 11 November 2013: Kyocera Dome, Osaka, Japan
• 12 November 2013: Kyocera Dome, Osaka, Japan
• 15 November 2013: Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan
• 18 November 2013: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
• 19 November 2013: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
• 21 November 2013: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
• 19 April 2014: Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay
• 22 April 2014: Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile
• 23 April 2014: Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile
• 25 April 2014: Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru
• 28 April 2014: Estadio de Liga, Quito, Ecuador
• 1 May 2014: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
• 5 July 2014: Times Union Center, Albany, USA
• 7 July 2014: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, USA
• 9 July 2014: United Center, Chicago, USA
• 12 July 2014: Fargodome, Fargo, USA
• 14 July 2014: Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, USA
• 16 July 2014: Sprint Center, Kansas City, USA
• 2 August 2014: Target Field, Minneapolis, USA
• 5 August 2014: Washington-Grizzly Stadium, Missoula, USA
• 7 August 2014: EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, USA
• 10 August 2014: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, USA
• 12 August 2014: US Airways Center, Phoenix, USA
• 14 August 2014: Candlestick Park, San Francisco, USA
• 28 September 2014: Petco Park, San Diego, USA
• 2 October 2014: United Spirit Arena, Lubbock, USA
• 11 October 2014: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, USA
• 13 October 2014: American Airlines Center, Dallas, USA
• 15 October 2014: Philips Arena, Atlanta, USA
• 16 October 2014: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, USA
• 25 October 2014: Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, USA
• 28 October 2014: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, USA
• 30 October 2014: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, USA
• 10 November 2014: Estádio Kléber Andrade, Cariacica, Brazil
• 12 November 2014: HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 23 November 2014: Estádio Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil
• 25 November 2014: Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
• 26 November 2014: Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
• 21 April 2015: Kyocera Dome, Osaka, Japan
• 23 April 2015: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
• 25 April 2015: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
• 27 April 2015: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
• 28 April 2015: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
• 2 May 2015: Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea
• 23 May 2015: O2 Arena, London, England
• 24 May 2015: O2 Arena, London, England
• 27 May 2015: Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, England
• 28 May 2015: Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
• 5 June 2015: Nouveau Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France
• 7 June 2015: Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 8 June 2015: Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 11 June 2015: Stade de France, Paris, France
• 19 June 2015: Firefly Music Festival, USA
• 21 June 2015: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, USA
• 23 June 2015: John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, USA
• 25 June 2015: Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, USA
• 4 July 2015: Roskilde Festival, Denmark
• 7 July 2015: Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway
• 9 July 2015: Tele2 Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
• 31 July 2015: Lollapalooza 2015, USA
• 13 October 2015: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, USA
• 15 October 2015: Bryce Jordan Center, State College, USA
• 17 October 2015: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Canada
• 21 October 2015: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, USA
• 22 October 2015: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, USA

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