One on One was a concert tour by English musician Paul McCartney that began on 13 April 2016 and traveled through the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania, ending on 16 December 2017.[3] The tour marked McCartney's first-ever performances in Fresno, South Dakota, and Arkansas.[3] Prior to the announcement of the tour, McCartney revealed two European festival dates for June 2016 at the Pinkpop Festival and Rock Werchter respectively.[4]

One on One
Tour by Paul McCartney
Location
  • North America
  • South America
  • Europe
  • Asia
  • Oceania
Start date13 April 2016
End date16 December 2017
Legs10
No. of shows77
Box office$242.6 million[1][2]
Paul McCartney concert chronology

McCartney described the title of the tour as "when I do the show, I feel like I'm kind of talking to someone like me in the audience, even though you're at the back of the hall, we try and bring the intimacy to you. It's me, one-on-one, with every member of the audience".[5] As with his other concert tours as a solo artist, the tour's setlist was composed of songs by his former bands the Beatles and Wings, as well as songs from his solo career.

Background

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On 15 February 2016, McCartney announced two initial festival dates in Europe for the upcoming summer. These two headlining performances at Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf, Netherlands and Rock Werchter in Werchter, Belgium were revealed before the initial revelation of the "One on One" tour. These tours would feature mostly similar elements of the "One on One" performances yet with a condensed set list to allot for festival curfew limits and less stage elements given restrictions. In the wake of the passing of notable Beatles and McCartney producer George Martin, McCartney announced the initial "One on One" dates for North America and Europe. In North America, McCartney's visit to Fresno, California, would mark his first performance in the city, and his performances in North Little Rock and Sioux Falls would be his first performances in the states of Arkansas and South Dakota respectively.[3] Elsewhere in North America, McCartney would perform in Portland after an eleven-year absence following his 2005 'US' tour. The two shows in Vancouver would follow his previous performance in the city at the BC Place stadium in 2012, yet this tour would feature two shows in the neighboring Rogers Arena after the pyrotechnics during his concert at BC Place accidentally damaged the stadium's new roof. McCartney's Seattle show would mark his shortest absence from any North American city on the tour announced currently, as he performed at the city's Safeco Field during the inaugural year of the 'Out There' tour.[3] McCartney announced a performance on 16 March in Minneapolis at the Target Center.[6] This show would take place on 4 May 2016, less than two years after McCartney's last performance in the city at the adjacent baseball stadium sharing a corporate sponsor with the arena, Target Field. Due to high demand of tickets a second show in Minneapolis was announced the next day and would take place on 5 May.[6]

In Europe, McCartney's Düsseldorf concert would be his first in the city since 1972 with his post-Beatles band Wings.[3] The Munich performance would follow a 13-year break from the city, lastly hosting a performance in 2003 during the Back in the World tour.[3] McCartney would visit the Waldbühne amphitheater in Berlin for his first Berlin performance since his Good Evening Europe Tour in 2009.[3] On 14 March 2016, a performance was announced for the city of Madrid to take place on 2 June 2016.[7] This performance at the Estadio Vicente Calderón would mark McCartney's almost twelve years to the date of his last Madrid performance. Each of these European performances, including festivals, would be McCartney's first performance at each specific venue in these cities. In addition to these venues, McCartney would return to Paris less than a year following his performance at the city's Stade de France.[8] Announced on 16 March, his performance would take place on 30 May 2016 at the AccorHotels Arena. McCartney last performed at the venue during his 2011 On the Run tour. McCartney announced on 29 March a performance in the city of Prague to take place at the O2 Arena on 16 June 2016.[9] This would be his first performance in the Czech Republic since 2004.

The tour marks McCartney's first-ever performance as a solo artist of "A Hard Day's Night" and the first time the song was performed by a Beatle in half a century since the Beatles played it for the last time on 31 August 1965 at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California.[10]

On 30 May 2016 at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, Paul McCartney performed "Michelle" in between "FourFiveSeconds" and "Eleanor Rigby".[11]

 
McCartney and his band performing at Desert Trip

On 17 July 2016, Paul played "Helter Skelter" at Fenway Park in Boston as the third song in the encore after "Hi, Hi, Hi" and before "Birthday" and Bob Weir of The Grateful Dead played rhythm guitar and New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski danced on stage to the song. On 19 July 2016, McCartney performed his first ever show in Hershey, Pennsylvania, at Hersheypark Stadium. The town of Hershey declared the date Paul McCartney Day and renamed street signs and rides in Hersheypark in his honor.[12] On 21 July 2016 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and on 20 April 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, "Mull of Kintyre" was performed as the third song in the encore after "Hi, Hi, Hi". At the latter concert, Jimmy Fallon joined Paul on stage to sing "I Saw Her Standing There" after "Mull of Kintyre". The second Washington, D.C., concert from August 10, held at the Verizon Center, saw a slightly modified set-list, wherein "Letting Go" was replaced with "Jet", and in the encore, they were played as one continuous act, "Hi, Hi, Hi" was replaced by "I Saw Her Standing There." On October 8, for the first Desert Trip show, Paul made numerous set changes. First, "Save Us" was swapped with "Jet", "Temporary Secretary" was replaced by "Day Tripper", "Here, There, and Everywhere" was not played, "You Won't See Me" was swapped with "I've Just Seen A Face", "A Day in the Life", "Give Peace A Chance", and for the first time ever live, "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?" were played with Neil Young for the latter three. In the encore "I Wanna Be Your Man" replaced "Hi, Hi, Hi", and "Helter Skelter" replaced "Birthday." For the following weekend, the set was the same, except for "I Wanna Be Your Man" being swapped for "Birthday", and "Can't Buy Me Love" being replaced by "Got to Get You Into My Life." Rihanna joined the band for "FourFiveSeconds." This was the last show of the year.

The tour resumed in April 2017 with the Japan shows, revisiting the Budokan like in 2015. Before and after, Paul announced another 2 US legs; a Latin American leg, returning to Brazil after 3 years and Mexico after a 5+12 years absence; and the first visit to Australia and New Zealand in 24 years, having last visited those countries in 1993 on the New World Tour. This year has seen a couple of changes in the set list, which are "Save Us" and "Letting Go" switching with "Junior's Farm" and "Jet" respectively concert after concert, "Here, There, and Everywhere" dropped out, and "I Wanna Be Your Man" and "Sgt. Pepper's (reprise)" added, with the former added after being successfully performed at the Desert Trip, and the latter reappearing since the Up and Coming Tour, 6 years after the last performance on the last show of that tour in Las Vegas, but now, though it's been inserted in the encore like before, it's not the culminating number of the show and is not attached in a medley with The End.

Since the Newark concerts, there's another change in the set list: "The Fool on the Hill" is gone, and "A Day in the Life/Give Peace a Chance" replaces it, returning since the Desert Trip shows, and after being absent since On the Run.

Personnel

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Rusty Anderson (Backing vocals,
electric guitar, acoustic guitar)
 

Paul McCartney
(Lead vocals, bass,
acoustic guitar, piano,
electric guitar,
ukulele)
 

Brian Ray (Backing vocals, electric guitar,
acoustic guitar, bass)
 

Paul Wickens
(Backing vocals, keyboards,
electric guitar,
acoustic guitar,
bongos, percussion,
harmonica, accordion)
 
Abe Laboriel, Jr. (Backing vocals,
drums, percussion)

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue Attendance Box Office
North America
13 April 2016 Fresno United States Save Mart Center 11,976 / 11,976 $2,443,733
15 April 2016 Portland Moda Center 15,774 / 15,774
17 April 2016 Seattle KeyArena 13,253 / 13,253
19 April 2016 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena 32,424 / 32,424
20 April 2016
30 April 2016 North Little Rock United States Verizon Arena 15,317 / 15,317 $2,278,118
2 May 2016 Sioux Falls Denny Sanford Premier Center 10,746 / 10,746 $2,040,216
4 May 2016 Minneapolis Target Center 28,048 / 28,048 $3,671,696
5 May 2016
Latin America[13]
15 May 2016 Córdoba Argentina Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes 40,017 / 49,613 $4,303,620
17 May 2016 La Plata Estadio Ciudad de La Plata 97,721 / 100,024 $11,809,700
19 May 2016
Europe
28 May 2016 Düsseldorf Germany Esprit Arena
30 May 2016 Paris France AccorHotels Arena
2 June 2016 Madrid Spain Estadio Vicente Calderón
10 June 2016 Munich Germany Olympiastadion
12 June 2016[a] Landgraaf Netherlands Megaland Landgraaf
14 June 2016 Berlin Germany Waldbühne
16 June 2016 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena 17,881 / 17,881
24 June 2016 Bergen Norway Bergenhus Festning 22,500 / 22,500 [14]
27 June 2016 Herning Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen
30 June 2016[b] Werchter Belgium Werchter Festival Grounds
North America
8 July 2016[c] Milwaukee United States Marcus Amphitheater
10 July 2016 Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena 13,588 / 13,588 $2,097,022
12 July 2016 Philadelphia Citizens Bank Park 38,431 / 40,615 $4,365,986
17 July 2016 Boston Fenway Park 36,142 / 37,065 $4,981,074
19 July 2016 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium 29,665 / 31,297 $3,519,465
21 July 2016 Hamilton Canada FirstOntario Centre 14,258 / 14,375 $2,259,660
7 August 2016 East Rutherford United States MetLife Stadium 52,465 / 52,465 $7,808,072
9 August 2016 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center 27,288 / 27,288 $4,270,782
10 August 2016
13 August 2016 St. Louis Busch Stadium 43,428 / 43,428 $4,657,982
15 August 2016 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena 11,280 / 11,280 $1,883,984
17 August 2016 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 31,869 / 35,968 $4,362,515
18 August 2016
4 October 2016 Sacramento Golden 1 Center 30,000 / 30,000
5 October 2016
8 October 2016[d] Indio Empire Polo Club
13 October 2016[e] Pioneertown Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace
14 October 2016[d] Indio Empire Polo Club
Asia[18]
25 April 2017 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan 11,296 / 11,296 $5,488,025
27 April 2017 Tokyo Dome 143,826 / 143,826 $22,802,345
29 April 2017
30 April 2017
North America[18]
7 July 2017 Miami United States American Airlines Arena 14,149 / 14,149 $2,030,364
10 July 2017 Tampa Amalie Arena 14,758 / 14,758 $2,127,892
13 July 2017 Duluth Infinite Energy Arena 10,992 / 10,992 $2,320,697
15 July 2017 Bossier City CenturyLink Center 13,037 / 13,037 $2,257,824
17 July 2017 Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena 12,812 / 12,812 $1,998,990
19 July 2017 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena 12,053 / 12,053 $2,091,964
21 July 2017 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena 13,549 / 13,549 $2,169,980
23 July 2017 Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha 14,535 / 14,535 $2,213,443
25 July 2017 Tinley Park Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre 46,040 / 46,040 $3,977,821
26 July 2017
11 September 2017 Newark Prudential Center 28,166 / 28,166 $4,944,591
12 September 2017
15 September 2017 New York City Madison Square Garden 30,213 / 30,213 $6,448,272
17 September 2017
19 September 2017 Brooklyn Barclays Center 30,002 / 30,002 $4,392,370
21 September 2017
23 September 2017 Syracuse Carrier Dome 36,200 / 36,200 $3,820,130
26 September 2017 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 24,723 / 24,723 $4,233,509
27 September 2017
1 October 2017 Detroit Little Caesars Arena 30,166 / 30,166 $4,525,832
2 October 2017
Latin America
13 October 2017 Porto Alegre Brazil Estádio Beira-Rio 45,774 / 46,989 $6,054,860
15 October 2017 São Paulo Allianz Parque 46,070 / 46,657 $5,613,520
17 October 2017 Belo Horizonte Estádio Mineirão 41,374 / 49,025 $4,241,190
20 October 2017 Salvador Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova 49,868 / 57,918 $4,923,040
28 October 2017 Mexico City Mexico Estadio Azteca 48,026 / 48,026 $6,234,337
Oceania[18]
2 December 2017 Perth Australia nib Stadium 22,435 / 22,435 $3,441,983
5 December 2017 Melbourne AAMI Park 59,002 / 59,002 $9,623,682
6 December 2017
9 December 2017 Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 40,671 / 40,671 $5,829,409
11 December 2017 Sydney Qudos Bank Arena 29,087 / 29,087 $6,035,330
12 December 2017
16 December 2017 Auckland New Zealand Mount Smart Stadium 34,901 / 34,901 $3,644,504
Total 1,405,964 / 1,444,321 (97%) $200,811,769

Notes

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  1. ^ The 12 June 2016 concert in Landgraaf was part of Pinkpop Festival.[4]
  2. ^ The 30 June 2016 concert in Werchter was part of Rock Werchter.[4]
  3. ^ The 8 July 2016 concert in Milwaukee was part of Summerfest.
  4. ^ a b The October 7 and 14, 2016 concerts at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, were part of Desert Trip.[15]
  5. ^ The Pioneertown show on 13 October 2016 was a (300 people) sold out (one-hour and 40-minute) surprise concert.[16][17]

Set list

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Typical set list

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  1. "A Hard Day's Night"
  2. "Save Us" or "Junior's Farm"
  3. "Can't Buy Me Love"
  4. "Letting Go" or "Jet"
  5. "Temporary Secretary" or "All My Loving" or "Drive My Car"
  6. "Let Me Roll It"
  7. "I've Got a Feeling"
  8. "My Valentine"
  9. "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"
  10. "Here, There and Everywhere" (only in 2016)
  11. "Maybe I'm Amazed"
  12. "We Can Work It Out" or "I've Just Seen a Face"
  13. "In Spite of All the Danger"
  14. "You Won't See Me"
  15. "Love Me Do"
  16. "And I Love Her"
  17. "Blackbird"
  18. "Here Today"
  19. "Queenie Eye"
  20. "New"
  21. "The Fool on the Hill" (until the Tinley Park shows)
  22. "Lady Madonna"
  23. "FourFiveSeconds"
  24. "Eleanor Rigby"
  25. "I Wanna Be Your Man" (only in 2017)
  26. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"
  27. "Something"
  28. "A Day in the Life"/"Give Peace a Chance" (since the Newark shows)
  29. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
  30. "Band on the Run"
  31. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
  32. "Let It Be"
  33. "Live and Let Die"
  34. "Hey Jude"
    • Encore
  35. "Yesterday"
  36. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" (only in 2017)
  37. "Hi, Hi, Hi" or "Get Back", or "Mull of Kintyre" (only in Australia and New Zealand)
  38. "Birthday" or "I Saw Her Standing There" or "Helter Skelter"
  39. "Golden Slumbers"/"Carry That Weight"/"The End"

Other set lists

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "2017 Year End Top 20 Worldwide Tours" (PDF). Pollstar.com. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
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  4. ^ a b c "Paul McCartney Announces First Live Shows Of 2016". PaulMcCartney.com. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Paul McCartney Talks One on One Tour, Pre-Stage Rituals, Rap as Poetry". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  6. ^ a b "Updated: Second Date Added / Paul Takes His 'One On One' Tour To Minneapolis". PaulMcCartney.com. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Paul Takes His 'One On One' Tour To Madrid". PaulMcCartney.com. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Paul Takes His 'One On One' Tour To Paris". PaulMcCartney.com. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Paul Takes His 'One On One' Tour To Prague". PaulMcCartney.com. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Watch Paul McCartney Play 'Hard Day's Night' for First Time in 51 Years". Rolling Stone. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Paul McCartney Setlist at AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France – 30 May 2016". setlist.fm. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  12. ^ "Hershey prepares for the upcoming 'Paul McCartney Day'". fox43.com. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  13. ^ Boxscore:
  14. ^ "Konsertanmeldelse: Paul McCartney". VG. June 24, 2016.
  15. ^ "Desert Trip lineup: Rock legends confirmed for Desert Trip mega festival and the ticket prices are eye-watering". The Independent. May 3, 2016. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  16. ^ "PAUL McCARTNEY TO PLAY PAPPY & HARRIET'S TONIGHT – THURSDAY OCTOBER 13th 8:30pm". paulmccartney.com. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  17. ^ "Paul McCartney Plays Nightclub Gig Ahead of Desert Trip 2nd Weekend". wjbdradio.com. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  18. ^ a b c "Current Boxscore". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.