Wings Over Europe Tour
| Tour by Wings | |
| Associated album | "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" and "Mary Had a Little Lamb" singles |
|---|---|
| Start date | 9 July 1972 |
| End date | 24 August 1972 |
| Legs | 1 |
| No. of shows |
26 4 in West Germany, 4 in Sweden, 4 in The Netherlands, 3 in Denmark, 2 in Switzerland, 2 in Finland, 1 in Norway, & 1 in Belgium |
| Wings concert chronology | |
In the summer of 1972, Paul McCartney's newly formed band, Wings, set out on a concert tour of Europe.
Promotion
Coming on the heels of a tour of English universities, the Wings Over Europe Tour was intended to promote recent singles "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" and "Mary Had a Little Lamb", as well as provide live recordings to be included on a future album. The second objective never came to fruition, however, and Red Rose Speedway was released in Spring of the next year without any of the concert material. Only the 21 August performance of "The Mess" at The Hague was officially released, as a b-side to Number One single "My Love".
Touring
The band, with the McCartney children and their road crew, loaded up in a brightly coloured double decker bus for the tour of the continent. The tour proceeded largely without incident, but on 10 August in Gothenburg, Sweden, Paul and Linda McCartney were fined US$1,200 for possession of marijuana. Paul joked that the incident would “make good publicity” for the tour.
Wings' lineup for the tour was Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Henry McCullough, and Denny Seiwell.
Tour dates
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 1972 | Ollioules | France | Centre Culturel de Châteauvallon |
| 12 July 1972 | Juan-les-Pins | Juan-les-Pins | |
| 13 July 1972 | Arles | Théâtre Antique | |
| 14 July 1972 | Lyon | Canceled[1] | |
| 16 July 1972 | Paris | Olympia | |
| 18 July 1972 | Munich | Germany | Zirkus-Krone-Bau |
| 19 July 1972 | Frankfurt | Offenbach-Halle | |
| 21 July 1972 | Zurich | Switzerland | Kongress-Halle |
| 22 July 1972 | Montreux | Pavilion | |
| 1 August 1972 | Copenhagen | Denmark | K.B. Hallen |
| 4 August 1972 | Helsinki | Finland | Messuhalli |
| 5 August 1972 | Turku | Kupittaa Sports Hall | |
| 7 August 1972 | Stockholm | Sweden | Gröna Lund |
| 8 August 1972 | Örebro | Idretshalle | |
| 9 August 1972 | Oslo | Norway | Njaardhallen |
| 10 August 1972 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Skandinavien Halle |
| 11 August 1972 | Lund | Olympen | |
| 12 August 1972 | Odense | Denmark | Fyns Forum |
| 14 August 1972 | Aarhus | Vejlby-Risskov Hallen | |
| 16 August 1972 | Düsseldorf | Germany | Rheinhalle |
| 17 August 1972 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | De Doelen |
| 19 August 1972 | Groningen | Evenementenhal Martinihal | |
| 20 August 1972 | Amsterdam | Concertgebouw | |
| 21 August 1972 | The Hague | World Forum Convention Center | |
| 22 August 1972 | Antwerp | Belgium | Cinema Roma |
| 24 August 1972 | Berlin | Germany | Deutschlandhalle |
Set list
Average set list[2]
- "Bip Bop"
- "Smile Away" (Paul & Linda McCartney cover)
- "Mumbo"
- "Give Ireland Back to the Irish"
- "1882" (Paul McCartney song)
- "I Would Only Smile" (Denny Laine song)
- "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (Bill Monroe and The Bluegrass Boys cover)
- "The Mess"
- "Best Friend" (Paul McCartney song)
- "Soily"
- "I Am Your Singer"
- "Henry's Blues" (Henry McCullough song)
- "Say You Don't Mind" (Denny Laine song)
- "Seaside Woman" (Suzy and the Red Stripes cover)
- "Wild Life"
- "My Love"
- "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
- "Maybe I'm Amazed" (Paul McCartney song)
- Encore
- "Hi, Hi, Hi"
- "Long Tall Sally" (Little Richard cover)
References
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