Paul McCartney launched his 2024 South American tour on Tuesday night (October 1st) at the Estadio Centenario in Uruguay. In addition to a host of Beatles and Wings classics, the iconic songwriter performed “Now and Then,” the final Beatles song that was released last year, for the first time. See videos of the show, as well as the full setlist, below.
McCartney (who is 82 years old) ripped through a whopping 37 songs, including hits like “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Blackbird,” “Jet,” Get Back,” “Let It Be,” “Live and Let Die,” and “Hey Jude” before closing out with an encore that boasted the latter half of the famous Abbey Road medley.
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He also debuted “Now and Then,” the 2023 Beatles song that was created using a restored John Lennon demo from 1979. Notably, he didn’t pull out any cuts from his most recent album, McCartney III. In fact, he only played two solo songs from the 21st century, “New” from 2013’s New and “Dance Tonight” from 2007’s Memory Almost Full. Check out fan-shot footage of the concert and the full setlist below.
McCartney will tour South America and Mexcio through November, before playing a run of shows in Europe and the UK in December. You can also secure tickets to one of his coming dates in South America or Europe here.
Revisit our review of “Now and Then.” Then, see where McCartney landed on our list of the best bassists of all time (spoiler alert: it’s pretty darn high).
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Setlist:
A Hard Day’s Night (The Beatles)
Junior’s Farm (Wings)
Letting Go (Wings)
She’s a Woman (The Beatles)
Got to Get You Into My Life (The Beatles)
Come On to Me
Let Me Roll It (Wings)
Getting Better (The Beatles)
Let ’Em In (Wings)
My Valentine
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five (Wings)
Maybe I’m Amazed
I’ve Just Seen a Face (The Beatles)
In Spite of All the Danger (The Quarrymen)
Love Me Do (The Beatles)
Dance Tonight
Blackbird (The Beatles)
Here Today
Now and Then (The Beatles)
New
Lady Madonna (The Beatles)
Jet (Wings)
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (The Beatles)
Something (The Beatles)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (The Beatles)
Band on the Run (Wings)
Get Back (The Beatles)
Let It Be (The Beatles)
Live and Let Die (Wings)
Hey Jude (The Beatles)
Encore:
I’ve Got a Feeling (The Beatles)
Birthday (The Beatles)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) [The Beatles]
Helter Skelter (The Beatles)
Golden Slumbers (The Beatles)
Carry That Weight (The Beatles)
The End (The Beatles)
Paul McCartney 2024 Tour Dates:
10/01 – Montevideo, Uruguay @ Estadio Centenario
10/05 – Bueno Aires, Argentina @ River Plate Stadium
10/11 – Santiago, Chile @ Estadio Monumental
10/15 – São Paulo, Brazil @ Allianz Parque
10/16 – São Paulo, Brazil @ Allianz Parque
10/19 – Florianópolis, Brazil @ Estádio da Ressacada
10/23 – Córdoba, Argentina @ Mario Alberto Kempes
10/27 – Lima, Peru @ Estadio Nacional
11/01 – Bogotá, Colombia @ El Campín Stadium
11/05 – San Jose, Costa Rica @ National Stadium
11/08 – Monterrey, Mexico @ Estadio BBVA
11/12 – Mexico City, Mexico @ Estadio GNP Seguros
11/14 – Mexico City, Mexico @ Estadio GNP Seguros
11/17 – Mexico City, Mexico @ Corona Capital
12/04 – Paris, France @ La Défense Arena
12/05 – Paris, France @ La Défense Arena
12/09 – Madrid, Spain @ WiZink Center
12/10 – Madrid, Spain @ WiZink Center
12/14 – Manchester, UK @ Co-Op Live
12/15 – Manchester, UK @ Co-Op Live
12/18 – London, UK @ O2 Arena
12/19 – London, UK @ O2 Arena