Paul's One on One tour continues

From Miami 7/7-17, photo: Al Diaz, Miami Herald

Paul McCartney's "One on One" tour continues after a couple of months off the road. The new part of the tour started in Miami, Florida on Ringo's birthday, which prompted Paul to dedicate "Birthday" to both Ringo and Paul's late dad, James.
In an interview prior to the show, Paul had promised two-three surprises, and these were probably "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (Paul had sergeant stripes on his jacket, see photo), "I Wanna Be Your Man" (usually a Ringo song) and possibly "Love Me Do"?

The set list:

1. A Hard Day’s Night
2. Save Us
3. Can’t Buy Me Love
4. Letting Go
5. Temporary Secretary
6. Let Me Roll It
7. I’ve Got a Feeling
8. My Valentine
9. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
10. Maybe I’m Amazed
11. We Can Work It Out
12. In Spite of All the Danger
13. You Won’t See Me
14. Love Me Do
15. And I Love Her
16. Blackbird
17. Here Today
18. Queenie Eye
19. New
20. The Fool on the Hill
21. Lady Madonna
22. FourFiveSeconds
23. Eleanor Rigby
24. I Wanna Be Your Man
25. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
26. Something
27. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
28. Band on the Run
29. Back in the U.S.S.R.
30. Let It Be
31. Live and Let Die
32. Hey Jude

Encores:
33. Yesterday
34. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
35. Hi, Hi, Hi
36. Birthday
37. Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End

The songs divide up like this: 24 from The Beatles, 1 from The Quarry Men, 3 from the last studio album (New, 2013) and 4 more from the solo albums, 6 from Wings, 1 from Rihanna. No fans were asked up on the stage during this concert. The soundcheck went like this:

1. Jam
2. Matchbox
3. Flaming Pie
4. All My Loving
5. C Moon
6. Let ’em In
7. Alligator
8. Things We Said Today
9. Ram On
10. Midnight Special
11. Lady Madonna
12.  Lady Madonna

Photo: Al Diaz, Miami Herald

A slideshow with more photos from Miami can be found here.

The tour continues tonight in Tampa, Florida. This is how the rest of the tour looks like, as of now:

JULY
7: Miami, Florida – American Airlines Arena
10: Tampa, Florida – Amalie Arena
13: Duluth, Georgia – Infinite Energy Arena
15: Bossier City, Louisiana – CenturyLink Center
17: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Chesapeake Energy Center
19: Wichita, Kansas – INTRUST Bank Arena
21: Des Moines, Iowa – Wells Fargo Arena
23: Omaha, Nebraska – CenturyLink Center
25: Tinley Park, Illinois – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

Followed by a break of a month and a half, perhaps a good time to release the upcoming solo album?

SEPTEMBER
11: Newark, New Jersey – Prudential Center
12: Newark, New Jersey – Prudential Center
15: New York, New York – Madison Square Garden
17: New York, New York – Madison Square Garden
19: Brooklyn, New York – Barclays Center
21: Brooklyn, New York – Barclays Center
23: Syracuse, New York – Carrier Dome
26: Uniondale, New York – Nassau Coliseum
27: Uniondale, New York – Nassau Coliseum

OCTOBER
1: Detroit, Michigan – Little Caesars Arena
2: Detroit, Michigan – Little Caesars Arena

Goodbye North-America - hello South America:

13: Porto Alegre, Brazil - Estádio Beira-Rio
15: São Paulo, Brazil - Allianz Parque
17: Belo Horizonte,Brazil - Mineirão Stadium
20: Salvador, Brazil - Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova
24: Colombia - Atanasio Girardot Stadium
28: Mexico City, Mexico - Estadio Azteca

Time off in November, well so far no dates announced. Finally it's time for a belated visit to New Zealand and Australia - countries not visited by Paul since the "New World Tour" back in 1993. A couple of concerts planned for Melbourne fourteen years ago were cancelled, so it's about time he made up for this. The Australian dates sold well, so a couple of extra dates were added after the first shows sold out very quickly.

DECEMBER
2: Perth, Australia, nib Stadium
5: Melbourne, Australia - AAMI Park
6: Melbourne, Australia - AAMI Park
9: Brisbane, Australia - Suncorp Stadium
11: Sydney, Australia - Qudos Bank Arena
12: Sydney, Australia - Qudos Bank Arena
16: Auckland, New Zealand - Mt Smart Stadium