Paul didn’t need a day of rest.He rocked the Amway Center in Orlando on Sunday evening for the second straight night. Play for
nearly three hours on the second night of the North America leg of his
“Out There” tour. He ended his two-hour regular set, which consisted of
no breaks and some nontraditional song additions, with a seven-minute
version of “Hey Jude” and returned for a double encore.
“You all still want to rock?” Paul asked, receiving an emphatic
“yes” from the sold-out crowd. “Then we are still going to keep on
rockin’!”
He barely broke a sweat all night, making one onstage wardrobe change
— shedding his baby blue jacket — and didn’t take a single break. He
never stopped singing, playing, telling stories and showing why he’s a
rock icon. He mixed in a combination of Beatles and Wings songs, leaving
no one disappointed.
He started the night jamming out on guitar to “Eight Days a Week,”
“Junior’s Farm,” and “All My Loving.” He even added a tribute to Jimi
Hendrix, mashing “Foxy Lady” into the end of “Let Me Roll It.”
McCartney then told a story about Hendrix paying tribute to the
Beatles. They had released “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” on a
Friday, Paul said, and two days later Hendrix opened a concert with
the classic hit.
Paul also paid homage to his former Beatles band mates, George and John. He said he wrote “Another Day” after Lennon’s
death and regretted not telling him how much he meant to him. He played
the ukulele in honor of Harrison in an acoustic rendition of
“Something.” He even paid tribute to his own greatness, playing the
original guitar he used to write “Paperback Writer.” He didn’t mentioned
Ringo Starr.
Paul settled in behind the grand piano for “My Valentine,” which
he said he wrote on a rainy day, and for “Maybe I’m Amazed,” which he
dedicated to his late wife, Linda.
During the 30-song regular set,Paul sneaked in a few rare gems:
“Mrs. Vanderbilt,” “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite,” as well as the
better known “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.”
Only Paul can get away with not playing Beatles hits such as
“Get Back” and “Come Together.” He also skipped Wings No. 1 hits,
“Coming up,” and “Silly Love Songs.” He left out Beatles standards
“Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Penny Lane,” and “She Loves You.”
But no one noticed, after he rattled of fantastic four-play of “Band
on the Run,” “Back in the U.S.S.R.,” “Let it Be,” and “Hey Jude.”
During the first encore, he got the crowd hopping with “Day Tripper” and swinging their hips with “I Saw Her Standing There.”
Paul, who vocally never sounded better, finished the night as
strong as he started with “Yesterday,” “Helter Skelter” “Golden
Slumbers” and “The End.”
The crowd sang along. They stood most of the night. They didn’t want to leave.
Paul realized it and gave them something look forward to, as if he hadn’t given enough already.
As the confetti flew to signal the end of the concert, he said, “Thank you. I will be back again.”
As if he ever left.
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