PAUL : FARGO ND, FARGODOME

The 42. concert of Paul ‘s "Out There" tour took place in Fargo, USA tonight.

Paul last night, with 17,000 fans on a magical history tour through his extensive song book.
He kicked off the two-plus hour set with “Eight Days A Week,” a nod to how exhaustive the night would be.After his newish song, “Save Us,” it was “All My Loving,” complete with clips from Beatles movies on the screens behind the stage, the next tune was “Listen to What the Man Said”the ladies screaming when he took off his jacket a few songs in and with his mugging. He rewarded them by picking up a guitar for the live staple, “Let Me Roll it,” then lighting up with a taste of Jimi Hendrix’s “Foxy Lady.”

The spare “Blackbird” didn’t soar like it once did, but Paul sang it with as much heart and warmth as ever and it was one of the night’s highlights.So many of the songs still sounded ageless and he had the boyish energy to roll through rollicking tunes like “Paperback Writer” and the Wings’ tune, “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five” with Paul on piano.
Paul delivered the symphonic scope of “The Long and Winding Road,” with drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. helping with the vocals. He played his piano on “Maybe I’m Amazed,” but returned to the close harmonies and acoustic guitar on the country-ish “I’ve Just Seen a Face” and “We Can Work it Out.”

He played his latest hit “New,” and “Queenie Eye” sounded right at home next to “Lady Madonna.” He also could’ve cut the show in half and strictly stuck to the hits (how many ticket-holders expected to hear the trippy “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite,” though the laser show was a big hit) and the Fargo fans would’ve been happy with the first performance by a Beatle in North Dakota.
More classics:George’“Something” on ukelele,“Band on the Run” and “Back in the U.S.S.R.,” without much of a breather. That would come when Paul say at the piano for the contemplative “Let it Be”.

Paul’s band was Rusty Anderson (vocals, guitar). Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens (vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion, harmonica), Brian Ray (vocals, guitar, bass) and Abe Laboriel Jr (vocals, drums).

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