First Encore
31. The Long And Winding Road
32. Lady Madonna
33. I Saw Her Standing There
Second Encore
34. Yesterday
35. Sgt. Pepper (Reprise) / The End
Here is something I copied from a message board at paulmccartney.com:
Notes on Paul McCartney Concerts
April 23 & 24, 2002
MCI Center, Washington, DC
(here is a helpful link) http://www.photos.mccartney.net/report.htm
Paul McCartney performed at the MCI Center in Washington, DC, on
Tuesday and Wednesday, April 23 and 24.
The pre-show began at 8:20 P.M. While the "Auraveda" remix from the "The
Fireman" CD played over the PA system, an odd parade of costumed
characters walked slowly down the aisles and to the stage. The characters
included actors dressed as 18th-Century Frenchmen, court jesters carrying
balloons, contortionists, a man on stilts, a woman walking on a gigantic
rolling ball, a circus strongman with barbell, Roman Statues, and Spanish
dancers. The screen behind the stage showed beautiful images of Roman
ruins and a forest. After 20 minutes of the characters moving about
aimlessly and in apparent wonder of each other, a giant silhouette of Paul
holding up his Hofner bass guitar appeared on the screen. The screen rose,
and there stood Paul.
Paul wore a red, short-sleeved t-shirt with black suit coat and blue jeans
on Tuesday, and a red, long-sleeved, button-down shirt with white suit
coat and black pants on Wednesday. His band consisted of Paul "Wix"
Wickens on keyboards and accordion (and guitar for one song), Rusty
Anderson on guitar, Brian Ray on guitar (and on bass when Paul played
piano or guitar), and Abe Laboriel, Jr., on drums. All band members sang
background vocals.
Paul performed for 2 1/2 hours on both evenings, and the setlists were
the
same. Paul's instrument changes are indicated in parenthesis and refer
to
the instrument he played for the following song(s).
(Hofner bass)
1. Hello Goodbye
2. Jet
3. All My Loving (black and white Beatles' videos on the screens)
(switches to lead guitar)
4. Getting Better
(switches to Hofner bass)
5. Coming Up
(switches to electric guitar)
6. Let Me Roll It
(switches to Hofner bass)
7. Lonely Road
8, Driving Rain
(introduces drummer, Abe Laboriel, and moves to grand piano)
9. Your Loving Flame
(begins acoustic guitar solo set)
10. Blackbird
11. Every Night
12. We Can Work It Out
13. Mother Nature's Son
(changes to an acoustic guitar w/o a pick guard)
14. Vanilla Sky (with Wix and Rusty Anderson)
(switches to psychedelic upright piano)
15. & 16. You Never Give Me Your Money/Carry That Weight (Paul plays
solo and intentionally messes up one line)
17. The Fool On the Hill (with Magical Mystery Tour footage on screen)
(switches to acoustic guitar)
18. Here Today (John Lennon tribute)
(switches to ukulele)
19. Something (George Harrison tribute)
(switches to acoustic guitar)
20. Eleanor Rigby
21. Here There and Everywhere (Wix on Accordion - full band)
(switches to Hofner bass)
22. Band On The Run
23. Back In The USSR
(introduces Rusty Anderson, switches to grand piano)
24. Maybe I'm Amazed
25. C Moon
26. My Love
(introduces Wix-switches to Hofner bass)
27. Can't Buy Me Love
(switches to acoustic guitar)
28. Freedom (banner with Statue of Liberty caricature unfolds)
(introduces Brian Ray, switches to grand piano)
29. Live and Let Die (great explosions and pyrotechnics)
30. Let It Be
(switches to psychedelic upright piano)
31. Hey Jude (For the second part of the song in which the audience sings
along, the screens show shots of the crowd. Paul ends by pointing all
around and saying "You did great, you did great, you did great!").
1st Encore: Paul runs on stage carrying an American flag, Brian Ray runs
on
stage carrying a District of Columbia flag. Paul has changed to a red,
short-sleeved t-shirt that reads "No More Land Mines".
(grand piano)
32. The Long And Winding Road
33. Lady Madonna
(switches to Hofner bass)
34. I Saw Her Standing There
2nd Encore:
(acoustic guitar)
35. Yesterday
(switches to Les Paul guitar)
36. & 37. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Reprise/The End
After "You Never Give Me Your Money/Carry That Weight", Paul played
soothing keyboard music and joked "It's now time for your massage." Paul
delivered a monologue on massages he has received around the world. He
mentioned a massage in New Orleans in which the masseuse tells Paul to
envision he has a hollow bronze leg and the neck of a giraffe. The
masseuse asks Paul how he feels, and he responds "Like a giraffe with a
hollow bronze leg." Paul then mentioned a massage in Tokyo where the lady
started singing "Yesterday" with a high-pitched, Japanese accent. The
crowd laughed when Paul imitated her voice.
Most songs were accompanied by sophisticated videos. During "Freedom",
I
counted a total of 40 screens (one large screen blocked by the banner,
three rectangular screens, and 36 smaller square screens).
During "Something", the screens showed images of George Harrison during
and after his Beatles' days. A photo of George with fake eyeballs drew
laughter. Other photos showed George with Eric Clapton and with Dave
Edmunds (I think). Paul explained that the ukulele he played during
"Something" was given to him by George. He also said that George used to
hand out ukuleles after dinner and invite everyone to join in.
During "Lady Madonna", the screens showed images of many women
including Princess Di, the Queen Mother, Marilyn Monroe, Amelia Earhardt,
Eleanor Roosevelt, Aretha Franklin, Audrey Hepburn, Mother Theresa, Tina
Turner, and Janis Joplin.
Everytime the circus strongman in the muscleman suit helped bring out the
psychedelic piano, Paul cracked that the strongman should stop using
steroids.
After "C Moon", Paul explained that the inspiration for the song came from
"Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. In "Wooly Bully", there's
a line that goes "Don't be an L7", which means don't be a square (Paul
uses
his arms to show how an L next to a 7 looks like a square). He said that
he
wanted something that was the opposite of square, and came up with "C
Moon" to represent "cool". Paul used one arm to make a C and the fingers
of the other hand to make a moon above the C. I didn't understand how
this represented "cool" (it looked like "co" to me), but the rest of the
audience seemed to get it. Paul joked that he had just explained an
important part of rock history.
During "Let It Be", many people lit their lighters and there was a cluster
of
lighters on the screen. At the end of the song, Paul said "Thank you for
the
lights".
On Tuesday after "I Saw Her Standing There", Paul tossed his Hofner bass
(that he had played with the Beatles) to a roadie/guitar technician. On
Wednesday, he handed the bass to the roadie.
After the final encore both nights, Paul autographed an album and threw
it
back to the audience. I wondered whether the owners got their albums
back.
Paul was in great voice and spirits both nights, and he put on wonderful
shows. He seemed relaxed and appeared to have a great camaraderie with
the band.