Last night I saw Paul McCartney at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium and The show was great! I am so glad that I was able to be there! Paul play for about 3 hours for his last show of his mini summer tour. He band is always top notch and Paul is always willing to not only play the hits but to throw in a few odd tunes here and there. The new Cowboys Stadium is awesome but the parking is a bit pricey! The only bad part was the bad signage that lead me to be lost in Arlington for a hour after the show! Thursday, Aug 20, 2009
Posted on Thu, Aug. 20, 2009
Paul McCartney delights North Texas fans with classics at Cowboys Stadium
By PRESTON JONESpjones@star-telegram.com
ARLINGTON — Not every rock star can pause midshow, casually reminiscing about the time Jimi Hendrix played one of his songs just days after its initial release. For Paul McCartney, it was an aside about a night out a few decades back. For everyone else in attendance at Cowboys Stadium on Wednesday night, the final night of his 10-date U.S. summer tour and McCartney’s first North Texas appearance in four years, it was the first of many goose-bump moments. At age 67, McCartney could very easily rest on his laurels — he and his pals in The Beatles accomplished more in a decade than most bands manage in a lifetime — but continues to relish a challenge, restlessly pursuing new, eclectic sounds. What’s even more impressive is that he performs classics like Back in the U.S.S.R. or Eleanor Rigby with as much enthusiasm as his brand-new, vaguely avant-garde material. McCartney projects an air of vitality, not finality; if this is Macca’s last jaunt around the U.S. (as has been rumored), he’s going out on a high. The sold-out crowd — promoters estimated 38,000 people turned out to see the Cute One in action — sang and danced in the aisles, basking in the evening’s nostalgic glow. The audience reaction was almost as powerful as the tunes emanating from the stage. McCartney is one of those precious few remaining artists with the capacity to move young and old alike. For more than two hours, McCartney, backed by a crack quartet, wheeled through his catalog and doled out plenty of Beatles hits, stopping along the way to pay tribute to his fallen friends and lovers. George Harrison’s Something was particularly poignant, as was his interpolation of John Lennon’s Give Peace a Chance in the middle of A Day in the Life. He saved the biggest hits — and an eye-popping pyro display during Live and Let Die — for the evening’s end, punching through one indelible hit after another, making pop brilliance seem utterly effortless.
Posted on Thu, Aug. 20, 2009
Paul McCartney delights North Texas fans with classics at Cowboys Stadium
By PRESTON JONESpjones@star-telegram.com
ARLINGTON — Not every rock star can pause midshow, casually reminiscing about the time Jimi Hendrix played one of his songs just days after its initial release. For Paul McCartney, it was an aside about a night out a few decades back. For everyone else in attendance at Cowboys Stadium on Wednesday night, the final night of his 10-date U.S. summer tour and McCartney’s first North Texas appearance in four years, it was the first of many goose-bump moments. At age 67, McCartney could very easily rest on his laurels — he and his pals in The Beatles accomplished more in a decade than most bands manage in a lifetime — but continues to relish a challenge, restlessly pursuing new, eclectic sounds. What’s even more impressive is that he performs classics like Back in the U.S.S.R. or Eleanor Rigby with as much enthusiasm as his brand-new, vaguely avant-garde material. McCartney projects an air of vitality, not finality; if this is Macca’s last jaunt around the U.S. (as has been rumored), he’s going out on a high. The sold-out crowd — promoters estimated 38,000 people turned out to see the Cute One in action — sang and danced in the aisles, basking in the evening’s nostalgic glow. The audience reaction was almost as powerful as the tunes emanating from the stage. McCartney is one of those precious few remaining artists with the capacity to move young and old alike. For more than two hours, McCartney, backed by a crack quartet, wheeled through his catalog and doled out plenty of Beatles hits, stopping along the way to pay tribute to his fallen friends and lovers. George Harrison’s Something was particularly poignant, as was his interpolation of John Lennon’s Give Peace a Chance in the middle of A Day in the Life. He saved the biggest hits — and an eye-popping pyro display during Live and Let Die — for the evening’s end, punching through one indelible hit after another, making pop brilliance seem utterly effortless.
Paul McCartney conjures up decades of memories at Cowboys Stadium concert
08:48 AM CDT on Thursday, August 20, 2009
By MARIO TARRADELL / The Dallas Morning Newsmtarradell@dallasnews.com
TOM FOX/DMN Paul McCartney performs Wednesday at Cowboys Stadium.
ARLINGTON — Paul McCartney's career spans more than just decades – it travels through lifetimes. His work with the Beatles, which is the most influential band of all time, and then with Wings, his solo output and even his side projects as the Fireman could each be separate books detailing the creative existence of different artists. So when you witness him in concert offering songs from those varied phases, as he did Wednesday night before a packed audience at Cowboys Stadium, they conjure up a vast assortment of memories. McCartney's music is the soundtrack for life's stages. For slightly more than 2½ hours, the 67-year-old lad from Liverpool performed 36 songs backed by a super-tight four-man band. He looked remarkably youthful and had the energy and spry musicianship of somebody half his age. His voice remained strong if a tad lower in register thanks to the passing of time. McCartney did concentrate on the Beatles output. We're talking classics such as "Drive My Car," "Got to Get You Into My Life," "The Long and Winding Road," "Eleanor Rigby," Let It Be" and "Hey Jude," to name a few. The latter prompted a jovial sing-along of "na, na, nas" from the audience. Yet a few lesser known numbers and a couple of tributes deserve special mention. The bluesy "Let Me Roll It" and the bouncy "Mrs. Vanderbilt," both from 1973's seminal Band On the Run, were outstanding. As was, of course, "Band On the Run," which featured video footage of the album's iconic cover photo shoot. Also of note were touching homages to the late John Lennon during the bittersweet "Here Today," which McCartney said he wrote after Lennon's death as an imaginary conversation with him, and George Harrison as he offered a wistful rendition of "Something." So much more could be said about McCartney onstage, such as the fact that for a man who's a popular music legend he comes off easygoing and approachable behind the microphone. And clearly, this man could play two more long shows of well-known hits without a bit of repetition. He'd have a full house for those gigs, too.
Set List for the Dallas show
1. Drive My Car 2. Jet 3. Only Mama Knows 4. Flaming Pie 5. Got To Get You Into My Life 6. Let Me Roll It 7. Foxy Lady 8. Highway 9. All My Loving 10. The Long And Winding Road 11. My Love 12. Blackbird 13. Here Today 14. Dance Tonight 15. Calico Skies 16. Mrs Vanderbilt 17. It's So Easy 18. Eleanor Rigby 19. Sing The Changes 20. Band On The Run 21. Back In The USSR 22. I'm Down 23. Something 24. I've Got A Feeling 25. Paperback Writer 26. A Day In The Life 27.Give Peace A Chance 28. Let It Be 29. Live And Let Die 30. Hey 31. Day Tripper 32. Lady Madonna 33. I Saw Her Standing 34. Yesterday 35. Helter Skelter 36. Get Back 37. Sgt. Pepper Reprise 38.The End
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