The New World Tour

In 1993, Paul McCartney and his band embarked upon The New World Tour, spanning almost the entire year and almost the entire globe. This tour featured a controversial pre-concert film (starting in the U.S leg of the tour), which was shown before all of the concerts and had graphic animal test footage in the film. The tour incorporated painted stage sets (at the time the world’s largest, measuring 16,400 square feet), projections, and promotional material designed by regular McCartney collaborator, the artist Brian Clarke.

The New World Tour

Tour by Paul McCartney
Associated album	Off the Ground
Start date	18 February 1993
End date	16 December 1993
Legs	7
No. of shows	77
Paul McCartney concert chronology

The 1993 World Tour was McCartney's last for nine years, after his wife and band member, Linda McCartney, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995, and died in 1998 at the age of 56.

Promotion

The tour was intended to promote McCartney's ninth studio album Off the Ground. Despite having released three albums of live material in the space of the previous three years (Tripping the Live Fantastic, Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights!, and Unplugged), the tour was followed by the live album Paul Is Live, consisting of material taken from The New World Tour. However, the release was not embraced by record-buyers, becoming McCartney's lowest-selling live album.

Touring

McCartney's touring band consisted of himself, wife Linda McCartney, Hamish Stuart, Robbie McIntosh, Paul "Wix" Wickens and Blair Cunningham. The final North American stop, in Charlotte, North Carolina, was broadcast live across the United States, with some songs replaced by commercials, by the Fox Television Network. This was McCartney's final tour of the 20th century. Several venues on the tour featured McCartney's first concert appearance there since his touring days with The Beatles.

This was the third and second times Paul McCartney toured Australia and New Zealand, respectively. A proposed further tour to Australia in 2002 was cancelled after the Bali Bombings. His next visit to Australia and New Zealand finally occurred for the first time in over twenty-four years on the One on One tour in 2017. In 1993, before Paul McCartney played the South American leg of the tour, Parlophone/MPL released the album Paul Is Live which had songs taken from his concerts in North America and Australia. In 2002, Paul McCartney released a concert DVD from the tour titled Paul Is Live In Concert on the New World Tour.

The designs for the New World Tour stage sets by Brian Clarke, executed as oil on rolled canvas and at the time the largest stage sets in history.[1]

Projections designed by Clarke as part of the New World Tour stage sets, a collage of the history of stained glass, which were projected during the song 'Let It Be'.[2]

Tour band

• Paul McCartney – lead vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric and bass), piano, drums
• Linda McCartney – backing vocals, keyboards, percussion, autoharp
• Hamish Stuart – backing vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric, acoustic bass and electric bass)
• Robbie McIntosh – backing vocals, guitars (electric and acoustic)
• Paul "Wix" Wickens – backing vocals, keyboards, accordion, acoustic guitar, percussion
• Blair Cunningham – drums, percussion

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets sold / Available	Revenue
Europe
18 February 1993	Milan	Italy	Forum di Assago
19 February 1993
22 February 1993	Frankfurt	Germany	Festhalle
23 February 1993
Oceania
5 March 1993	Perth	Australia	Subiaco Oval
9 March 1993	Melbourne		Melbourne Cricket Ground
10 March 1993
13 March 1993	Adelaide		Adelaide Oval
16 March 1993	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre	27,880 / 30,000	$1,150,443
17 March 1993
20 March 1993
22 March 1993			Parramatta Stadium
23 March 1993
27 March 1993	Auckland	New Zealand	Western Springs Stadium
North America
14 April 1993	Whitney	United States	Sam Boyd Silver Bowl	30,850 / 30,850	$1,002,625
17 April 1993	Anaheim		Anaheim Stadium	48,560 / 48,560	$1,698,410
20 April 1993	Las Cruces		Aggie Memorial Stadium	30,058 / 30,058	$1,002,625
22 April 1993	Houston		Astrodome	38,728 / 38,728	$1,258,660
24 April 1993	New Orleans		Louisiana Superdome	38,971 / 41,211	$843,850
27 April 1993	Memphis		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	42,003 / 42,003	$1,013,364
29 April 1993	St. Louis		Busch Stadium	43,866 / 43,866	$1,202,468
1 May 1993	Atlanta		Georgia Dome	46,352 / 46,352	$1,301,820
5 May 1993	Cincinnati		Riverfront Stadium	38,000 / 40,000	$1,156,513
7 May 1993	Columbia		Williams-Brice Stadium	37,646 / 39,662	$858,089
9 May 1993	Orlando		Citrus Bowl	42,614 / 42,614	$1,163,061
21 May 1993	Winnipeg	Canada	Winnipeg Stadium	37,430 / 45,095	$1,038,964
23 May 1993	Minneapolis	United States	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	40,287 / 40,287	$1,187,680
26 May 1993	Boulder		Folsom Field	37,245 / 39,137	$1,210,463
29 May 1993	San Antonio		Alamodome	46,716 / 46,716	$1,513,200
31 May 1993	Kansas City		Arrowhead Stadium	42,934 / 42,934	$1,132,576
2 June 1993	Milwaukee		Milwaukee County Stadium	47,013 / 47,013	$1,527,923
4 June 1993	Pontiac		Pontiac Silverdome	49,378 / 49,378	$1,291,778
6 June 1993	Toronto	Canada	CNE Stadium	32,442 / 40,000	$922,200
11 June 1993	East Rutherford	United States	Giants Stadium	53,013 / 53,013	$1,722,923
13 June 1993	Philadelphia		Veterans Stadium	45,711 / 45,711	$1,288,394
15 June 1993	Charlotte		Blockbuster Pavilion
Europe (second leg)
3 September 1993	Berlin	Germany	Waldbühne
5 September 1993	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
6 September 1993
9 September 1993	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
11 September 1993	London	England	Earls Court
14 September 1993
15 September 1993
18 September 1993	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhalle
19 September 1993
21 September 1993
23 September 1993	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin Schleyerhalle
25 September 1993	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium
27 September 1993	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
28 September 1993
1 October 1993	Stockholm	Sweden	The Globe
3 October 1993	Mannheim	Germany	Maimarkthalle
5 October 1993	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin Schleyerhalle
6 October 1993	Frankfurt		Festhalle
9 October 1993	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy Sportpaleis
10 October 1993
13 October 1993	Paris	France	Palais Onmisports de Bercy
14 October 1993
17 October 1993	Ghent	Belgium	Flanders Expo
20 October 1993	Toulon	France	The Zenith
22 October 1993	Florence	Italy	Palasport
23 October 1993
26 October 1993	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
27 October 1993
Asia
12 November 1993	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Dome
14 November 1993
15 November 1993
18 November 1993	Fukuoka		Fukuoka Dome
19 November 1993
North America (second leg)
25 November 1993	Mexico City	Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	101,910 / 101,910	$6,564,416
27 November 1993
South America
3 December 1993	São Paulo	Brazil	Estádio do Pacaembu
5 December 1993	Curitiba		Pedreira Paulo Leminski
10 December 1993	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio River Plate
11 December 1993
12 December 1993
16 December 1993	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Nacional
TOTAL				285,952 / 297,973 (96%)	$7,874,398

Set list

Frankfurt I,[3] Frankfurt II[4]

1. "Drive My Car"
2. "Coming Up"
3. "Get Out of My Way"
4. "Another Day"
5. "All My Loving"
6. "Let Me Roll It"
7. "I Wanna Be Your Man"
8. "Robbie's Bit"
9. "Good Rockin' Tonight"
10. "We Can Work It Out"
11. "Here, There and Everywhere"
12. "And I Love Her"
13. "Every Night"
14. "Hope of Deliverance"
15. "Biker Like an Icon"
16. "Yesterday"
17. "My Love"
18. "Lady Madonna"
19. "Live and Let Die"
20. "Let It Be"
21. "Peace in the Neighbourhood"
22. "Off the Ground"
23. "Magical Mystery Tour"
24. "The Long and Winding Road"
25. "C'Mon People"
26. "Paperback Writer"
27. "Fixing a Hole"
28. "Penny Lane"
29. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
    • Encore
30. "Band on the Run"
31. "I Saw Her Standing There"
32. "Hey Jude"

Parramatta Stadium,[5] Anaheim Stadium,[6] Aggie Memorial Stadium,[7] Wiener Stadthalle,[8] Earls Court,[9] Westfalenhalle II,[10] Scandinavium,[11] Festhalle,[12] Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez I,[13] Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez II,[14] Estádio do Pacaembu,[15] Estadio River Plate II[16]

1. "Drive My Car"
2. "Coming Up"
3. "Looking for Changes"
4. "Jet"
5. "All My Loving"
6. "Let Me Roll It"
7. "Peace in the Neighbourhood"
8. "Off the Ground"
9. "Can't Buy Me Love"
10. "Robbie's Bit"
11. "Good Rockin' Tonight"
12. "We Can Work It Out"
13. "I Lost My Little Girl"
14. "Ain't No Sunshine"
15. "Hope of Deliverance"
16. "Michelle"
17. "Biker Like an Icon"
18. "Here, There and Everywhere"
19. "Yesterday"
20. "My Love"
21. "Lady Madonna"
22. "C'Mon People"
23. "Magical Mystery Tour"
24. "Let It Be"
25. "Live and Let Die"
26. "Paperback Writer"
27. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
28. "Penny Lane"
29. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
    • Encore
30. "Band on the Run"
31. "I Saw Her Standing There"
32. "Hey Jude"

Western Springs Stadium[17]

1. "Drive My Car"
2. "Coming Up"
3. "Looking for Changes"
4. "Jet"
5. "All My Loving"
6. "Let Me Roll It"
7. "Peace in the Neighbourhood"
8. "Off the Ground"
9. "Can't Buy Me Love"
10. "Robbie's Bit"
11. "Good Rockin' Tonight"
12. "We Can Work It Out"
13. "And I Love Her"
14. "Every Night"
15. "Hope of Deliverance"
16. "Michelle"
17. "Biker Like an Icon"
18. "Here, There and Everywhere"
19. "Yesterday"
20. "My Love"
21. "Lady Madonna"
22. "C'Mon People"
23. "Magical Mystery Tour"
24. "Let It Be"
25. "Live and Let Die"
26. "Paperback Writer"
27. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
28. "Penny Lane"
29. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
    • Encore
30. "Band on the Run"
31. "I Saw Her Standing There"
32. "Mull of Kintyre"
33. "Hey Jude"

Riverfront Stadium[18]

1. "Drive My Car"
2. "Coming Up"
3. "Looking for Changes"
4. "Another Day"
5. "All My Loving"
6. "Let Me Roll It"
7. "Peace in the Neighbourhood"
8. "Off the Ground"
9. "Can't Buy Me Love"
10. "Robbie's Bit"
11. "Good Rockin' Tonight"
12. "We Can Work It Out"
13. "And I Love Her"
14. "Every Night"
15. "Hope of Deliverance"
16. "Michelle"
17. "Biker Like an Icon"
18. "Here, There and Everywhere"
19. "Yesterday"
20. "My Love"
21. "Lady Madonna"
22. "Live and Let Die"
23. "Let It Be"
24. "Magical Mystery Tour"
25. "C'Mon People"
26. "The Long and Winding Road"
27. "Paperback Writer"
28. "Fixing a Hole"
29. "Penny Lane"
30. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
    • Encore
31. "Band on the Run"
32. "I Saw Her Standing There"
33. "Hey Jude"

Citrus Bowl,[19] Pedreira Paulo Leminski[20]

1. "Drive My Car"
2. "Coming Up"
3. "Looking for Changes"
4. "Jet"
5. "All My Loving"
6. "Let Me Roll It"
7. "Peace in the Neighbourhood"
8. "Off the Ground"
9. "Can't Buy Me Love"
10. "Good Rockin' Tonight"
11. "We Can Work It Out"
12. "I Lost My Little Girl"
13. "Ain't No Sunshine"
14. "Hope of Deliverance"
15. "Michelle"
16. "Biker Like an Icon"
17. "Here, There and Everywhere"
18. "Yesterday"
19. "My Love"
20. "Lady Madonna"
21. "C'Mon People"
22. "Magical Mystery Tour"
23. "Let It Be"
24. "Live and Let Die"
25. "Paperback Writer"
26. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
27. "Penny Lane"
28. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
    • Encore
29. "Band on the Run"
30. "I Saw Her Standing There"
31. "Hey Jude"

Pontiac Silverdome[21]

1. "Drive My Car"
2. "Coming Up"
3. "Looking for Changes"
4. "Another Day"
5. "All My Loving"
6. "Let Me Roll It"
7. "Peace in the Neighbourhood"
8. "Off the Ground"
9. "Can't Buy Me Love"
10. "Good Rockin' Tonight"
11. "We Can Work It Out"
12. "And I Love Her"
13. "Every Night"
14. "Hope of Deliverance"
15. "Michelle"
16. "Biker Like an Icon"
17. "Here, There and Everywhere"
18. "Yesterday"
19. "My Love"
20. "Lady Madonna"
21. "Live and Let Die"
22. "Let It Be"
23. "Magical Mystery Tour"
24. "C'Mon People"
25. "The Long and Winding Road"
26. "Paperback Writer"
27. "Fixing a Hole"
28. "Penny Lane"
29. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
    • Encore
30. "Band on the Run"
31. "I Saw Her Standing There"
32. "Hey Jude"

Westfalenhalle I[22]

1. "Drive My Car"
2. "Coming Up"
3. "Looking for Changes"
4. "Jet"
5. "All My Loving"
6. "Let Me Roll It"
7. "Peace in the Neighbourhood"
8. "Off the Ground"
9. "Can't Buy Me Love"
10. "Robbie's Bit"
11. "Good Rockin' Tonight"
12. "We Can Work It Out"
13. "And I Love Her"
14. "Ain't No Sunshine"
15. "Hope of Deliverance"
16. "Michelle"
17. "Biker Like an Icon"
18. "Here, There and Everywhere"
19. "Yesterday"
20. "My Love"
21. "Lady Madonna"
22. "C'Mon People"
23. "Magical Mystery Tour"
24. "Let It Be"
25. "Live and Let Die"
26. "Paperback Writer"
27. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
28. "The Long and Winding Road"
29. "Penny Lane"
30. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
    • Encore
31. "Band on the Run"
32. "I Saw Her Standing There"
33. "Hey Jude"

Ahoy[23]

1. "Drive My Car"
2. "Let Me Roll It"
3. "Jet"
4. "Looking for Changes"
5. "Peace in the Neighbourhood"
6. "Get Out of My Way"
7. "All My Loving"
8. "Can't Buy Me Love"
9. "Robbie's Bit"
10. "We Can Work It Out"
11. "Hope of Deliverance"
12. "Michelle"
13. "Biker Like an Icon"
14. "Off the Ground"
15. "Here, There and Everywhere"
16. "I Lost My Little Girl"
17. "Yesterday"
18. "My Love"
19. "Ain't No Sunshine"
20. "C'Mon People"
21. "Paperback Writer"
22. "Penny Lane"
23. "Live and Let Die"
24. "Let It Be"
25. "Hey Jude"
    • Encore
26. "Lady Madonna"
27. "I Saw Her Standing There"
28. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
29. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

Estadio Nacional[24]

1. "Drive My Car"
2. "Coming Up"
3. "Jet"
4. "All My Loving"
5. "Let Me Roll It"
6. "Peace in the Neighbourhood"
7. "Off the Ground"
8. "Can't Buy Me Love"
9. "Good Rockin' Tonight"
10. "We Can Work It Out"
11. "I Lost My Little Girl"
12. "Hope of Deliverance"
13. "Michelle"
14. "Here, There and Everywhere"
15. "Yesterday"
16. "My Love"
17. "Lady Madonna"
18. "C'Mon People"
19. "Magical Mystery Tour"
20. "Let It Be"
21. "Live and Let Die"
22. "Paperback Writer"
23. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
24. "Penny Lane"
25. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
    • Encore
26. "Band on the Run"
27. "I Saw Her Standing There"
28. "Hey Jude"

Instruments played by band members

Songs	Paul McCartney	Stuart	McIntosh	Wix	Cunningham	Linda McCartney
"Drive My Car"	Bass	Electric guitar	Electric guitar	Keyboards	Drums	Tambourine
"Coming Up"						Keyboards
"Looking for Changes"						Tambourine
"Jet" or "Another Day"		Electric guitar or Acoustic guitar		Keyboards or Acoustic guitar		Keyboards
"All My Loving"		Acoustic guitar		Acoustic guitar		Tambourine
"Let Me Roll It"	Electric guitar	Bass		Keyboards		Keyboards
"Peace in the Neighbourhood"
"Off the Ground"						Bell Stick
"Can't Buy Me Love"						Keyboards
Robbie's Bit	None	None	Acoustic guitar	None	None	None
"Good Rockin' Tonight"	Acoustic guitar	Acoustic bass		Accordion	Drums	Drum
"We Can Work It Out"						Tambourine
"I Lost My Little Girl" or "And I Love Her"				Maracas or Keyboards		Shaker or Keyboards
"Ain't No Sunshine" or "Every Night"	Drums or Acoustic guitar			Keyboards	Triangle or Drums	Shaker or Tambourine
"Hope of Deliverance"	Acoustic guitar	Bass		Acoustic guitar	Drums	Autoharp
"Michelle"				Shaker/Accordion		Maracas
"Biker Like an Icon"			Electric guitar	Accordion		Keyboards
"Here, There and Everywhere"			Acoustic guitar
"Yesterday"		None	None	Keyboards	None	None
"My Love"	Piano	Bass	Electric guitar		Drums	Keyboards
"Lady Madonna"						Tambourine
"C'Mon People"						Keyboards
"Magical Mystery Tour"
"Let It Be"
"Live and Let Die"
"The Long and Winding Road" (only in some cities)
"Paperback Writer"	Bass	Electric guitar
"Fixing a Hole" (only in some cities)
"Back in the U.S.S.R."
"Penny Lane"
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)"	Electric guitar	Bass
"Band on the Run"	Bass	Electric guitar/Acoustic guitar
"I Saw Her Standing There"		Electric guitar
"Hey Jude"	Piano	Bass				Tambourine/Keyboards

References

1. Knapp, Stephen (1998). The Art of Glass: Integrating Architecture and Glass. Rockport Publishers. p. 51. ISBN 9781610597241.
2. Cunningham, Mark (Summer 194). "Brian Clarke: When Two Worlds Collide". Contemporary Art magazine. pp. 42–44. Check date values in: |date= (help)
3. Paul McCartney Setlist Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany on 22 February 1993
4. Paul McCartney Setlist Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany on 23 February 1993
5. Paul McCartney Setlist Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia on 17 March 1993
6. Paul McCartney Setlist Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California, USA on 17 April 1993
7. Paul McCartney Setlist Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA on 20 April 1993
8. Paul McCartney Setlist Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria on 6 September 1993
9. Paul McCartney Setlist Earls Court, London, England on 11 September 1993
10. Paul McCartney Setlist Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany on 19 September 1993
11. Paul McCartney Setlist Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden on 25 September 1993
12. Paul McCartney Setlist Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany on 6 October 1993
13. Paul McCartney Setlist Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico on 25 November 1993
14. Paul McCartney Setlist Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico on 27 November 1993
15. Paul McCartney Setlist Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil on 3 December 1993
16. Paul McCartney Setlist Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina on 12 December 1993
17. Paul McCartney Setlist Western Springs Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand on 27 March 1993
18. Paul McCartney Setlist Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA on 5 May 1993
19. Paul McCartney Setlist Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida, USA on 9 May 1993
20. Paul McCartney Setlist Pedreira Paulo Leminski, Curitiba, Brazil on 5 December 1993
21. Paul McCartney Setlist Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan, USA on 4 June 1993
22. Paul McCartney Setlist Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany on 18 September 1993
23. Paul McCartney Setlist Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands on 10 October 1993
24. Paul McCartney Setlist Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chileo on 16 December 1993