We were not disappointed, three hours of top class entertainment on a balmy Perth Saturday night. It might have been 36°C during the day but the evening really cooled off making for a wonderful evening. The moon hanging over the stadium really set the tone, Paul stepped back to enjoy the atmosphere and we did too.
Paul casually wandered on to the stage to a rapturous applause with his left-handed Hofner violin bass slung across his shoulder facing downwards opening with A Hard Day's Night, Junior's Farm and Can't Buy Me Love. Paul played some old Beatles songs, some Wings material and newer songs including the Rihanna and Kayne West FourFiveSeconds song he collaborated on.
What I learned was that some of the old Beatles songs sound great live, much better than the studio recorded material we are used to hearing on the radio. Paul has an absolute on-stage personality, he is a humble guy and despite all his adulation over the decades, he is a great bloke.
You knew there was going to be some Wings material and Band on the Run as well as Live and Let Die were going to light the crowd up. There was some Helter Skelter, Sergeant Pepper as well as Blackbird and a tribute to George Harrison with Something that began on George's old ukulele.
You knew there was going to be some Wings material and Band on the Run as well as Live and Let Die were going to light the crowd up. There was some Helter Skelter, Sergeant Pepper as well as Blackbird and a tribute to George Harrison with Something that began on George's old ukulele.
I'm not going to list all the songs as we were entertained with a 40 song setlist; he had the WA Police Pipe Band on stage for Mull of Kintyre with bagpipes as part of the 8 song encore. We had an on-stage proposal and a whole bunch of fabulous stories between songs, this was a fantastic Saturday night and I am glad I was a part of it.
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