Friday, July 14, 1972
Wings’ concert in Lyon doesn’t happen
Last updated on August 2, 2023
Friday, July 14, 1972
Last updated on August 2, 2023
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On this day, according to the initial schedule of the “Wings Over Europe” summer tour, Wings was supposed to perform in Lyon, France. But the concert didn’t happen.
Lyon was on the original tour schedule attached, but the venue was never confirmed. Several other dates shifted, too. The Lyon concert was not cancelled due to poor sales, this is a long-running myth we bust in our upcoming book, The McCartney Legacy Volume 1: 1969-73.
From McCARTNEY LEGACY on Twitter, July 8, 2022
Strangely, this concert in Lyon would keep being mentioned on the official paulmccartney.com website, and in 2022, official merchandising celebrating the 50th anniversary of the “Wings Over Europe” tour still mentioned it.
The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969 – 73
In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1: 1969-73 captures the life of Paul McCartney in the years immediately following the dissolution of the Beatles, a period in which McCartney recreated himself as both a man and a musician. Informed by hundreds of interviews, extensive ground up research, and thousands of never-before-seen documents THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1 is an in depth, revealing exploration of McCartney’s creative and personal lives beyond the Beatles.
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