- Country:
- United Kingdom
- City:
- Manchester
- Location:
- Salford University
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This was the eighth show of Wing’s University Tour. It took place at the Salford University near Manchester.
We had a big hall where a play was being produced and they were afraid the scenery would fall on us. We just missed a blackout that time.
Paul McCartney – From the “Wings Over Europe” tour book
This concert was on a Friday and Wings would break for the weekend. Their next concert would be in Birmingham, on February 21.
The next day we stayed with my Dad in Liverpool. No one was at the University because it was Sunday, so we gave it a miss.
Paul McCartney – From the “Wings Over Europe” tour book
About the setlist
The exact setlist for this concert (and for most of the concerts of the Wings’ university tour) is unknown. Only two audience recordings surfaced on bootlegs (one for the first concert of the tour, in Nottingham, on February 9, 1971; the other one for the concert in Hull, on February 11, 1971), even if all the concerts had been taped by the band.
The gigs were pretty much the same. We taped them all.
Denny Laine
We didn’t have many songs. To be precise, we had eleven, which – at about three minutes a song – is a 33 minute act. They wanted longer so we repeated things. ‘We’ve had a request to do Lucille. We did it earlier but now we’re gonna do it again for Jenny Babford on the science course’. Whatever. We just repeated things, especially our new single Give Ireland Back to the Irish. The gigs went quite well but it’s funny to look back and realise that we had such little material.
Paul McCartney – From “Wingspan: Paul McCartney’s Band on the Run“
The setlists were a mix of new songs, oldies and some blues jams. Paul McCartney made sure to not play any Beatles song. It’s likely the setlist of this concert was similar to this:
- Lucille
- Give Ireland Back To The Irish
- Blue Moon Of Kentucky
- Seaside Woman
- Thank You Darling
- You’ve Got To Help Me Darlin’
- Some People Never Know
- The Mess
- Bip Bop
- Henry’s Blues
- Smile Away
- My Love
- Wild Life
- Long Tall Sally
Last updated on May 1, 2022
Salford University
This was the 1st and only concert played at Salford University.
Setlist for the concert
The setlist for this concert is incomplete, or we have not be able to confirm in an accurate way that this was the setlist. If you have any clue, pls let us know and leave a comment.
1.
Written by Richard Penniman / Little Richard, Albert Collins
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3.
Written by Bill Monroe
4.
Written by Linda McCartney
5.
Help Me Darling
6.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
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Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
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Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
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Say Darling
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Written by Paul McCartney
11.
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
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Written by Henry McCullough
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Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
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Wings Live - On tour in the 70s
This is the first detailed study of Paul McCartney's Wings on tour in the 1970s. It covers every single concert from the University Tour of 1972, ending with the abandoned tour of Japan in January 1980. A wide variety of primary sources have been consulted, including all available audio and video recordings; press reviews; fan recollections; newspaper reports and tour programmes.
Maccazine - Volume 47, Issue 1 - The birth of Wings
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"In this issue we take you back to the early days of Paul McCartney’s solo career when he decided to form a new group. With Wings he proved there was life after The Beatles. This Maccazine features a detailed timeline of ‘the birth’ of the band with interesting entries including many new facts and unpublished photos. Follow-up timelines will be published in the upcoming years."
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These pics are from the 1979 UK tour (Yamaha bass...Laurence Juber...)
Thanks René. You are right, I've been fooled by the description - fixing this !
Hi, I'm Evan Hurst, a Project Assistant at the University of Salford. I'm currently researching the universities musical history with the intention of creating a digital online collection, and have just come across your page. If you have any more information about the Salford concert/ University Tour I'd love to speak to you! You can contact me here e.hurst1@salford.ac.uk, thank you.