Stockholm • Monday, August 7, 1972

ConcertBy Wings • Part of the Second leg of the Wings Over Europe Tour
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Country:
Sweden
City:
Stockholm
Location:
Grona Lund

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From Twitter – Paul takes a break during the Wings Over Europe tour in Stockholm, 1972
From Meet the Beatles for Real: Paul in Sweden ’72

Beatlemania returned in August 1972 when Paul and Wings played in Stockholm.  He drew the biggest ever crowd to a pop concert in Sweden:  30,000!  It was at the open-air Tivoli gardens.  the biggest crowd before Paul, was in 1969 when 16,000 came to see Jimi Hendrix, Paul drew almost twice as many but there were a bit too many.   You see the capacity for the place is 20,000 and many people got crushed, hurt and fainted.  The show though was a great success, especially when Paul as an encore said, “an old number form the concert with my old pals” and then sang “Long Tall Sally!”  Me and my friends in the front row could not believe our ears and eyes, just like in the old days.  Paul was better than ever also on “Maybe I’m Amazed,” and “I’m your singer.”   If only the rhythm guitarist had been a Mr. Lennon, the drummer Mr. Starr and the lead guitar Mr. Harrison it would have been 100% perfect!  As you can see I’m a  Beatle-fanatic and it grows stronger each year it seems!

From Meet the Beatles for Real: Paul in Sweden ’72Another short memory from a fan that I found in the Aug/Sept 1975 issue of “the Write Thing”. This one was written by Carl Hallberg
From YES — Wings 1971–73 – The final book in the package is an exclusive Wings Over Europe photo book created to document Wings’ tour across Europe in 1972. It contains previously unseen images by Linda McCartney and Paul’s written memories of the tour. The cover of the book is hand screen-printed with a cloth bound spine. The book cover was inspired by the original flyer from the tour, which had Paul’s face and Allen Jones painting on it.

Last updated on April 16, 2023

Grona Lund

This was the 1st and only concert played at Grona Lund.

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.

Eat at Home

Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

Album Available on Gemeente Groningen 1972

Album Available on Wings Over Lund


2.

Smile Away

Written by Paul McCartney

Album Available on Wings Over Lund

Album Available on Gemeente Groningen 1972


3.

Bip Bop

Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

Album Available on Wings Over Lund

Album Available on Gemeente Groningen 1972


4.

Mumbo

Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

Album Available on Wings Over Lund

Album Available on Gemeente Groningen 1972


5.

1882

Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

Album Available on Wings Over Lund

Album Available on Gemeente Groningen 1972


6.

I Would Only Smile

Written by Denny Laine

Album Available on Wings Over Lund

Album Available on Gemeente Groningen 1972



8.

Blue Moon of Kentucky

Written by Bill Monroe

Album Available on Wings Over Lund

Album Available on Gemeente Groningen 1972


9.

The Mess

Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

Album Available on Wings Over Lund

Album Available on Gemeente Groningen 1972


Going further


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.

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Rolf Fahlén 4 years ago

This is not the correct setlist for the Concert at Gröna Lund in Stockolm. He started with Be Bop and then…



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