Stockholm

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 ’72 – Another 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

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 Wings Over Lund

   Album Available on Gemeente Groningen 1972

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 Gemeente Groningen 1972

   Album Available on Wings Over Lund

6. I Would Only Smile

   Written by Denny Laine

   Album Available on Gemeente Groningen 1972

   Album Available on Wings Over Lund

7. Give Ireland Back to the Irish

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

   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

See song statistics for “Wings Over Europe Tour”

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