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Friday, August 11, 1972

Lund

Concert • By Wings • Part of the Second leg of the Wings Over Europe Tour

Last updated on February 18, 2024

Details

  • Country: Sweden
  • City: Lund
  • Location: Olympen

Location

  • Location: Olympen

Timeline

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From Wikipedia:

Olympen was a music venue located in Lund, Sweden. It had a capacity of 2,500 and hosted many famous artists from 1971 to 2009. A partial list of performers include Alice Cooper, Steppenwolf, Queen, Faces, Paul McCartney and Wings, Kiss, ABBA, Neil Young, Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, Depeche Mode, Frank Zappa, Santana and Metallica. The facility was remodeled into a gym in 2011.

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Olympen

This was the 1st and only concert played at Olympen.

Setlist for the concert

  1. Eat At home

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  2. smile away

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  3. Bip Bop

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  4. Mumbo

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  5. 1882

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  6. I Would Only Smile

    Written by Denny Laine

    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

  8. Blue Moon of Kentucky

    Written by Bill Monroe

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  9. The Mess

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  10. Best Friend

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  11. Soily

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  12. I Am Your Singer

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  13. Seaside Woman

    Written by Linda McCartney

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  14. Henry's Blues

    Written by Henry McCullough

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  15. Say You Don't Mind

    Written by Denny Laine

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  16. Wild Life

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  17. Mary Had a Little Lamb

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  18. My Love

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  19. Maybe I'm Amazed

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  20. Hi, Hi, Hi

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    Album Available on Wings Over Lund

  21. Encore

    1. Long Tall Sally

      Written by Richard Penniman / Little Richard, Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell

      Album Available on Wings Over Lund

See song statistics for “Wings Over Europe Tour”

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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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Stefan Pehrson • 5 months ago

Thanks for this great site!

The name of this venue was actually Olympen, not 'Olympean'.

The -en ending is the definite form, equivalent to the 'the' article in English.

So it means The Olymp.

It was turned into a gym in 2011.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympen

The PaulMcCartney Project • 5 months ago

Thanks Stefan, I will get this fixed!

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