Birmingham

From Club Sandwich, N°17, 1980:

[…] Wings at Birmingham Odeon. Birmingham, the original home territory of some of Britain’s most exciting music and musicians. Samples? Traffic, The Move, half of Led Zeppelin, and of course the first edition Moodie Blues 1904, once one of Britain’s most pungent r ‘n’ b outfits. R ‘n’ b? What’s the man on about? Examples you want, huh? Check out the band’s first LP, ‘The Magnificent Moodies’. It’s rough and ready and real like their interpretation of Sonny Boy Williamson’s ‘Bye Bye Bird’. ‘Go Now’ you know, but what about the band’s evolution to fine singles like ‘Boulevard de la Madeleine? That voice, that evocative voice, that man called Denny Laine.

Denny’s come forward a great deal in Wings. Linda’s contribution is far from recognised, Laurence is a guitarist I heard grow from gig to gig; Steve, too. But Denny… Whether or not Paul and Linda have needed to feed him confidence, to bring him forward, whatever, Denny is their ideal catalyst too.

[…] Birmingham Odeon and here, there and everywhere: Paul is alone onstage, just his acoustic guitar and voice and a song he wrote called ‘Scrambled Eggs’. Paul’s changed the words since and as he sings ‘Yesterday’… Oooh, magic. Sad yet uplifting, a hurt painted optimistic. Magic. Yes.

The McCartney’s seem so normal. Or perhaps not. To go through that Beatle craziness, one could argue that Paul is weird. Weird because he isn’t cracked, isn’t wounded, isn’t a casualty. Weird because he and Linda are so madly in love, weird because he and his lady can lead a family life as mum and dad and yet control

the enormous success that is Wings. If someone was to offer me conclusive proof that Mr and Mrs McCartney were not a happy couple, not for one moment would I believe them?

And yet — one might even wonder if there’s some hidden secret darkness beyond public visibility. Perhaps every full moon Paul and Linda turn into werewolves and cause terror and mayhem.

No way. How do I know? Because I would have bumped into them on my own lunar travels.

B.P. Fallon, Wings On Tour approximately or: Thoughts to myself

Odeon Cinema

This was the 4th concert played at Odeon Cinema.

A total of 4 concerts have been played there • 1964 • Oct 11 • 1965 • Dec 9 • 1973 • Jul 6 • 1979 • Dec 12

Setlist for the concert

1. Got To Get You Into My Life

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

2. Getting Closer

   Written by Paul McCartney

3. Every Night

   Written by Paul McCartney

4. Again And Again And Again

   Written by Denny Laine

5. I've Had Enough

   Written by Paul McCartney

6. No Words

   Written by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine

7. Cook Of The House

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

8. Old Siam, Sir

   Written by Paul McCartney

9. Maybe I'm Amazed

   Written by Paul McCartney

10. The Fool On The Hill

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

11. Let it be

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

12. Hot As Sun

    Written by Paul McCartney

13. Spin It On

    Written by Paul McCartney

14. Twenty Flight Rock

    Written by Eddie Cochran, Ned Fairchild

15. Go Now

    Written by Larry Banks, Milton Bennett

16. Arrow Through Me

    Written by Paul McCartney

17. Wonderful Christmastime

    Written by Paul McCartney

18. Coming Up

    Written by Paul McCartney

19. Goodnight Tonight

    Written by Paul McCartney

20. Yesterday

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

21. Mull Of Kintyre

    Written by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine

22. Band On The Run

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

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