Rio de Janeiro

From the “New World Tour” tour book, remembering the 1989/90 tour:

Being there just made me think politically. A lot of our contacts there were political rather than artistic, so all the time I was there the subjects on my mind were the Amazon rainforest being cut down, the Earth summit where they had banquets and tons of meat was served and Bush wouldn’t sign the agreement. That’s what Brazil brings back to me.

Linda McCartney

Brazilian fans do keep you waiting. Come the day of the first gig we’d sold not that many tickets and there was this amazing capacity to fill. I was a bit, Oh my God! Because that’s a pet worry of mine. Having been in The Beatles, you really don’t fancy the idea of staring at rows of empty seats. If I’m not selling out I’ll start to feel like some past-it actor. But I think it was because of the weather. There was a tropical rainstorm, black and thundering for the previous two days.

The morning before the gig I did a press conference to plug the gig and, particularly, to talk about Chico Mendes (assassinated campaigner for Brazilian workers’ rights) — there’s a track on Flowers In The Dirt called How Many People which I’d dedicated to him. So there was a bit of a ceremonial, a meeting with Friends of the Earth and the new leaders of the rubber tappers in the aftermath of Chico’s death. We got that on the TV news.

One of the journalists said, What are you going to do about the weather, Paul? I gave it a straight face and said, It will clear up. Which sent them off giggling while they wrote their notes.

Paul McCartney

It didn’t seem like the show was going to happen. The guys putting the scaffolding up for the stage were risking their lives while we sat in the restaurant on the top floor of the hotel watching this huge storm roll in forever.

Hamish Stuart

And that evening, when it had been pissing down all day, ten minutes before we went on it stopped. Like, hallelujah. Jammy git! We had a blinder of a show. It was frightening before we went on, the sheer size of it, but we were played in, and once we hit the stage we were all right, it’s your home, your own little box, your own environment.

Paul McCartney

Rio really did hit me emotionally. I think I was caught up in the mass hysteria of it and feeling sympathy for the audience because of the oppression and poverty they were suffering.

Robbie McIntosh

What is your memory of that record-breaking 1990 concert?

I think the memory before the concert was the weather. Because like most people you go to Brazil, and you expect the weather to always be fantastic. But of course there’d be no plants if there was no water. And that week, there was a lot of water. It rained actually right up until we got on the stage. So my main memory was really just wondering whether we were going to even be able to play the show because of the rain, but we had faith. I said, “It’s going to be great.” and sure enough. it was. I did get a few reports that there were people making love in the audience, which I thought was rather nice. Except I just didn’t see!

Paul McCartney – From 2024 “Got Back” tour book interview

Maracana Stadium

This was the 1st concert played at Maracana Stadium.

A total of 3 concerts have been played there • 1990 • Apr 20• Apr 21 • 2023 • Dec 16

Setlist for the soundcheck

The setlist for this soundcheck 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. Mean Woman Blues

   Written by Claude Demetrius

   Album Available on Rio 1990

2. Improv "Welcome Everybody (To Rio By The Sea)"

3. Matchbox

   Written by Carl Perkins

   Album Available on Rio 1990

4. Just Because

   Written by Bob Shelton, Joe Shelton, Sydney Robin

   Album Available on Rio 1990

5. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying

   Written by Joe Greene

   Album Available on Rio 1990

6. C Moon

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

7. Improv "Love Me Do"

8. The Hustle

   Written by Van McCoy

   Album Available on Rio 1990

9. Improv "Look At All The Lonely People"

Setlist for the concert

1. Figure Of Eight

   Written by Paul McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

2. Jet

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

3. Got To Get You Into My Life

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

4. Rough Ride

   Written by Paul McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

5. Band On The Run

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

6. We Got Married

   Written by Paul McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

7. Let'Em In

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

8. The Long And Winding Road

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

9. The Fool On The Hill

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

10. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Rio 1990

11. Good Day Sunshine

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Rio 1990

12. Can't Buy Me Love

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Rio 1990

13. Medley

1. Put It There

   Written by Paul McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

2. Hello Goodbye

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

14. Things We Said Today

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Rio 1990

15. Eleanor Rigby

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Rio 1990

16. This One

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Album Available on Rio 1990

17. My Brave Face

    Written by Paul McCartney, Declan MacManus / Elvis Costello

    Album Available on Rio 1990

18. Back In The U.S.S.R.

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Rio 1990

19. I Saw Her Standing There

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Rio 1990

20. Coming Up

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Album Available on Rio 1990

21. Let It Be

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Rio 1990

22. Ain't That A Shame

    Written by Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew

    Album Available on Rio 1990

23. Live And Let Die

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

    Album Available on Rio 1990

24. Hey Jude

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Rio 1990

25. Encore

1. Yesterday

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

2. P.S. Love Me Do

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

3. Get Back

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

4. Golden Slumbers

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

5. Carry That Weight

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

6. The End

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

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