Saturday, April 21, 1990
Rio de Janeiro
Concert • By Paul McCartney • Part of the The Paul McCartney World Tour
Last updated on August 12, 2019
Saturday, April 21, 1990
Concert • By Paul McCartney • Part of the The Paul McCartney World Tour
Last updated on August 12, 2019
Concert Apr 15, 1990 • USA • Miami
Concert Apr 20, 1990 • Brazil • Rio de Janeiro
Concert Apr 21, 1990 • Brazil • Rio de Janeiro
Interview May 1990 • Paul McCartney interview for Musician
Radio show Jun 13, 1990 • The Steven Wright show
Next concert Jun 23, 1990 • UK • Glasgow
The Maracana Stadium in the 90s: that has to be a special show. We know all the stories — the rain, rain, rain, go away, come another washing day. [A hurricane struck Rio, flooding the stadium; the Brazilians said the show would have to be cancelled but Paul insisted ‘the rain will stop’. The weather forecasters said the driving rain would not stop. At 9.40 pm, as Paul prepared to lead the band on stage, the rain stopped.] And there’s me saying ‘Don’t worry, it’ll stop.’ Then it did, 10 minutes before the show — and all my crew have been praying to me ever since! There were 184,000 people in the audience, which set a new world record — although we suspect there were more because there were 5,000 people behind the stage, who couldn’t see anything except me getting changed. Which was worth the ticket for that. And, apparently, there were people doing rude things in the audience, which I still want to see the video of. All of that: the footballers getting mad at us for ruining their pitch. But a big record, which still stands. A great show — people say to me ‘Weren’t you nervous?’ But because we’d been on tour so long by then, we knew it although I must admit that Wix and Robbie did have two brandies before they went on to steady their nerves. But I can’t do that, because I forget the words if I have a drink. So I just have a smell of theirs. Magnificent, great show.
Paul McCartney, in the 2003 Back To The World tour book – talking about his favorite gigs
This was the 2nd concert played at Maracana Stadium.
A total of 3 concerts have been played there • 1990 • Apr 20 • Apr 21• 2023 • Dec 16
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.
Long Jam Oh Yeah
Album Available on The Long And Winding Road
Album Available on Tripping The Live Fantastic - Ultimate Archive Collection
Album Available on The Long And Winding Road / C Moon
Album Available on Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights!
Album Available on The 7” Singles Box
Album Available on Rio 1990
Album Available on Tripping The Live Fantastic
Medley
Written by Paul McCartney, Declan MacManus / Elvis Costello
Album Available on Rio 1990
Encore
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