Rio de Janeiro

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

Maracana Stadium

This was the 2nd concert played at Maracana Stadium.

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

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. Long Jam Oh Yeah

2. Matchbox

   Written by Carl Perkins

   Album Available on Rio 1990

3. C Moon

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

4. The Grand Old Duke Of York

   Written by Traditional

   Album Available on Rio 1990

5. Leaning On A Lamp-post

   Written by Noel Gay

   Album Available on Rio 1990

6. We Got Married

   Written by Paul McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

Setlist for the concert

1. Figure Of Eight

   Written by Paul McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

2. Jet

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda 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 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 McCartney

   Album Available on Rio 1990

8. The Long And Winding Road

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   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

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 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 Birthday

   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

See song statistics for “The Paul McCartney World Tour”