Paris

What was the last big mistake you made onstage?

I don’t remember the last one. But I had a show in Paris where I started off with the second verse of “Penny Lane” instead of the first. It should have been “a barber showing photographs.” So I thought, “I’ll swap the verses – do verse two, then verse one and we’ll go into the middle bit.” But the band correctly thought, “He skipped verse one – we’ll go into the middle.”

It was a car crash in Penny Lane. I had to go, “Stop, stop. We’ve totally screwed it up. We’re gonna start again.” The audience went wild. A friend, Cilla Black, who just passed away, came to me after the show: “I loved that bit. Do you do it every night?”

Paul McCartney – Interview with RollingStone, August 10, 2016

Just before I did the very first show [around 2014?], so I have to name-drop here, heavily, I had a phone call from Paul McCartney and he wanted me to come in and work with him, and I said “yeah but I think I wanted to go and do this show, go and play with my band, but I have really bad stage fright, so you might be just saving me here by offering me, you know, a project I can’t say no to.” He said, “Oh stage fright, I had terrible stage fright, you know.” He didn’t play for three years or so and then he did a show in Paris, and I don’t know which song it was, but he was playing the bridge when he was supposed to play the second verse, but he knew that his band was going to be knowing that he was making a mistake and they were going to go to the bridge when it was supposed to be the bridge as opposed to going to the chorus, but, no, they went to the chorus, so he just went “stop, stop, stop, stop” and the audience went wild and they just loved it, and afterward Cilla Black said to him, “Paul, that was amazing, do you do that every night?” and he said, “you know, that’s the thing, you know, they’re on your side”. So he really sort of helped me by going “they’re on your side, just talk to them.” Show your vulnerability, show who you are. And I think that was the best advice I got and that wasn’t a bad chap to get good advice from.

Hans Zimmer – Interview with Rick Beato, March 14, 2025

Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

This was the 1st concert played at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy.

A total of 3 concerts have been played there • 1993 • Oct 13• Oct 14 • 2009 • Dec 10

Setlist for the soundcheck

1. Oh Mama Eh Papa

   Written by Paul McCartney

   Album Available on Welcome To Soundcheck 1993

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

   Album Available on Paul Is Live - Ultimate Archive Collection

2. Island In The Sun

   Written by Harry Belafonte, Irving Burgie

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

3. Just Because

   Written by Bob Shelton, Joe Shelton, Sydney Robin

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

4. Matchbox

   Written by Carl Perkins

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

5. Jam

6. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying

   Written by Joe Greene

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

7. C Moon

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

8. Ain't That A Shame

   Written by Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

9. All My Loving

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Guitar break

10. Be Bop A Lula

    Written by Gene Vincent, Donald Graves, Bill Davis

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

11. Midnight Special (Prisoner's Song)

    Written by Traditional

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

12. Jam

13. Lucille

    Written by Richard Penniman / Little Richard, Albert Collins

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

14. Another Day

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

15. Summertime

    Written by George Gershwin

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

Setlist for the concert

1. Drive My Car

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

2. Coming Up

   Written by Paul McCartney

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

3. Looking For Changes

   Written by Paul McCartney

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

4. Jet

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

5. All My Loving

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

6. Let Me Roll It

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

7. Peace In The Neighbourhood

   Written by Paul McCartney

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

8. Off The Ground

   Written by Paul McCartney

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

9. Can't Buy Me Love

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

10. Robbie's Bit

    Written by Robbie McIntosh

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

11. Good Rockin' Tonight

    Written by Roy Brown

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

12. We Can Work It Out

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

13. I Lost My Little Girl

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

14. Ain't No Sunshine

    Written by Bill Withers

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

15. Hope Of Deliverance

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

16. Michelle

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

17. Biker Like An Icon

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

18. Here, There And Everywhere

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

19. Yesterday

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

20. My Love

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

21. Lady Madonna

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

22. C'mon People

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

23. Magical Mystery Tour

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

24. Let It Be

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

25. Live And Let Die

    Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

26. Paperback Writer

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

27. Back In The U.S.S.R.

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

28. Penny Lane

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

29. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

30. Encore

1. Band On The Run

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

2. I Saw Her Standing There

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

3. O Sole Mio Snippet

   Written by Eduardo di Capua, Giovanni Capurro

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

4. Hey Jude

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   Album Available on Paris Bercy 1993

See song statistics for “The New World Tour”