Sunday, June 20, 2004
St. Petersburg
Concert • By Paul McCartney • Part of the 2004 Summer Tour
Last updated on September 26, 2022
Sunday, June 20, 2004
Concert • By Paul McCartney • Part of the 2004 Summer Tour
Last updated on September 26, 2022
Location: Palace Square
Concert Jun 14, 2004 • Norway • Oslo
Concert Jun 17, 2004 • Finland • Helsinki
Concert Jun 20, 2004 • Russia • St. Petersburg
Album Jun 22, 2004 • "Gettin' In Over My Head" by Brian Wilson released in the UK
Concert Jun 24, 2004 • France • Paris
From Can Paul McCartney control the weather? | Science | The Guardian, June 24, 2004:
Good Day Sunshine was never meant to be a statement of fact, but this weekend, Macca meant it. When his 3,000th concert in St Petersburg’s Palace Square was threatened by poor weather, his concert promoters promised that the sun would be shining by the time McCartney took to the stage.
A Moscow company, SAV Entertainments, arranged for three jets to streak over the pregnant skies, dumping vast quantities of dry ice, or frozen carbon dioxide, as they went. By doing so, they hoped to “lock” the rain into the clouds, ensuring a dry spell over the city.
According to McCartney’s spokesman, Geoff Baker, who was at the concert, the £20,000 plan worked a treat. “It was pissing down beforehand and then it became so sunny that Brian Ray, the guitarist, had to get one of his roadies to fetch his shades,” he says. […]
In practice, scientists are sceptical that such simple measures could take charge of the weather. One problem that has dogged research into cloud seeding for decades is that it’s so difficult to prove. “You can’t know what would have happened, whether it would have rained or not, if you hadn’t done anything,” says a Met Office spokesman. […]
This was the 1st and only concert played at Palace Square.
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