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Thursday, July 26, 2018

Secret gig at The Cavern Club

Concert • By Paul McCartney

Last updated on April 5, 2021

This exclusive show at the Cavern in Liverpool, 19 years after his last concert there, was announced by Paul the day before, when he was interviewed by Jarvis Cocker at LIPA (Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts):

We are playing at the Echo Arena in December but we also have tomorrow. We have a little secret gig somewhere in Liverpool – I’m not kidding you Jarvis.

Paul McCartney

But the details to get free tickets were only announced on the D-Day, on paulmccartney.com:

Paul McCartney will play at The Cavern today at 2pm. Space is EXTREMELY limited. Tickets will be made available for free from the Echo Arena Box Office from 10am this morning on a first come, first served basis. Tickets are strictly limited to one per-person and photo ID will need to be shown at the Box Office. Lucky fans will be issued with a wristband and a personalised printed ticket.

For entrance into The Cavern you will need photo ID, the wristband and personalised ticket. Tickets are non-transferable and void if transferred. No tickets will be available from The Cavern.

The queue for entrance into The Cavern will open at 12 noon. Doors scheduled to open at 1PM. All times are approximate and subject to change.

No under 16s allowed.

From bbc.com, July 26, 2018:

[…] Around 250 people crammed into a sweaty Cavern to hear the 28-song set. The set list ranged from classics he performed when the Beatles started out at the Liverpool venue in the early 1960s to songs from his new solo album.

Coming back here is pretty amazing for me,” the 76-year-old told the crowd.

He skirted over the fact that the original Cavern was filled with rubble in 1973 and the venue for Thursday’s show was a more modern live room attached to a replica Cavern that was built nearby. “Imagine this for me – all these years ago when we played the Cavern we didn’t know if we’d have any future,” he said. “But we did OK.” […] Sir Paul greeted the crowd by adapting the lyrics from the song Michelle: “Liverpool! Cavern! These are words that go together well.

After an introductory jam, he launched into “the song that got me in The Beatles” – Eddie Cochrane’s Twenty Flight Rock, which Sir Paul played as his audition for John Lennon in 1957. However, he stopped the song halfway through and showed a rare bad mood when he berated the crowd for filming and taking pictures on their phones. “I think you’ve all been told not to take photos,” he said. “And you’re taking them, and you’re taking them, and I don’t want to get put off, and you’re putting me off.” One fan was ejected for filming during the opening jam, even before Sir Paul had made his plea. […]

After finishing the song, he explained further: “The phone thing – I went to a Prince concert and he really was serious about that, he wouldn’t start, you know. Put ‘em down! You know what I’m saying?“.

The concert was filmed by director Paul Dugdale. It was first broadcast by BBC One on Christmas Day 2020.

From Twitter – Paul is back @cavernliverpool! Excitement levels? #EgyptStation #PaulMcCartney
From Twitter – It was fabulous and brought back loads of beautiful memories and reminded me of where we started @cavernliverpool #PaulMcCartney #EgyptStation
From Twitter – Paul returns to the @cavernliverpool. Thursday 26th July #EgyptStation
From paulmccartney.com – A packed Cavern Club saw Paul return to the stage. July 2018.
From Twitter – We’re going to see Paul McCartney!! ?
From Instagram – Couple of snaps of uncle P in Liverpool this week. Pic @sonnymccartney #paulmccartney #liverpool
From Instagram – Couple of snaps of uncle P in Liverpool this week. Pic @sonnymccartney #paulmccartney #liverpool
From Twitter – Rusty Anderson : Soundcheck at The Cavern #cavernclub

The Cavern Club

This was the 282nd concert played at The Cavern Club.

A total of 282 concerts have been played there • 1958Jan 241961Feb 9 (Lunchtime)Feb 21 (Lunchtime)Feb 28 (Lunchtime)Mar 6 (Lunchtime)Mar 8 (Lunchtime)Mar 10 (Lunchtime)Mar 13 (Lunchtime)Mar 14 (Lunchtime)Mar 15 (Lunchtime)Mar 16Mar 20 (Lunchtime)Mar 21 (Evening)Mar 22 (Lunchtime)Mar 24 (Lunchtime)Jul 14 (Lunchtime)Jul 14 (Evening)Jul 17 (Lunchtime)Jul 19 (Evening)Jul 19 (Lunchtime)Jul 21 (Lunchtime)Jul 25 (Lunchtime)Jul 25 (Evening)Jul 26 (Evening)Jul 27 (Lunchtime)Jul 31 (Lunchtime)Aug 2 (Evening)Aug 2 (Lunchtime)Aug 4 (Lunchtime)Aug 5 (Evening)Aug 8 (Lunchtime)Aug 9 (Evening)Aug 10 (Lunchtime)Aug 11 (Evening)Aug 14 (Lunchtime)Aug 16 (Evening)Aug 18 (Lunchtime)Aug 21 (Lunchtime)Aug 23 (Lunchtime)Aug 23 (Evening)Aug 25 (Lunchtime)Aug 28 (Lunchtime)Aug 29 (Lunchtime)Aug 30 (Evening)Sep 1 (Lunchtime)Sep 1 (Evening)Sep 5 (Lunchtime)Sep 6 (Evening)Sep 7 (Lunchtime)Sep 11 (Lunchtime)Sep 13 (Lunchtime)Sep 13 (Evening)Sep 15 (Lunchtime)Sep 19 (Lunchtime)Sep 20 (Evening)Sep 21 (Lunchtime)Sep 25 (Lunchtime)Sep 27 (Evening)Sep 27 (Lunchtime)Sep 29 (Lunchtime)Oct 18 (Lunchtime)Oct 18 (Evening)Oct 20 (Lunchtime)Oct 21 (Evening)Oct 24 (Lunchtime)Oct 25 (Evening)Oct 26 (Lunchtime)Oct 30 (Lunchtime)Nov 1 (Evening)Nov 1 (Lunchtime)Nov 3 (Lunchtime)Nov 4 (Evening)Nov 7 (Evening)Nov 7 (Lunchtime)Nov 8 (Evening)Nov 9 (Lunchtime)Nov 13 (Lunchtime)Nov 14 (Evening)Nov 15 (Evening)Nov 15 (Lunchtime)Nov 17 (Lunchtime)Nov 18 (Evening)Nov 21 (Lunchtime)Nov 22 (Evening)Nov 23 (Lunchtime)Nov 27 (Lunchtime)Nov 29 (Evening)Nov 29 (Lunchtime)Dec 1 (Lunchtime)Dec 2 (Evening)Dec 5 (Lunchtime)Dec 6 (Evening)Dec 8 (Lunchtime)Dec 11 (Lunchtime)Dec 13 (Night)Dec 13 (Lunchtime)Dec 15 (Lunchtime)Dec 16 (Evening)Dec 18 (Lunchtime)Dec 19 (Lunchtime)Dec 20 (Evening)Dec 21 (Lunchtime)Dec 23 (Evening)Dec 27 (Evening)Dec 29 (Evening)Dec 30 (Evening)1962Jan 3 (Evening)Jan 3 (Lunchtime)Jan 5 (Lunchtime)Jan 6 (Evening)Jan 9 (Lunchtime)Jan 10 (Evening)Jan 11 (Lunchtime)Jan 12 (Evening)Jan 15 (Lunchtime)Jan 17 (Evening)Jan 17 (Lunchtime)Jan 19 (Lunchtime)Jan 20 (Evening)Jan 22 (Lunchtime)Jan 24 (Evening)Jan 24 (Lunchtime)Jan 26 (Lunchtime)Jan 26 (Evening)Jan 30 (Lunchtime)Jan 31 (Evening)Feb 1 (Lunchtime)Feb 3 (Evening)Feb 5 (Lunchtime)Feb 7 (Lunchtime)Feb 7 (Evening)Feb 9 (Lunchtime)Feb 9 (Evening)Feb 13 (Lunchtime)Feb 14 (Evening)Feb 15 (Lunchtime)Feb 17 (Evening)Feb 19 (Lunchtime)Feb 21 (Lunchtime)Feb 21 (Evening)Feb 23 (Lunchtime)Feb 24 (Evening)Feb 27 (Lunchtime)Feb 28 (Evening)Mar 1 (Lunchtime)Mar 3 (Evening)Mar 5 (Lunchtime)Mar 6 (Evening)Mar 9 (Evening)Mar 9 (Lunchtime)Mar 13 (Lunchtime)Mar 14 (Evening)Mar 15 (Lunchtime)Mar 16 (Evening)Mar 20 (Evening)Mar 21 (Lunchtime)Mar 22 (Evening)Mar 23 (Lunchtime)Mar 23 (Evening)Mar 26 (Lunchtime)Mar 28 (Lunchtime)Mar 28 (Evening)Mar 30 (Lunchtime)Mar 30 (Evening)Apr 2 (Lunchtime)Apr 4 (Lunchtime)Apr 4 (Evening)Apr 5 (Evening)Apr 6 (Lunchtime)Apr 7 (Evening)Jun 9 (Evening)Jun 12 (Evening)Jun 12 (Lunchtime)Jun 13 (Lunchtime)Jun 13 (Evening)Jun 15 (Evening)Jun 15 (Lunchtime)Jun 16 (Evening)Jun 19 (Lunchtime)Jun 19 (Evening)Jun 20 (Evening)Jun 20 (Lunchtime)Jun 22 (Evening)Jun 22 (Lunchtime)Jun 25 (Lunchtime)Jun 27 (Lunchtime)Jun 27 (Evening)Jun 29 (Lunchtime)Jul 1 (Evening)Jul 3 (Lunchtime)Jul 4 (Evening)Jul 8 (Evening)Jul 10 (Lunchtime)Jul 11 (Evening)Jul 12 (Lunchtime)Jul 15 (Evening)Jul 16 (Lunchtime)Jul 18 (Evening)Jul 18 (Lunchtime)Jul 20 (Lunchtime)Jul 22 (Evening)Jul 24 (Lunchtime)Jul 25 (Lunchtime)Jul 25 (Evening)Jul 28 (Evening)Jul 30 (Lunchtime)Aug 1 (Evening)Aug 1 (Lunchtime)Aug 5 (Evening)Aug 7 (Evening)Aug 7 (Lunchtime)Aug 9 (Lunchtime)Aug 12 (Evening)Aug 13 (Lunchtime)Aug 15 (Evening)Aug 15 (Lunchtime)Aug 19 (Evening)Aug 22 (Lunchtime)Aug 22 (Evening)Aug 24 (Lunchtime)Aug 26 (Evening)Aug 27Aug 28 (Evening)Aug 30 (Lunchtime)Sep 2 (Evening)Sep 3 (Lunchtime)Sep 5 (Evening)Sep 6 (Lunchtime)Sep 9 (Evening)Sep 10 (Lunchtime)Sep 12 (Evening)Sep 13 (Lunchtime)Sep 16 (Evening)Sep 17 (Lunchtime)Sep 19 (Evening)Sep 20 (Lunchtime)Sep 23 (Evening)Sep 26 (Lunchtime)Sep 26 (Evening)Sep 28 (Lunchtime)Sep 30 (Evening)Oct 2 (Lunchtime)Oct 3 (Evening)Oct 4 (Lunchtime)Oct 7 (Evening)Oct 10 (Evening)Oct 10 (Lunchtime)Oct 12 (Lunchtime)Oct 13 (Evening)Oct 17 (Lunchtime)Oct 17 (Evening)Oct 19 (Lunchtime)Oct 21 (Evening)Oct 26 (Lunchtime)Nov 18 (Evening)Nov 19 (Lunchtime)Nov 21 (Evening)Nov 21 (Lunchtime)Nov 25 (Evening)Nov 28 (Evening)Nov 30 (Lunchtime)Dec 5 (Evening)Dec 5 (Lunchtime)Dec 7 (Lunchtime)Dec 9 (Evening)Dec 10 (Lunchtime)Dec 12 (Lunchtime)Dec 12 (Evening)Dec 16 (Evening)1963Jan 11Jan 17Jan 20Jan 23Jan 30Jan 31Feb 3Feb 4Feb 19Apr 12Aug 31999Dec 142018Jul 26

Setlist for the concert

  1. Band Jam

  2. Magical Mystery Tour

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Cavern Club 2018

  3. All My Loving

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Cavern Club 2018

  4. I've Got a Feeling

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Cavern Club 2018

  5. My Valentine

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Album Available on Cavern Club 2018

  6. Lady Madonna

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Cavern Club 2018

  7. Love Me Do

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Cavern Club 2018

  8. Who Cares

    Written by Paul McCartney

    Album Available on Cavern Club 2018

  9. Birthday

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Cavern Club 2018

  10. Get Back

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Cavern Club 2018

  11. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Cavern Club 2018

  12. Helter Skelter

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    Album Available on Cavern Club 2018

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