Timeline • Day by day

Activism • ATV • Censorship • Drugs • Events cancelled • Höfner Bass • Holidays • John Lennon after The Beatles • Legal actions • MPL Communications • Northern Songs • Paul McCartney's lost Höfner bass • Pets and animals • Photo session • Political actions • Wings Fun Club

1972 highlights

January

Interview with WRKO (interview)
Jan 13, 1972
Love Is Strange / I Am Your Singer
By Wings
Jan 14, 1972 • Released in the UK
Rehearsals at The Scotch of St James club
January 17-28, 1972
Henry McCullough joins Wings
Jan 20, 1972
Interview for BBC Radio 1 (interview)
Jan 22, 1972
Paul Adds a Wing (interview)
Jan 29, 1972
McCartney's New Man (interview)
Jan 29, 1972
Henry Gets His Wings (interview)
Jan 29, 1972
Paul and Linda meet John and Yoko in New York
January 29-31, 1972
Interview for KHJ (interview)
Jan 30, 1972
Bloody Sunday
Jan 30, 1972

February

Recording "Give Ireland Back To The Irish"
Feb 01, 1972
ICA Rehearsals (film)
For Wings
Filming date: February 02-07, 1972
Rehearsals at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
February 02-07, 1972
Mixing "Give Ireland Back To The Irish"
Feb 03, 1972
Mixing "Give Ireland Back To The Irish"
Feb 04, 1972
John and Yoko send a telegraph to Paul and Linda to play a benefit concert
Feb 07, 1972
Wings departs for their University Tour
Feb 08, 1972
UK • Nottingham • Lunchtime
Feb 09, 1972
UK • York
Feb 10, 1972
"Give Ireland Back To The Irish" banned
Feb 10, 1972
UK • Hull
Feb 11, 1972
Interview for Radio Luxembourg (interview)
Feb 12, 1972
Paul's Protest (interview)
Feb 12, 1972
Paul On The Wing (interview)
Feb 12, 1972
Wings take a day off from their university tour
Feb 12, 1972
UK • Newcastle upon Tyne
Feb 13, 1972
UK • Lancaster
Feb 14, 1972
Wings take a second day off from their university tour
Feb 15, 1972
Interview for Radio Leeds (interview)
Feb 16, 1972
UK • Leeds
Feb 16, 1972
UK • Sheffield
Feb 17, 1972
Paul McCartney wins against Northern Songs
Feb 17, 1972
Interview for Radio Sheffield (interview)
Feb 18, 1972
UK • Manchester
Feb 18, 1972
Give Ireland Back To The Irish
By Wings
Feb 19, 1972 • Released in the US
UK • Birmingham
Feb 21, 1972
UK • Swansea
Feb 22, 1972
UK • Oxford
Feb 23, 1972
Give Ireland Back To The Irish
By Wings
Feb 25, 1972 • Released in the UK
Bird On The Wings (interview)
Feb 26, 1972

March

Recording "Big Barn Bed"
Mar 06, 1972
Interview with ABC News (interview)
March 1972
"Give Ireland Back To The Irish" rehearsals
Mar 07, 1972
Recording "When The Night"
Mar 07, 1972
Give Ireland Back To The Irish (Rehearsal) (film)
2018 • For Wings
Filming date: Mar 07, 1972
Recording "The Mess"
Mar 08, 1972
Recording "Single Pigeon"
Mar 09, 1972
Recording "Tragedy"
Mar 13, 1972
Recording "Mama's Little Girl"
Mar 14, 1972
The Beatles win the Grammy Trustee Award
Mar 14, 1972
Recording "Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)"
Mar 15, 1972
"Red Rose Speedway" sessions at Olympic Studios
Mar 19 - Apr 04, 1972
Recording "Seaside Woman"
Mar 20, 1972
Recording "I Would Only Smile"
Mar 22, 1972
Recording "Thank You Darling"
Mar 23, 1972
Recording "Mary Had A Little Lamb"
Mar 27, 1972
McCartney Productions Ltd. publish its results
Mar 31, 1972
The Beatles' Fan Club closes
Mar 31, 1972

April

The McCartney Interview (interview)
Apr 08, 1972
Ads published in Sounds Magazine to launch a Paul McCartney fan club
April 20 - July 22, 1972

May

Wings First Flight (interview)
May / June 1972 ?
Mary Had A Little Lamb / Little Woman Love (UK)
By Wings
May 12, 1972 • Released in the UK
Top Of The Pops
May 25, 1972
Mary Had A Little Lamb / Little Woman Love (UK)
By Wings
May 29, 1972 • Released in the US

June

Wings' Summer tour announced
June 1972
Mary Had A Little Lamb (Desert version) (film)
2018 • For Wings
Filming date: Jun 06, 1972 ?
Mary Had A Little Lamb (Psychedelic version) (film)
1972 • For Wings
Filming date: Jun 06, 1972 ?
Mary Had A Little Lamb (Countryside version) (film)
1972 • For Wings
Filming date: Jun 06, 1972 ?
Mary Had A Little Lamb (Barn version) (film)
1972 • For Wings
Filming date: Jun 06, 1972 ?
Paul McCartney signs co-publishing deal with ATV
Jun 10, 1972
Spanish holidays for the McCartney family, and Wings
Mid-June to June 25, 1972
Mary Had A Little Lamb (Countryside version) (film)
1972 • For Wings
Release date: Jun 24, 1972
"Mary Had A Little Lamb"(Countryside version) broadcast on UK TV
Jun 24, 1972
Mary Had A Little Lamb (Barn version) (film)
1972 • For Wings
Release date: Jun 29, 1972
“Mary Had A Little Lamb” (Barn version) broadcast on UK TV
Jun 29, 1972

July

Wings invited to festival in Verona
July 1972
Rehearsals for "Wings Over Europe" tour
Late June to July 6, 1972
Wings travel to Marseille to start its "Wings Over Europe" tour
Jul 08, 1972
Chateauvallon Interview (interview)
Jul 09, 1972
France • Ollioules
Jul 09, 1972
France • Juan-les-Pins
Jul 12, 1972
France • Arles
Jul 13, 1972
McCartney's Circus (interview)
Jul 14, 1972
Wings' concert in Lyon doesn't happen
Jul 14, 1972
Wings On Wheels (interview)
Jul 15, 1972
McCartney getting ready for criticism (interview)
Jul 15, 1972
Wings: just a road band (interview)
Jul 15, 1972
Winged Beatle (interview)
Jul 15, 1972
France • Paris • Evening show
Jul 16, 1972
France • Paris • Afternoon show
Jul 16, 1972
Germany • Munich
Jul 18, 1972
Germany • Frankfurt
Jul 19, 1972
Switzerland • Zurich
Jul 21, 1972
Linda: 'Quit The Band! I've Just Joined' (interview)
Jul 22, 1972
Switzerland • Montreux
Jul 22, 1972
Interview with Record Mirror (interview)
Jul 29, 1972

August

Denmark • Copenhagen
Aug 01, 1972
Paul McCartney considered for a guest role in Twiggy's film musical
August 1972
Finland • Helsinki
Aug 04, 1972
Finland • Turku
Aug 05, 1972
Sweden • Stockholm
Aug 07, 1972
Sweden • Orebro
Aug 08, 1972
Norway • Oslo
Aug 09, 1972
Sweden • Gothenburg
Aug 10, 1972
Paul & Linda McCartney & Denny Seiwell arrested for drug possession
Aug 10, 1972
Sweden • Lund
Aug 11, 1972
Denny Laine of Wings talks to Record Mirror (interview)
Aug 12, 1972
Denmark • Odense
Aug 13, 1972
Denmark • Aarhus
Aug 14, 1972
Germany • Düsseldorf
Aug 16, 1972
Netherlands • Rotterdam
Aug 17, 1972
Netherlands • Groningen
Aug 19, 1972
Netherlands • Amsterdam
Aug 20, 1972
Netherlands • The Hague
Aug 21, 1972
Belgium • Antwerp
Aug 22, 1972
Germany • Berlin
Aug 24, 1972
Wings Gain Strength (interview)
Aug 26, 1972
Interview for Rolling Stone (interview)
Aug 31, 1972

September

Interview for EXTRA (interview)
September 1972
Recording "C Moon"
Sep 02, 1972
Red Rose Speedway sessions at EMI Studios, Abbey Road
September 1972 - January 1973
Recording "Hold Me Tight"
Sep 15, 1972
Recording "Lazy Dynamite"
Sep 16, 1972
Cannabis plants found in Paul McCartney's Scottish farm
Sep 19, 1972
Recording "Hi, Hi, Hi"
Sep 18 - Sep 20, 1972
Recording "Country Dreamer"
Sep 26, 1972
Recording "Night Out"
Sep 28, 1972
Recording "Bridge On The River Suite", "One More Kiss"
Sep 29, 1972
Recording "One More Kiss"
Sep 30, 1972

October

Recording backing vocals for "Money"
Late 1972
Recording "Hands Of Love"
Oct 01, 1972
Martha gives birth to eight pups
Oct 01, 1972
Recording "Power Cut"
Oct 03, 1972
Paul McCartney's 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass is stolen
Oct 10, 1972
Paul McCartney appeals for the return of a stolen guitar
Oct 11, 1972
Mary Had A Little Lamb (Psychedelic version) (film)
1972 • For Wings
Release date: Oct 12, 1972
"Mary Had A Little Lamb" (Psychedelic version) broadcast on US TV
Oct 12, 1972
Overdubs for "Night Owl"
Oct 18, 1972
Recording "Live And Let Die" #1
Oct 19, 1972
Recording "Live And Let Die" #2
Oct 20, 1972
Mixing "Live And Let Die"
Oct 21, 1972
Wings And Things (interview)
Oct 28, 1972
No Secrets
By Carly Simon
Oct 28, 1972 • Released in the US

November

Francie Schwartz publishes her autobiography "Body Count"
November 1972
Mixing "Hi, Hi, Hi"
Nov 06, 1972
Mixing "C Moon"
Nov 07, 1972
Mixing "Best Friend"
Nov 12, 1972
Recording "1882"
Nov 13, 1972
Photo shoot with Robert Ellis
Nov 14, 1972
Those Were The Days
By Mary Hopkin
Nov 24, 1972 • Released in the UK
C Moon (film)
Filming date: Nov 25, 1972
Recording "Jazz Street"
Nov 27, 1972
"Hi, Hi, Hi" lunchtime party
Nov 30, 1972

December

Hi, Hi, Hi / C Moon
By Wings
Dec 01, 1972 • Released in the UK
Mixing "1882", "Jazz Street"
December 1972
Wings Fun Club announced
Late 1972
"Hi, Hi, Hi" banned by the BBC
Dec 01, 1972
Connolly on McCartney (interview)
Dec 02, 1972
‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’ … those lyrics are a heavy trip (interview)
Dec 02, 1972
Look out showbiz - Here come Wings (interview)
Dec 02, 1972
Paul McCartney in the Talk-In (interview)
Dec 02, 1972
Wings Flying Hi, Hi, Hi! (interview)
Dec 02, 1972
Hi, Hi, Hi / C Moon
By Wings
Dec 04, 1972 • Released in the US
Mixing "One More Kiss"
Dec 11, 1972
Paul McCartney and 'that other band' (interview)
Dec 13, 1972
Denny Laine - The talk-in (interview)
Dec 16, 1972
Hi times (interview)
Dec 16, 1972
Desperate Den (interview)
Dec 16, 1972
Paul McCartney to be judged in March 1973 in drug case
Dec 22, 1972
Paul and Linda McCartney Christmas poster in Disc
Dec 23, 1972

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