Thursday, February 17, 1972
Sheffield
Concert • By Wings • Part of the Wings University Tour
Last updated on February 15, 2022
Thursday, February 17, 1972
Concert • By Wings • Part of the Wings University Tour
Last updated on February 15, 2022
Location: Sheffield University
Previous concert Feb 16, 1972 • United Kingdom • Leeds
Interview Feb 16, 1972 • Wings interview for Radio Leeds
Article Feb 17, 1972 • Paul McCartney wins against Northern Songs
Concert Feb 17, 1972 • United Kingdom • Sheffield
Concert Feb 18, 1972 • United Kingdom • Manchester
Interview Feb 18, 1972 • Paul McCartney interview for Radio Sheffield
On this day, Wings played in the refectory of the University of Sheffield.
Next we played Sheffield, which came off very well
Paul McCartney – From the “Wings Over Europe” tour book
The day after the concert, Paul McCartney was interviewed for Radio Sheffield.
The exact setlist for this concert (and for most of the concerts of the Wings’ university tour) is unknown. Only two audience recordings surfaced on bootlegs (one for the first concert of the tour, in Nottingham, on February 9, 1971; the other one for the concert in Hull, on February 11, 1971), even if all the concerts had been taped by the band.
The gigs were pretty much the same. We taped them all.
Denny Laine
We didn’t have many songs. To be precise, we had eleven, which – at about three minutes a song – is a 33 minute act. They wanted longer so we repeated things. ‘We’ve had a request to do Lucille. We did it earlier but now we’re gonna do it again for Jenny Babford on the science course’. Whatever. We just repeated things, especially our new single Give Ireland Back to the Irish. The gigs went quite well but it’s funny to look back and realise that we had such little material.
Paul McCartney – From “Wingspan: Paul McCartney’s Band on the Run“
The setlists were a mix of new songs, oldies and some blues jams. Paul McCartney made sure to not play any Beatles song. It’s likely the setlist of this concert was similar to this:
This was the 1st and only concert played at Sheffield University.
Wings Live - On tour in the 70s
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