Friday, August 4, 1972

Helsinki

Concert • By Wings • Part of the Second leg of the Wings Over Europe Tour

Last updated on December 20, 2023

Details

Country: Finland
City: Helsinki
Location: Messuhalli

Location

Location: Messuhalli

Timeline

Article August 1972 • Paul McCartney considered for a guest role in Twiggy's film musical

Concert Aug 01, 1972 • Denmark • Copenhagen

Concert Aug 04, 1972 • Finland • Helsinki

Concert Aug 05, 1972 • Finland • Turku

Concert Aug 07, 1972 • Sweden • Stockholm

Band members

Line-up Discover Wings 1972-1973

(Original Caption) Helsinki, Finland: Linda, Stella, and Paul McCartney and the rest of the rock group “Wings” arrived on Thursday morning at Helsinki. The rock group will travel here in a bus. Here the family is moving from the car ferry to the doubledecker.

From Meet the Beatles for Real: Going to Helsinki

Messuhalli

This was the 1st and only concert played at Messuhalli.

Too bad, there is no song listed for this concert. If you've been there, help us fill the set list for this concert by writing a comment!

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Wings Live - On tour in the 70s

This is the first detailed study of Paul McCartney's Wings on tour in the 1970s. It covers every single concert from the University Tour of 1972, ending with the abandoned tour of Japan in January 1980. A wide variety of primary sources have been consulted, including all available audio and video recordings; press reviews; fan recollections; newspaper reports and tour programmes.

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J. Duffin • 3 years ago

I was there in August 1972 -- I don't remember all the songs played but they did play "Give Ireland back to the Irish" -- as confirmed by this 2015 news story -- which also mentions that they played "Long Tall Sally" at the end.

https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-7805652

The PaulMcCartney Project • 3 years ago

Thanks for the link, J. Duffin !

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