Tuesday, September 9, 1975
Southampton
Concert • By Wings • Part of the Wings Over the World tour
Last updated on November 22, 2023
Tuesday, September 9, 1975
Concert • By Wings • Part of the Wings Over the World tour
Last updated on November 22, 2023
Location: Gaumont Theatre
Previous concert Jul 10, 1973 • United Kingdom • Newcastle upon Tyne
Interview September 1975 • Paul McCartney: Growing Up, Up and Away From the Beatles
Interview September 1975 • Wings 1975 tour book
Concert Sep 09, 1975 • United Kingdom • Southampton
Concert Sep 10, 1975 • United Kingdom • Bristol
From Collectors Music Reviews:
Wings took almost two years off after completing their UK tour in 1973 on July 10th in Newcastle. In the intervening years there were several changes in band personal (original Wings drummer Denny Seiwell was replaced by Geoffry Britton and then by Joe English and guitarist Henry McCollough was replaced by Jimmy McCulloch).
Trips to Lagos, Nigeria, Nashville and New Orleans would yield two critically acclaimed LPs Band On The Run and Venus And Mars. In 1975 Wings scheduled and began rehearsing for what would be their first world tour and what would be one of the biggest rock and roll tours to date.
McCartney catered the show to the current demands of arena rock, something which the early Wings tours eschewed even though McCartney had a hand in creating the phenomena with the Beatles in the first place.
Two album’s worth of new material was rehearsed, some older solo and Wings tunes, and a couple of Beatle tunes for the first time. The setlist was designed the current trend to have an acoustic set in the middle along with the massive sound and light show and, for the first time, playing with a full horn section.
The first date on this massive tour was on September 9th at the 2,300 capacity Gaumont Theater in Southampton.
This was the 1st concert played at Gaumont Theatre.
A total of 2 concerts have been played there • 1975 • Sep 9• 1979 • Dec 1
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Jimmy McCulloch, Colin Allen
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Paul Simon
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Larry Banks, Milton Bennett
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Album Available on Wings Over The World - Gaumont Southampton England September 9 1975
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
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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Andrea • 1 year ago
I was at this concert and sat up in the “gods”, the nosebleed section. The theatre design made visibility good, if a little distant! it was fantastic to hear the songs live in an atmosphere of enraptured fans. It is all so long ago now but it remains a magical memory.
