Saturday, December 8, 1979
London
Concert • By Wings • Part of the Wings 1979 UK Tour
Last updated on February 9, 2020
Saturday, December 8, 1979
Concert • By Wings • Part of the Wings 1979 UK Tour
Last updated on February 9, 2020
Location: Wembley Arena
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Concert Dec 08, 1979 • United Kingdom • London
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From Club Sandwich, N°17, 1980:
Back to the Wembley Conference Centre auditorium. Denny, Laurence and Steve are on stage, checking levels and jamming and loosening up. And Paul is halfway down the hall behind the mixing desk, the mainman mucking in to get the best sound possible.
“I wasn’t entirely happy with the sound we got here yesterday,” he explains in an aside, as he picks up the desk mike and suggests that Laurence alters his volume a wee bit. It’s called caring.
During the concert, Paul announces “Here’s a number by Eddie Cochran” and gives one of Rock’s most important figures a fine verbal promo. And yet the Wembley audience — and remember folks a Wings concert embraces the young and the younger to the old and the older – didn’t appear to ‘know’ who this Cochran cat was. Weird. Was he not probably the first social-political commentator in r ‘n’ r with lines like “I’d like to help you son but you’re too young to vote” — ie: “I don’t give a damn because you’re just a kid, you’re in no position to put me into power so get lost”, lyrics written even long before Dylan failed his audition to join Bobby Vee’s band. And didn’t dear Marc Bolan record a fine interpretation of that very same Cochran song, ‘Summertime Blues’? And didn’t Sid Vicious, unconsciously or not, translate Cochran’s ‘Somethin’ Else’ superbly with Steve ‘n’ Paul Pistol? Ah well.
Rock ‘n’ Roll elitists may scorn McCartney and Wings’ more gentle recordings, but, when the band pulled the trigger on ‘Twenty Flight Rock’ with Paul vocalising Ooodh, ‘I got a girl with a record machine…’ those so-called critics have either got cement in their ears or are bigotted beyond redemption. On a number like this Wings steam more than all the sauna baths in Japan.
B.P. Fallon, Wings On Tour approximately or: Thoughts to myself
This was the 2nd concert played at Wembley Arena.
A total of 17 concerts have been played there • 1979 • Dec 7th • Dec 8th • Dec 9th • Dec 10th • 1985 • Jul 13th • 1986 • Jun 20th • 1990 • Jan 11th • Jan 13th • Jan 14th • Jan 16th • Jan 17th • Jan 19th • Jan 20th • Jan 21st • Jan 23rd • Jan 24th • Jan 26th
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Denny Laine
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Eddie Cochran, Ned Fairchild
Written by Larry Banks, Milton Bennett
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda 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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