Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The Late Show With David Letterman

Concert • By Paul McCartney

Last updated on January 15, 2025

Details

Country: USA
City: New York City
Location: Ed Sullivan Theater

Location

Location: Ed Sullivan Theater

Timeline

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Concert Jul 11, 2009 • Canada • Halifax

Concert Jul 15, 2009 • The Late Show With David Letterman

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Some songs from this concert appear on:

From paulmccartney.com, July 16, 2009:

Paul McCartney’s return to the Ed Sullivan Theater for an outdoor performance on the theater’s marquee yesterday captured on The Late Show With David Letterman drew a crowd that packed Broadway from Times Square to Columbus Circle.

Fans were treated not only to “Get Back” and “Sing The Changes” taped for the Late Show broadcast but to a veritable mini-concert, as Paul and the band thundered through “Coming Up,” “Band On The Run,” “Let Me Roll It,” “Helter Skelter” and “Back In The USSR.” As the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS reported in a cover story “Paul McCartney still made them twist and shout when he returned to the Ed Sullivan Theater 45 years after he and The Beatles first performed there.” […]

We were backstage at the Letterman Show half an hour before we were due to go on, and I was just scribbling down songs we might do,’ he says. ‘I was thinking, well, maybe we can play Get Back, maybe something from Driving Rain. It was great, seriously great. Can you imagine Madonna half an hour before a gig saying, you know what, let’s do Like A Virgin tonight?
Paul McCartney – From Daily Mail Online, January 17, 2010 – Praising his band, who can career through any of his solo songs, or any of the Beatles songs as though they recorded the originals

Music legend Paul McCartney performs on the Marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater when he visits the Late Show with David Letterman Wednesday July 15, 2009 on the CBS Television Network. This photo is provided by CBS from the Late Show with David Letterman photo archive.

From Maccazine – July, 2009 – Paul and the band “sound check” prior to… | Facebook – July, 2009 – Paul and the band “sound check” prior to their performance on the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City.

Ed Sullivan Theater

This was the 1st and only concert played at Ed Sullivan Theater.

Setlist for the concert

Get Back

Written by Lennon - McCartney
Sing the Changes

Written by Paul McCartney
Coming Up

Written by Paul McCartney
Album Available on Wonderful Christmas Tracks
Album Available on Up and Coming Tracks - Live 2009-10
Band on the Run

Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Let Me Roll It

Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Helter Skelter

Written by Lennon - McCartney
Purple Haze

Written by Jimi Hendrix
Back in the U.S.S.R.

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Going further

http://www.beatlesbible.com/2009/07/15/paul-mccartney-outdoor-show-ed-sullivan-theater/

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