Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Mexico City
Concert • By Paul McCartney • Part of the Central America leg of the Got Back Tour
Last updated on March 1, 2025
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Concert • By Paul McCartney • Part of the Central America leg of the Got Back Tour
Last updated on March 1, 2025
Location: Foro Sol
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Paul McCartney visited Mexico for two dates in November 2023. One year later, he returned for four performances in the country as part of his 2024 “Got Back” tour. After a first date in Monterrey, he was back in Mexico City for a series of three dates.
On this first date in Mexico City, the novelty came from the usage of drones during “Let Me Roll It“. The drones soared above the stage, forming the emblematic Wings logo and transitioning into various shapes, including hearts.
From La Jornada, November 12, 2024 (auto-translated from Spanish):
There is something overwhelming about thinking about creation from nothing. That instant before the birth of a universe in which everything seems to be about to happen. Paul McCartney played the role of inventor in the popular culture of the 20th century. He was the demiurge who imagined what no one had dared before. It must have been a delight to see him operate before that sonic Big Bang, before George Martin, his seminal producer with The Beatles, amplified that unmistakable guitar chord in Hard Day’s Night that opens that album and one of the most exciting episodes for the post-war youth of the last century.
Because if there is one thing about his songs, whether with the Beatles, Wings or those he published under his own name, it is that they were born memorable. He told this to the famous music producer Rick Rubin in the documentary McCartney 3,2,1. “We realized that we were writing memorable songs. And not because we wanted to, but for practical reasons: we had to remember them the next day,” Sir Paul tells the long-bearded producer. He is referring to the technological limitations of the early sixties, so that the songs had to remain stuck in memory so that Lennon and McCartney could repeat them the next day. That is the key to pop that has lasted until today and they are also pioneers.
Boy, they did it, tonight at the GNP Seguros Stadium, a crowd of fans shudders sixty years after they composed several of these songs. Thousands of veterans who were children or adolescents when this was played on the radio. And also reinforced by armies of young people – did you really think they don’t listen to it anymore? – who sing those phrases and tunes that were born memorable, that were created to be remembered and sung first in a teenage bedroom and then in a stadium for thousands of attendees.
Sergeant Pepper’s outfits are now the family uniform. Tonight we see those bright satin frock coats around us. Daughters who tell us that they convinced their parents to dress like fugitives from that multiform cover. Anything to evoke what their parents inherited because the Beatles are a memory that is passed down like a surname.
That’s why the curtain opens with one of those pieces that almost everyone can repeat: Can’t buy me love. It was printed on vinyl six decades ago and today it looks healthy. Don’t pretend, even your eyes get wet when we hear it in the middle of this crowd. Because what it says is true and for that very reason that song was born memorable.
“What’s up, chilangos?” McCartney asks in Spanish, well aware that Mexicans are won over with language. “Tonight I’m going to try to speak a little Spanish, because it’s cool to be here again. “It’s awesome,” he says with a fairly acceptable accent for someone from the English port city and a knight.
By this time of night and well into the concert, people no longer know if they are Beatlemaniacs or McCartney-ists, because they sing Paul’s repertoire with the same feeling. Although Love me do provokes hysteria as if it were 1963. It doesn’t matter, it’s the same intuitive genius who, without knowing how to read or write music, superimposed styles and melodies as if he were a daring master of the baroque. […]
This man who made a sound that today seems immortal, like himself, at 82 years old has continued his adventures that began six decades ago, when everything was about to happen, and arrives tonight in Mexico City with fireworks in the sky while he ambiguously recommends “Live and let die.”
From La Jornada, November 12, 2024 (auto-translated from Spanish)
From For Whom The Bell Tells: ‘GOT BACK’ Central and South American Tour 2024, January 13, 2025:
From Monterrey, it was on to Mexico City, the last stop on this leg of the tour. It has been a pleasure to be a part of it all, and to be received so heartily by the people here. It is both humbling and life-affirming, a timely reminder that there are still so many good and friendly people in the world.
With just three dates left before heading home – a double-nighter at Estadio GNP Seguros, and a headline slot on the closing night of the Corona Capital festival – it gives us pause to look back on all that’s come before and give thanks to all who’ve made it so spectacularly great. What, I asked Paul as we caught a spare moment in the Mexican capital, was he going to miss most about touring this magnificent part of the world?
“The audiences,” he replied. “They’re different from any other audience, and we say they’ve kind of spoiled us, because I’m not sure whether the French, Spanish and English are going to be quite as crazy. We’ll enjoy it, and it doesn’t matter – we’re going to have a great time regardless – but yeah, the audiences here are something else, so I will miss them.”
It’s exactly one year since Paul was last in Mexico City – having played the stadium formerly known as Foro Sol on November 14th 2023, the same week that saw ‘Now And Then’ hit Number One back home in the UK – and it’s great to be back. His shows here will bring his gig tally in Mexico to 15, which goes to show how vital a destination the country has been in Paul’s tours over the years.
To demonstrate his fondness for Mexico and its people, tonight Paul launched a thousand drones 120 metres up into the sky above the Estadio GNP Seguros, and the stunned audience below were treated to a spectacular state-of-the-art visual accompaniment to the music being played.
It happened during the iconic Wings hit, ‘Let Me Roll It’, an impassioned plea in itself, and was a suitably stirring sight. The drones assembled into heart shapes above us, garnering huge cheers from the delighted fans, and also rearranged themselves to form the instantly recognisable Wings logo. It was a touching tribute to the enduring love shared between Paul and his adoring Mexican fans, whose response to the event was massive.
The idea had come from Paul, who had requested an extra special treat for his Mexican fans, providing a truly unique experience in return for the gratitude he felt for all the incredibly warm welcomes he’d always received there. “It was just incredible,” one awestruck fan told me afterwards. “When I thought his show couldn’t get any better the sky lit up with what looked like thousands of drones. It was a total surprise and just took things to a new height. I’ve never seen anything like it. All of this on top of over two hours of hits. We love Paul.”
Stuart Bell – Paul McCartney’s publicist – From For Whom The Bell Tells: ‘GOT BACK’ Central and South American Tour 2024, January 13, 2025
This was the 8th concert played at Foro Sol.
A total of 9 concerts have been played there • 1993 • Nov 25 • Nov 27 • 2010 • May 26 • May 27 • May 28 • 2023 • Nov 14 • Nov 16 • 2024 • Nov 12• Nov 14
Instrumental Jam
Written by Carl Perkins
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Midnight Special (Prisoner's Song)
Written by Traditional
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Medley
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by Jimi Hendrix
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney, George Harrison
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by John Lennon
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by George Harrison
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Encore
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Juan F. Zárate • 1 year ago
I’ll never forget it because it was on my father’s birthday and my birthday too.
Setlist:
1. Can’t Buy Me Love
2. Junior’s Farm
3. Letting Go
4. Drive My Car
5. Got To Get You Into My Life
6. Come On To Me
7. Let Me Roll It
8. Getting Better
9. Let ‘Em In
10. My Valentine
11. Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five
12. Maybe I’m Amazed
13. I’ve Just Seen A Face
14. In Spite Of All The Danger
15. Love Me Do
16. Dance Tonight
17. Blackbird
18. Here Today
19. Now And Then
20. New
21. Lady Madonna
22. Jet
23. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
24. Something
25. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
26. Band On The Run
27. Get Back
28. Let It Be
29. Live And Let Die
30. Hey Jude
Encore:
31. I’ve Got A Feeling
32. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
33. Helter Skelter
34. Golden Slumbers
35. Carry That Weight
36. The End
Yes, he didn’t play Birthday (🥲) or replace it with another song. Anyways, best birthday ever, man.
The PaulMcCartney Project • 1 year ago
Thanks a lot @Juan !
