Paul McCartney - 1993-02-13 - New York, NY (SBD)

Paul McCartney

1993-02-13

Saturday Night Live

NBC Studios

30 Rockefeller Center

New York, NY

TV Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Videos Below

01. Get Our Of My Way

02. Biker Like An Icon

03. Hey Jude

Paul McCartney - 1993-02-13 - New York, NY (SBD)

On February 18 1993, Paul McCartney launched his New World Tour, which stretched until December and saw Sir Paul, wife Linda, Paul "Wix" Wickens, Blair Cunningham, Robbie McIntosh, and Hamish Stuart visit North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. McCartney was touring in support of his latest album, Off The Ground, so the set list featured 6 songs from the disc - Hope of Deliverance, Peace In The Neighborhood, C'mon People, Biker Like An Icon, Looking For Changes and the title track. The new tunes, however, were not the reason thousands of people flocked to these concerts. No, most folks, like my wife and I , who saw Sir Paul during this tour on June 11, 1993 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, went to hear the "cute Beatle" reach into his illustrious past. We were not disappointed. From the opening Drive My Car to the closing Hey Jude, over half the set list was dedicated to Beatle tunes. Throw in a few Wings classics such as Band On The Run, Live and Let Die, My Love and the rarely played Another Day, and this was a night to remember. We didn't have the best seats -- not sure if there is any such thing as a good seat in a 60,000 seat stadium - but it hardly mattered. We knew every note and sang every word, knowing this was as close to the Beatles as we would ever get. And who knew at the time that it would be another 9 years before Paul would again tour.  Five days before the start of the tour, on February 13, 1993, 32 years ago today, as captured in this TV soundboard recording, Sir Paul appeared on Saturday Night Live to promote the album and the tour.  He played 2 new tunes from Off The Ground - Get Our Of My Way and Biker Like An Icon - before closing out the night with Hey Jude.