Wings UK Tour
Liverpool
23 November 1979
Royal Court Theatre, 1 Roe St, Liverpool, L1 1HL United Kingdom
Liverpool
24 November 1979
Royal Court Theatre, 1 Roe St, Liverpool, L1 1HL United Kingdom
Liverpool
25 November 1979
Royal Court Theatre, 1 Roe St, Liverpool, L1 1HL United Kingdom
Liverpool
26 November 1979
Royal Court Theatre, 1 Roe St, Liverpool, L1 1HL United Kingdom
Manchester
28 November 1979
Apollo Stockport Road, Manchester, M12 6AP United Kingdom
Manchester
29 November 1979
Apollo Stockport Road, Manchester, M12 6AP United Kingdom
Southampton
1 December 1979
Gaumont 22-26 Commercial Rd, Southampton, United Kingdom
Brighton
2 December 1979
New Conference Centre, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
London
3 December 1979
Lewisham Odeon 1-5 Loampit Vale, London, SE13 United Kingdom
London
5 December 1979
Rainbow Theatre, 232-238 Seven Sisters Rd, London, N4 3NX United Kingdom
London
7 December 1979
Wembley Arena Engineers Way, London, HA9 0AA United Kingdom
London
10 December 1979
Wembley Arena Engineers Way, London, HA9 0AA United Kingdom
Birmingham
12 December 1979
Odeon, 139 New Street, Birmingham, B2 4NU United Kingdom
Edinburgh
14 December 1979
Odeon, 7 Clerk Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9JH United Kingdom
Newcastle
14 December 1979
City Halls, Northumberland Rd, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8SF United Kingdom
Glasgow
16 December 1979
Apollo, 126 Renfield Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Glasgow
17 December 1979
Apollo, 126 Renfield Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Tour Information
On November 23rd 1979, Wings began a 19-date concert tour of the United Kingdom to promote their album _Back To The Egg_. The shows were massively successful and even produced a Number 1 hit in the US with a live recording of ‘Coming Up’ from a Glasgow date. The tour had a crew of about forty (modest when compared with previous tours), together with the indispensable four-man horn section of Tony Dorsey, Thaddeus Richard, Howie Casey and Steve Howard. The setlist followed the successful McCartney pattern – a selection from the latest album, _Back To The Egg_, plenty of Wings classics, some surprise oldies (including a stupendous live version of ‘Live and Let Die’), and, somewhere along the way, a quiet moment or two, with Paul alone at the piano or strumming quietly on an acoustic guitar. By this stage in their career, Wings didn’t have to prove anything – on this tour, it was time to go out and play simply for the pleasure of the thing.
