Wings Over Europe Tour
Ollioules, France
9 July 1972
Centre Culturelle, 795 Chemin Château Vallon, 83190 Ollioules, Ollioules, France
Juan-les-Pins, France
12 July 1972
Juan Les Pins, France
Arles, France
13 July 1972
Theatre Antique, Bld des Lices-Jardin d'Eté, 13200, Arles, France
Lyon, France – Cancelled
14 July 1972
Lyon, France
Paris, France
16 July 1972
Olympia, 28 Boulevard des Capucines, 75009 Paris, France
Munich, Germany
18 July 1972
Zirkus-Krone-Bau, Marsstraße 43, 80335 München, Munich, Germany
Frankfurt, Germany
19 July 1972
Offenbach-Halle, Frankfurt, Germany
Zurich, Switzerland
21 July 1972
Kongreß-Halle, Zurich, Switzerland
Montreux, Switzerland
22 July 1972
Pavilion, Av. Claude-Nobs 3, 1820 Montreux, Montreux, Switzerland
Copenhagen, Denmark
1 August 1972
KB Hallen, Peter Bangs Vej 147, 2000 København, Copenhagen, Denmark
Helsinki, Finland
4 August 1972
Messuhalli, Paavo Nurmis gränd 1, 00250 Helsingfors, Helsinki, Finland
Turku, Finland
5 August 1972
Idreats, Turku, Finland
Stockholm, Sweden
7 August 1972
Gröna Lund, Lilla Allmänna Gränd 9, 115 21 Stockholm, Sweden
Örebro, Sweden
8 August 1972
Idretshalle, Örebro, Sweden
Oslo, Norway
9 August 1972
Njårdhallen, Sørkedalsveien 106, 0378 Oslo, Norway
Gothenburg, Sweden
10 August 1972
Scandinavium, Valhallagatan 1, Gothenburg, Sweden
Lund, Sweden
11 August 1972
Fyns Forum, Odense, Denmark
Odense, Denmark
12 August 1972
Fyns Forum, Odense, Denmark
Aarhus, Denmark
14 August 1972
Vejlby Risskov Halle, Vejlby Centervej 51, 8240 Risskov, Aarhus, Denmark
Dusseldorf, Germany
16 August 1972
Rheinhalle, Düsseldorf, West Germany
Rotterdam, Netherlands
17 August 1972
De Doelen, Schouwburgplein 50, 3012 CL, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Groningen, Netherlands
19 August 1972
Evenementanhal Martinihal, Leonard Springerlaan 2, 9727 KB, Groningen, Netherlands
Amsterdam, Netherlands
20 August 1972
Concertgebouw Concertgebouwplein 10, 1071 LN, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Hague, Netherlands
21 August 1972
Congresgebouw Churchillplein 10, 2517 JW, Den Haag, Netherlands
Antwerp, Belgium
22 August 1972
Cina Roma, Turnhoutsebaan 286, 2140 Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium
Berlin, Germany
24 August 1972
Deutschlandhalle, Messedamm 26, Berlin, 14057, Germany
Tour Information
In the summer of 1972, Paul McCartney and his newly-formed band, Wings, set out on their first concert tour of Europe. Following a tour of English universities, the Wings over Europe Tour was initially undertaken with the idea of recording live takes for use on a future album, but this idea was never brought to fruition (although the August 21st performance of ‘The Mess’ was officially released as the B-side to the Number 1 single, ‘My Love’). The tour was undertaken in a brightly-coloured double-decker bus, which included the McCartney children and the full road crew. “We knew we were going to tour in Europe, and that the weather would be nice, and the idea of being stuck in a bus all the time, going from city to city, hotel to hotel, wasn’t too appealing,” Paul recounts. “So we decided to travel around in an open-top bus and got some sunshine as we travelled from one place to another. And we painted the outside psychedelic, like a magic bus. If you look at it very straight, very conventionally, it was quite a mad thing to do, to put a playpen on the top deck of the bus and put all the children in there while driving around Europe. It was not what you’d expect from a normal band. But we weren’t a normal band.”
