In 1991, Paul played a series of surprise shows, including a show in Barcelona and a set at the Mean Fiddler in Harlesden, London. The latter was the smallest venue Paul had played at since taking a final bow at The Cavern Club in 1963. The shows were a way for Paul to connect with his audience in a more direct way than he would in a giant stadium.

Paul's Liverpool Oratorio was premiered at Liverpool Cathedral. The work was conducted by collaborator Carl Davis and featured performers Dame Kiri Te Kanawa as Mary Dee; Sally Burgess as Miss Inkley, Chief Mourner and Nurse; Jerry Hadley as Shanty; Sir Willard White as Headmaster, Preacher and Mr Dingle and Jeremy Budd as the Boy Soloist. Following two nights in Liverpool, the Oratorio was then performed at the Royal Festival Hall on London's Southbank Centre.

Inspired by the success of his ‘comeback’ tour, which played to 2,843,297 people in 1989-90, Paul McCartney took to the road again. The band - Paul and Linda, Robbie McIntosh, Hamish Stuart, Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens and newcomer Blair Cunningham – set off for the year-long trek after they’d completed the album Off The Ground. The tour was commemorated with the live album, Paul Is Live, released the same year.

Organised by Paul himself, this intimate benefit night in aid of The Royal College of Music was held at St James Palace on 23rd March 1995 and was notable for the premiere performance of Paul's classical piece for piano, ‘A Leaf’. At the end of the concert, Prince Charles surprised Paul by appointing him Fellow Of The Royal College of Music, Britain's highest musical honour.

On 16th October 1995 Paul joined legendary poet Allen Ginsberg on stage at the Royal Albert Hall, the two of them collaborating on a version of Ginsberg's poem Ballad Of The Skeletons. A year later, Paul recorded a version of the poem in the studio with Ginsberg, the CD version of which is now a collector's item.

Organised by producer Sir George Martin, this star-studded benefit concert on 15th September 1997 helped raise money following the devastating hurricanes and volcanic eruptions that had gravely affected Montserrat. Paul performed alongside Phil Collins, Ray Cooper, Carl Perkins, Jimmy Buffett, Mark Knopfler, Sting, Elton John and Eric Clapton.

On 15th March 1999, Paul was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by his friend Neil Young, whose five-minute speech revealed the first song he learned to play was by The Beatles. Describing the event as “beautiful, but tinged with sadness” following Linda's death, Paul invited his daughter Stella on to the stage wearing a vest emblazoned with the motif, “About F**king Time!”, which summed it up rather well.

Organised by Chrissie Hynde, Here, There and Everywhere: A Concert for Linda was held at the Royal Albert Hall on 10th April 1999 as a tribute to Paul's late wife. Throughout the evening Hynde and The Pretenders acted as the backing band for all the performers including Elvis Costello, Tom Jones and George Michael. At the time the concert was announced it wasn't clear whether Paul himself would perform on such an emotional night, but in the end Paul performed a rapturously received ‘Lonesome Town’, ‘All My Loving’ and ‘Let It Be’ to close the show.

On 14th December 1999, 300 people squeezed into The Cavern Club in Liverpool to watch Paul perform at the legendary venue for the first time since The Beatles made it famous in 1963. Joining Paul on stage were Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice, the legendary Mick Green and Pete Wingfield.