Wings Over Europe Tour

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = Wings Over Europe Tour


artist = Wings
dates = July 9 - August 24, 1972
number_of_legs = 1
number_of_shows = 26
5 in France,
4 in West Germany,
4 in Sweden,
4 in The Netherlands,
3 in Denmark,
2 in Switzerland,
2 in Finland,
1 in Norway,
& 1 in BelgiumIn the summer of 1972, Paul McCartney's newly-formed band, Wings, set out on a concert tour of Europe. Coming on the heels of a tour of English universities, the Wings Over Europe Tour was intended to promote recent singles "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" and "Mary Had a Little Lamb", as well as provide live recordings to be included on a future album. The second objective never came to fruition, however, and "Red Rose Speedway" was released in Spring of the next year without any of the concert material. Only the August 21 performance of "The Mess" at The Hague was officially released, as a b-side to Number One single "My Love".

The band, with the McCartney children and their road crew, loaded up in a brightly-colored double decker bus for the tour of the continent. The tour proceeded largely without incident, but on August 10 in Gothenburg, Sweden, Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested for possession of marijuana and fined US$1,200. Paul joked the arrest would “make good publicity” for the tour, but this arrest would cause him much trouble trying to gain visas for future tours.

Wings' lineup for the tour was Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Henry McCullough, and Denny Seiwell.

Tour Setlist

#"Bip Bop"
#"Smile Away"
#"Mumbo"
#"Give Ireland Back to the Irish"
#"1882"
#"I Would Only Smile"
#"Blue Moon of Kentucky"
#"The Mess"
#"Best Friend"
#"Soily"
#"I Am Your Singer"
#"Henry's Blues"
#"Say You Don't Mind"
#"Seaside Woman"
#"Wild Life"
#"My Love"
#"Mary Had a Little Lamb"
#"Maybe I'm Amazed"
#"Hi, Hi, Hi"
#"Long Tall Sally"
*"Cotton Fields" - Only performed in Antwerp
*"C Moon" - performed in Martinihal Groningen

Tour Dates

*09/07/1972 flagicon|France Centre Culturelle - Chateauvallon, France
*12/07/1972 flagicon|France Juan-les-Pins, France
*13/07/1972 flagicon|France Theatre Antique - Arles, France
*14/07/1972 flagicon|France Lyon, France
*16/07/1972 flagicon|France Olympia - Paris, France
*18/07/1972 flagicon|Germany Zirkus-Krone-Bau - Munich, Germany
*19/07/1972 flagicon|Germany Offenbach-Halle - Frankfurt, Germany
*21/07/1972 flagicon|Switzerland Kongreß-Halle - Zürich, Switzerland
*22/07/1972 flagicon|Switzerland Pavilion - Montreux, Switzerland
*01/08/1972 flagicon|Denmark K. B. Hallen - Copenhagen, Denmark
*04/08/1972 flagicon|Finland Messuhalli (‘Fair Hall’, now known as Kisahalli), Helsinki, Finland
*05/08/1972 flagicon|Finland Idreats - Turku, Finland
*07/08/1972 flagicon|Sweden Gröna Lund - Stockholm, Sweden
*08/08/1972 flagicon|Sweden Idretshalle - Örebro, Sweden
*09/08/1972 flagicon|Norway Njaardhallen - Oslo, Norway
*10/08/1972 flagicon|Sweden Skandinavien Halle - Gothenburg, Sweden
*11/08/1972 flagicon|Sweden Olympean - Lund, Sweden
*12/08/1972 flagicon|Denmark Fyns Forum - Odense, Denmark
*14/08/1972 flagicon|Denmark Vejlby Risskov Hallen - Aarhus, Denmark
*16/08/1972 flagicon|Germany Rheinhalle - Düsseldorf, Germany
*17/08/1972 flagicon|Netherlands De Doelen - Rotterdam, Netherlands
*19/08/1972 flagicon|Netherlands Evenementenhal Martinihal - Groningen, Netherlands
*20/08/1972 flagicon|Netherlands Concertgebouw - Amsterdam, Netherlands
*21/08/1972 flagicon|Netherlands Congresgebouw - The Hague, Netherlands
*22/08/1972 flagicon|Belgium Cina Roma - Antwerp, Belgium
*24/08/1972 flagicon|Germany Deutschlandhalle - Berlin, Germany