Sir Paul McCartney In Paris
We wanted to take our NEW partners, Algam over to see a once in a lifetime concert and who better than Sir Paul McCartney in the centre of Paris…
We reached out to our good friend and long-term Ashdown user Brian Ray to see what might be possible and we were able to get us all passes for the show on the 5th of December.
We headed over the morning of the show and headed straight to the venue to catch up with old friends from his touring crew, the legendary father son combination of Sid Price and Tom Price, who have been working with Sir Paul for as long as I can remember, having worked with Brian since around 2004 so the past 20 years… It was great to see everyone and catch up, the last time we saw Tom he was looking after our good friend Guy Pratt with David Gilmour and the last time we saw Sid was at our offices prior to heading out on tour.
We invited the owners of Algam to the concert who seemed to have a great night Gerard and his wonderful wife Anne enjoyed the show as well as Benjamin and a few members of the French team.
We were very fortunate to have some wonderful seats front and centre, you never get over seeing your logo on stage with such a legendary musician who’s career is probably the most documented in popular culture setting the stage since the early 60’s, defining a generation with a back catalogue of songs so influential world-wide.
We want to take the chance to thank Brian, Sid, Tom and all that made it possible and we look forward to seeing a show again at some point in the near future.
The show covered a 36 song career spanning set from Beatles classics to Wings and solo works including:
A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles song)
Junior's Farm (Wings song)
Letting Go (Wings song)
Drive My Car (The Beatles song)
Got to Get You Into My Life (The Beatles song)
Come On to Me
Let Me Roll It (Wings song) (with "Foxy Lady" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience coda)
Getting Better (The Beatles song)
Let 'Em In (Wings song)
My Valentine (dedicated to Nancy Shevell)
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five (Wings song)
Maybe I'm Amazed
I've Just Seen a Face (The Beatles song)
In Spite of All the Danger (The Quarrymen song)
Love Me Do (The Beatles song)
Michelle (The Beatles song)
Dance Tonight
Blackbird (The Beatles song)
Here Today (dedicated to John Lennon)
Now and Then (The Beatles song)
Lady Madonna (The Beatles song)
Jet (Wings song)
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (The Beatles song)
Something (The Beatles song) (dedicated to George Harrison)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (The Beatles song)
Band on the Run (Wings song)
Get Back (The Beatles song)
Let It Be (The Beatles song)
Live and Let Die (Wings song)
Hey Jude (The Beatles song
Encore:
I've Got a Feeling (The Beatles song)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (The Beatles song)
Helter Skelter (The Beatles song)
Golden Slumbers (The Beatles song)
Carry That Weight (The Beatles song)
The End (The Beatles song)
