Poll: When did you see Paul McCartney live on stage for the first time?

I believe we were at the same show.

 

My 1st was the same as yours, though I managed a better seat: 7th row center!

I saw 2 more 1990 Macca shows and another 37 from 2002 to date.

Woulda seen Wings in 1980 if that tour hadn't gotten cancelled...

 

2011 Comerica Park

 

1990 Veterans Stadium Philadelphia. The first of 5 times that I've been able to see him live.

 

1990 in Tempe, AZ at Sun Devil Stadium. Drove down from SLC with a couple of friends during our spring break. Good times!

 

2008 On the Plains of Abraham in Québec city. Probably THE most memorable event I've ever attended. It wasn't just Macca, but the entire ambience that reigned while we stood in the sun for over ten hours: the baby boomers lending us their foldable chairs so that we can sit down for a while; the baby boomers inviting us to go under their giant parasols when it got too sunny; the baby boomers reminiscing about the first time they got a Beatles album as it was released, etc...
I have a hundred more little observations from that day - all of which I'll remember for the rest of my days.

 

The time periods in the poll don't make a lot of sense. Why are 1989 and 1990 separated? And why is there an option for 1982-1984...? They should have been based on actual tours.

 

2005 - Columbus, OH. I've seen him three more times since.

 

Nov. 23rd, 1989 LA Forum. 1st concert in the United States since 1976 plus Thanksgiving night.

 

Important notice to everyone who saw Wings: I HATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU!!!

 

^^^^^
Sorry Oatsdad....
1976 Wings over America MSG

 

I'm confused. I originally voted for 1995 - 1999. I saw him at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona but when I went to check on the exact date it shows the only concert at Sun Devil Stadium as 1990. It confuses me because I was divorced (1st time) in 1994 and I swore I went with my girlfriend of that time but I guess I went with my 1st wife though I don't remember that at all (maybe I pushed it out of my mind).

 

1993 Off The Ground Tour. Superdome NOLA. WTF was Macca thinking having all that hardware in front of the stage(the lift)? Even in the FIRST row, you were a good 30 feet back. And to think, those tickets were $35! How times have changed.

 

June 10, 1976 Seattle Kingdome!

Still one of the absolute greatest concerts I've ever attended!

 

My only time seeing Paul McCartney was June 10, 1976 at Seattle's Kingdome (the concert that Paul still talks about as having the largest audience to date). There was a massive crowd waiting to get in (I think there is a photo of the band waving to the crowd in the booklet for the Rockshow DVD) and my friend and I got escorted around it and let in early since I'm disabled. Got seats in the first row of the lower level straight back from the stage. People still talk about how good the sound was for this show in the boomy old concrete dome. The excitement was palpable. You could just feel you were in for an event of a lifetime.

 

Haven't yet. I know I'm a bad fan, but I didn't have any opportunities match with my schedule until now and he doesn't come West Coast to L.A. Maybe after his next album is released so he gives out his full support of the album by touring or maybe they'll be more dates added to his U.S. shows this year.

 

I was there as well. I was with a pack of friends and it was emotionally deep for us.
i got to see another show at the Forum a few days later and had 15th row floor seats. I actually was even more moved by the show being that close, despite already seeing the show.

 

Same two shows; midfield first one, up close next one. (It was great to keep walking by checkpoints.) spending 4th of July there was cool, as was hearing so many sounds from my youth live for the first time.

 

May 1973 Hard Rock Manchester UK with support act Brinsley Schwarz and circus performers... also 1990 at Wembley Arena in London

 

Didn't see Paul until 1989 at the LA Forum - Thanksgiving show.

 

November 29 2012, Rexall Place, Edmonton. And that was plenty...I admit our minds were still blown (and ears still ringing) from seeing Neil Young and Crazy Horse in Calgary two weeks before. But at least I can say I've seen McCartney, something I didn't think I'd ever be able to claim prior to that.

I would have given my left you-know-what to see a Wings Over America show but, alas, I was born two weeks or so after the tour started...

 

Wings Over America tour
LA Forum

 

It's three now. Don't they have anything to comment here?

 

No, I was a bit young, I didn't see them perform then, though I did see them having a cup of tea in a café in November 62 after I'd seen them on TV a couple of times. I only saw them perform once.

 

ACC Toronto October 2005, he played for 3 1/2 hours that night....he was on fire! His voice was amazing that night.
18th row from the stage floors, he looked young from where I was standing.

sean