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The 'US' Tour

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The 'US' Tour
Tour by Paul McCartney
LocationNorth America
Associated albumChaos and Creation in the Backyard
Start date16 September 2005 (2005-09-16)
End date30 November 2005 (2005-11-30)
No. of shows37
Box officeU.S. $77 million ($123.97 in 2024 dollars)[1]
Paul McCartney concert chronology
  • '04 Summer Tour
    (2004)
  • The 'US' Tour
    (2005)
  • Secret Tour 2007
    (2007)

The 'US' Tour was a concert tour by English musician Paul McCartney to promote his 2005 album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. The tour, his second North American venture of the 21st century, began on 16 September 2005 in Miami, United States, and concluded on 30 November 2005 in Los Angeles. It was a commercial success, grossing $77 million from 37 shows across North America and selling over 565,000 tickets. Rusty Anderson, Brian Ray, Paul "Wix" Wickens, and Abe Laboriel, Jr. returned as the backing band, the first to fully remain intact for more than one solo McCartney tour, following the previous year's summer jaunt in the UK. McCartney's then-wife Heather Mills and their daughter, Beatrice, accompanied him on the tour and were in the audience every night.

On 12 November 2005 in Anaheim, California, two songs and some dialogue from the concert were broadcast to the International Space Station and astronauts Valeri Tokarev and Bill McArthur.[2] The songs played were The Beatles' "Good Day Sunshine" and McCartney's "English Tea", a song from his Chaos and Creation in the Backyard album. A concert film and documentary of the tour was released the following year. It is available on the DVD The Space Within US.

Set list

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  1. "Magical Mystery Tour"
  2. "Flaming Pie"
  3. "Jet"
  4. "I'll Get You"
  5. "Drive My Car"
  6. "Till There Was You"
  7. "Let Me Roll It/Foxy Lady"
  8. "Got to Get You into My Life"
  9. "Fine Line"
  10. "Maybe I'm Amazed"
  11. "The Long and Winding Road"
  12. "In Spite of All the Danger"
  13. "I Will"
  14. "Jenny Wren"
  15. "For No One"
  16. "Fixing a Hole"
  17. "English Tea"
  18. "I'll Follow the Sun"
  19. "Follow Me"
  20. "Blackbird"
  21. "Eleanor Rigby"
  22. "Too Many People/She Came In Through the Bathroom Window"
  23. "Good Day Sunshine"
  24. "Band on the Run"
  25. "Penny Lane"
  26. "I've Got a Feeling"
  27. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
  28. "Hey Jude"
  29. "Live And Let Die"
    • Encore 1
  30. "Yesterday"
  31. "Get Back"
  32. "Helter Skelter"
    • Encore 2
  33. "Please Please Me"
  34. "Mull of Kintyre" (only in Canada)
  35. "Let It Be"
  36. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)/The End"

Tour dates

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List of 2005 concerts[3]
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
16 September Miami United States American Airlines Arena 15,011 / 15,536 $2,137,915
17 September Tampa St. Pete Times Forum 15,268 / 16,325 $2,277,952
20 September Atlanta Philips Arena 14,096 / 14,096 $1,930,941
22 September Philadelphia Wachovia Center 32,930 / 32,930 $4,665,795
23 September
26 September Boston TD Banknorth Garden 29,582 / 29,582 $3,814,392
27 September
30 September New York City Madison Square Garden 63,867 / 63,867 $8,495,513
1 October
4 October
5 October
8 October Washington, D.C. MCI Center 15,813 / 15,813 $2,011,464
10 October Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 16,924 / 16,924 $2,385,658
14 October Auburn Hills United States The Palace of Auburn Hills 33,511 / 33,511 $4,733,526
15 October
18 October Chicago United Center 32,647 / 32,647 $4,087,404
19 October
22 October Columbus Schottenstein Center 15,051 / 15,051 $1,978,288
23 October Milwaukee Bradley Center 16,764 / 16,764 $2,090,400
26 October St. Paul Xcel Energy Center 16,515 / 16,515 $2,377,200
27 October Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena 14,204 / 14,204 $1,620,717
30 October Omaha Qwest Center Omaha 15,162 / 15,162 $1,690,185
1 November Denver Pepsi Center 15,091 / 15,091 $1,994,777
3 November Seattle KeyArena 13,492 / 13,511 $2,105,150
4 November Portland Rose Garden 15,834 / 15,933 $1,948,380
7 November San Jose HP Pavilion 28,012 / 28,012 $3,649,232
8 November
11 November Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 28,632 / 28,632 $3,394,958
12 November
16 November Sacramento ARCO Arena 14,623 / 14,773 $1,971,370
19 November Houston Toyota Center 14,151 / 14,151 $2,068,565
20 November Dallas American Airlines Center 15,095 / 15,095 $2,116,940
23 November Glendale Glendale Arena 14,802 / 14,802 $2,295,285
25 November Paradise MGM Grand Garden Arena 29,535 / 29,535 $5,058,113
26 November
29 November Los Angeles Staples Center 31,149 / 31,149 $4,144,879
30 November
Total 567,761 / 569,611 $77,044,999

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Paul McCartney Provides First-Ever Live Station Wakeup Music". NASA. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  3. ^ Box score:
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