Wings UK Tour 1979

Wings UK Tour 1979
Tour by Wings
Associated album Back to the Egg
Start date 23 November 1979
End date 29 December 1979
Legs 1
Number of shows 17 in England
3 in Scotland
20 in total
Wings concert chronology

On 23 November 1979, Paul McCartney's band Wings began a 19-date concert tour of the United Kingdom to promote their recent album, Back to the Egg.

It was originally to have been the first leg of a planned world tour, with further stops scheduled in Japan, Europe and America. However, it became Wings' final concert tour, after McCartney's marijuana arrest in Tokyo the following January.

Following the 1979 tour, Wings teamed up with an all-star cast of musicians to perform a series of Concerts for the People of Kampuchea at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.

Wings' lineup for the tour was Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Laurence Juber and Steve Holley.

A recording of "Coming Up" from a Glasgow date on this tour was a number one hit in the United States.

Tour dates

After a live rehearsal at Liverpool Institute, McCartney's alma mater.

Date City Country Venue
23 November 1979 Liverpool England Royal Court Theatre
24 November 1979
25 November 1979
26 November 1979
28 November 1979 Manchester The Apollo
29 November 1979
1 December 1979 Southampton Gaumont
2 December 1979 Brighton New Conference Centre
3 December 1979 London Lewisham Odeon
5 December 1979 The Rainbow Theatre
7 December 1979 Wembley Arena
8 December 1979
9 December 1979
10 December 1979
12 December 1979 Birmingham Birmingham Odeon
14 December 1979 Newcastle upon Tyne City Halls
15 December 1979 Edinburgh Scotland Odeon
16 December 1979 Glasgow Apollo
17 December 1979
29 December 1979[A] London England Hammersmith Apollo
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was a part of "Concerts for the People of Kampuchea"

Tour set list

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