One on One was a concert tour by English musician

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that began on 13 April 2016 and traveled through the United States, Canada, Argentina, Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand, ending on 16 December 2017. The tour marked McCartney's first-ever performances in Fresno,

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, and

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. Prior to the announcement of the tour, McCartney revealed two European festival dates for June 2016 at the

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and

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respectively. McCartney described the title of the tour as "when I do the show, I feel like I'm kind of talking to someone like me in the audience, even though you're at the back of the hall, we try and bring the intimacy to you. It's me, one-on-one, with every member of the audience". As with his other

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as a solo artist, the tour's setlist was composed of songs by his former bands

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and Wings, as well as songs from his solo career.

Background

On 15 February 2016, McCartney announced two initial festival dates in Europe for the upcoming summer. These two headlining performances at

in Landgraaf, Netherlands and

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, Belgium were revealed before the initial revelation of the "One on One" tour. These tours would feature mostly similar elements of the "One on One" performances yet with a condensed set list to allot for festival curfew limits and less stage elements given restrictions. In the wake of the passing of notable

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and McCartney producer

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, McCartney announced the initial "One on One" dates for North America and Europe. In North America, McCartney's visit to

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would mark his first performance in the city, and his performances in

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and

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would be his first performances in the states of

and

respectively. Elsewhere in North America, McCartney would perform in

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after an eleven-year absence following his 2005 'US' tour. The two shows in Vancouver would follow his previous performance in the city at the BC Place stadium in 2012, yet this tour would feature two shows in the neighboring

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after the pyrotechnics during his concert at BC Place accidentally damaged the stadium's new roof. McCartney's Seattle show would mark his shortest absence from any North American city on the tour announced currently, as he performed at the city's

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during the inaugural year of the '

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' tour. McCartney announced a performance on 16 March in

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at the Target Center. This show would take place on 4 May 2016, less than two years after McCartney's last performance in the city at the adjacent baseball stadium sharing a corporate sponsor with the arena,

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. Due to high demand of tickets a second show in Minneapolis was announced the next day and would take place on 5 May. In Europe, McCartney's

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concert would be his first in the city since 1972 with his post-

band Wings. The

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performance would follow a 13-year break from the city, lastly hosting a performance in 2003 during the Back in the World tour. McCartney would visit the Waldbühne amphitheater in Berlin for his first Berlin performance since his

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in 2009. On 14 March 2016, a performance was announced for the city of

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to take place on 2 June 2016. This performance at the Estadio Vicente Calderón would mark McCartney's almost twelve years to the date of his last Madrid performance. Each of these European performances, including festivals, would be McCartney's first performance at each specific venue in these cities. In addition to these venues, McCartney would return to Paris less than a year following his performance at the city's

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. Announced on 16 March, his performance would take place on 30 May 2016 at the AccorHotels Arena. McCartney last performed at the venue during his 2011

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tour. McCartney announced on 29 March a performance in the city of

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to take place at the O₂ Arena on 16 June 2016. This would be his first performance in the

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since 2004. The tour marks McCartney's first-ever performance as a solo artist of " A Hard Day's Night" and the first time the song was performed by a Beatle in half a century since the Beatles played it for the last time on 31 August 1965 at the Cow Palace in

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. On 30 May 2016 at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France, Paul McCartney performed "Michelle" in between "FourFiveSeconds" and "Eleanor Rigby". DesertTrip2016-123 (30199592162)

On 17 July 2016, Paul played " Helter Skelter" at

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as the third song in the encore after "

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" and before " Birthday" and

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of The Grateful Dead played rhythm guitar and

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Rob Gronkowski danced on stage to the song. On 19 July 2016, McCartney performed his first ever show in Hershey, Pennsylvania at Hersheypark Stadium. The town of Hershey declared the date Paul McCartney Day and renamed street signs and rides in Hersheypark in his honor. On 21 July 2016 in

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, Canada and on 20 April 2016 in

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, Canada, "

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" was performed as the third song in the encore after "Hi, Hi, Hi". At the latter concert,

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joined Paul on stage to sing " I Saw Her Standing There" after "Mull of Kintyre". The second Washington, D.C. concert from August 10, held at the

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, saw a slightly modified set-list, wherein "Letting Go" was replaced with "Jet", and in the encore, they were played as one continuous act, "Hi, Hi, Hi" was replaced by "I Saw Her Standing There." On October 8, for the first

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show, Paul made numerous set changes. First, "Save Us" was swapped with "Jet", "Temporary Secretary" was replaced by "Day Tripper", "Here, There, and Everywhere" was not played, "You Won't See Me" was swapped with "I've Just Seen A Face", "A Day in the Life", "Give Peace A Chance", and for the first time ever live, "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?" were played with Neil Young for the latter three. In the encore "I Wanna Be Your Man" replaced "Hi, Hi, Hi", and "Helter Skelter" replaced "Birthday." For the following weekend, the set was the same, except for "I Wanna Be Your Man" being swapped for "Birthday", and "Can't Buy Me Love" being replaced by "Got to Get You Into My Life."

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joined the band for "FourFiveSeconds." This was the last show of the year. The tour resumed in April 2017 with the Japan shows, revisiting the Budokan like in 2015. Before and after, Paul announced another 2 US legs; a Latin American leg, returning to Brazil after 3 years and Mexico after a years absence; and the first visit to Australia and New Zealand in 24 years, having last visited those countries in 1993 on the New World Tour. This year has seen a couple of changes in the set list, which are "Save Us" and "Letting Go" switching with "Junior's Farm" and "Jet" respectively concert after concert, "Here, There, and Everywhere" dropped out, and "I Wanna Be Your Man" and "Sgt. Pepper's (reprise)" added, with the former added after being successfully performed at the Desert Trip, and the latter reappearing since the

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, 6 years after the last performance on the last show of that tour in

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, but now, though it's been inserted in the encore like before, it's not the culminating number of the show and is not attached in a medley with The End. Since the Newark concerts, there's another change in the set list: "The Fool on the Hill" is gone, and "A Day in the Life/Give Peace a Chance" replaces it, returning since the Desert Trip shows, and after being absent since

Tour band

Tour dates

Notes

Cancelled shows

24 October 2017 –

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– Colombia –

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Set list

Typical set list

# " A Hard Day's Night" # "

Save Us "Save Us" is a song by British rock band Feeder. Taken from their compilation ''The Singles The Singles may refer to: * ''The Singles'' (Basement Jaxx album) by Basement Jaxx * ''The Singles'' (Bikini Kill album) * ''The Singles'' (Blank & J ...

" or "

Junior's Farm "Junior's Farm" is a song written by Paul McCartney (though credited to Paul and Linda McCartney) and performed by Paul McCartney and Wings. It was issued as a non-album single by Apple Records in October 1974; it peaked at No. 3 in the United S ...

" # " Can't Buy Me Love" # " Letting Go" or "

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" # "

Temporary Secretary "Temporary Secretary" is a song by Paul McCartney, released as the third single from his album ''McCartney II'' in September 1980. Dominated by a dissonant sequenced synthesiser line, ''NME'' later described the song as "wonky electropop that didn' ...

" or "

All My Loving "All My Loving" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from their second UK album ''With the Beatles'' (1963). It was written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and produced by George Martin. Though not officially rele ...

" or " Drive My Car" # " Let Me Roll It" # " I've Got a Feeling" # " My Valentine" # "

Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" (sometimes written as "1985") is a song by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, released as the final track on their 1973 album ''Band on the Run''. It has been featured on the 2001 document ...

" # "

Here, There and Everywhere "Here, There and Everywhere" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album ''Revolver''. A love ballad, it was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. McCartney includes it among his personal favour ...

" (only in 2016) # " Maybe I'm Amazed" # " We Can Work It Out" or "

I've Just Seen a Face "I've Just Seen a Face" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released in August 1965 on their album ''Help!'', except in North America, where it appeared as the opening track on the December 1965 release ''Rubber Soul''. Writ ...

" # " In Spite of All the Danger" # "

You Won't See Me "You Won't See Me" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1965 album ''Rubber Soul''. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. As with songs such as "We Can Work It Out" and "I'm Looking Through Yo ...

" # "

Love Me Do "Love Me Do" is the official debut single by the English rock band the Beatles, backed by " P.S. I Love You". When the single was originally released in the United Kingdom on 5 October 1962, it peaked at number 17. It was released in the United ...

" # " And I Love Her" # " Blackbird" # " Here Today" # "

Queenie Eye "Queenie Eye" is a song by Paul McCartney, and written by McCartney and producer Paul Epworth. It is the second single from McCartney's solo album ''New'', released in 2013. McCartney explained that the song name and chorus lyrics were from a chi ...

" # "

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" # " The Fool on the Hill" (until the Tinley Park shows) # "

Lady Madonna "Lady Madonna" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. In March 1968, it was released as a mono single, backed with " The Inner Light". The song was recorded on 3 a ...

" # "

FourFiveSeconds "FourFiveSeconds" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna, American rapper Kanye West, and English musician Paul McCartney. It was written and produced by McCartney, Kanye West, Mike Dean, Dave Longstreth and Noah Goldstein with additiona ...

" # "

Eleanor Rigby "Eleanor Rigby" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album ''Revolver''. It was also issued on a double A-side single, paired with " Yellow Submarine". The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to L ...

" # "

I Wanna Be Your Man "I Wanna Be Your Man" is a Lennon–McCartney-penned song first recorded and released as a single by the Rolling Stones, and then recorded by the Beatles. The song was primarily written by Paul McCartney, and finished by Lennon and McCartney in ...

" (only in 2017) # " Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" # "

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" # " A Day in the Life"/" Give Peace a Chance" (since the Newark shows) # " Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" # "

Band on the Run ''Band on the Run'' is the third studio album by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, released in December 1973. It was McCartney's fifth album after leaving the Beatles in April 1970. Although sales were modest initially ...

" # "

Back in the U.S.S.R. "Back in the U.S.S.R." is a song by the English rock band the Beatles and the first track of the 1968 double album ''The Beatles'' (also known as the "White Album"). Written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership, ...

" # "

Let It Be Let It Be most commonly refers to: * ''Let It Be'' (Beatles album), the Beatles' final studio album, released in 1970 * "Let It Be" (Beatles song), the title song from the album It may also refer to: Film and television * ''Let It Be'' (1970 ...

" # " Live and Let Die" # "

Hey Jude "Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in August 1968. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The single was the Beatles' first release o ...

" #*Encore # " Yesterday" # "

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is a song written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney), released in 1967 on the album of the same name by the Beatles. The song appears twice on the album: as the opening track (segueing i ...

" (only in 2017) # "

" or "

Get Back "Get Back" is a song recorded by the British rock band the Beatles and Billy Preston, and written by Paul McCartney though credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. It was originally released as a single on 11 April 1969 and credited to ...

", or "

" (only in Australia and New Zealand) # " Birthday" or " I Saw Her Standing There" or " Helter Skelter" # "

Golden Slumbers "Golden Slumbers" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album ''Abbey Road''. Written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it is the sixth song of the album's climactic B-side medley. The song is follow ...

"/" Carry That Weight"/" The End"

Other set lists

References

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