Paul McCartney Secret Soundcheck Gig - Manchester 19 December 2011

On Monday 19 December 2011 Paul McCartney played a concert at the Manchester M.E.N. Arena as part of his On The Run tour.

This was my first McCartney gig and it was sensational. My super-expensive ticket included watching Paul and the band at the soundcheck - an amazing experience. I managed to discreetly record some audio on my phone of the soundcheck gig, skip to 02:35 if you want to get straight to this.

The following day (Tuesday 20 December) I was listening to the radio and heard Stuart Maconie talking about attending the soundcheck and he mentioned the girls with the Argentina flag. It was then that I realised he was sat a couple of rows behind me and I had snapped a picture of what he was referring to at 01:38.

So the first couple of minutes of the video has Stuart Maconie and Mark Radcliffe talking about the soundcheck gig on their radio show and my audio of the soundcheck itself follows.

Chapters below:

00:00 - Stuart Maconie describes seeing the soundcheck
02:10 - "What about that handball though?"
02:43 - Matchbox
05:51 - Honey Don't
08:22 - Jam #1
09:34 - Jam #2
13:03 - Flaming Pie
15:52 - Penny Lane
19:55 - Cheer for Paul
20:16 - Birthday
23:42 - C Moon
27:25 - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
32:05 - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
35:55 - Acoustic Noodling...

Enjoy!

Paul also played It's So Easy, Every Night, Petrushka, Something, Bluebird, Yesterday and Lady Madonna but sadly I do not have a recording of these.