Paul Wickens
Birth : 1956-03-27, Brentwood, Essex, England, UK
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Paul "Wix" Wickens (born 27 March 1956) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and record producer. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Wickens has worked with artists including Paul McCartney, Nik Kershaw, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bon Jovi, Edie Brickell and many others. Wickens has also been a member of McCartney's touring band since 1989.
In the early 1980s Wickens was a member of Woodhead Monroe, a band that issued two singles distributed by Stiff, "Mumbo Jumbo" and "Identify."
Wickens began touring with Paul McCartney in 1989. As of then, he has appeared on many of McCartney's albums and DVDs, and has become the musical director for many of McCartney's tours. He continues to tour with McCartney (as his keyboardist, occasional guitarist and backing vocalist), and of the four musicians in McCartney's touring band, he has worked with McCartney the longest by a considerable margin.
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The living legend that is Sir Paul McCartney, returns to headline Glastonbury for a second time, a week after his eightieth birthday celebrations, making him the oldest artist ever to top the Pyramid Stage. As one of the founding members of The Beatles, Paul McCartney is a national treasure and one of our most important British cultural icons. In this headline set, expect much-loved Beatles classics, familiar hits from his solo career and masterpieces from the Wings back catalogue.
Paul McCartney's barnstorming 2018 performance at Liverpool's Cavern Club, where his career with the Beatles started out.
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Live concert recorded October 5, 2018 in Austin, TX. McCartney and his band perform A Hard Day's Night, Hi! Hi! Hi!, Can't Buy Me Love, Letting Go, Come on to Me, Let Me Roll It, I've Got a Feeling, My Valentine, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five, Maybe I'm Amazed, I've Just Seen a Face, In Spite of All the Danger, From Me to You, Love Me Do, Blackbird, Here Today, Lady Madonna, Fuh You, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!, Something, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Band on the Run, Back in the U.S.S.R., Let it Be, Live and Let Die, Hey Jude, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise), Helter Skelter, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight and The End.
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Live concert film recorded July 23, 2018 at EMI No. 2 Studio, Abbey Road, London
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Recorded live before an invited audience at NYC's Grand Central Station, September 7th, 2018
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On April 28 2015 Paul McCartney returned to the Budokan for a special performance as part of his “Out There Japan” tour. The tour marked almost a half a century since the Beatles performed for the first time at the Budokan in 1966. Tracklisting: [01]. Can’t Buy Me Love [02]. Save Us [03]. All My Loving [04]. One After 909 [05]. Let Me Roll It [06]. Paperback Writer [07]. My Valentine [08]. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five [09]. Maybe I’m Amazed [10]. I’ve Just Seen a Face [11]. Another Day [12]. Dance Tonight [13]. We Can Work It Out [14]. And I Love Her [15]. Blackbird [16]. New [17]. Lady Madonna [18]. Another Girl [19]. Got to Get You into My Life [20]. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! [21]. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da [22]. Back in the U.S.S.R. [23]. Let It Be [24]. Live and Let Die [25]. Hey Jude Encore: [26]. Yesterday [27]. Birthday [28]. Golden Slumbers [29]. Carry That Weight [30]. The End
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A collection of behind-the-scenes footage from the international promotional trail for Paul McCartney's 2013 album "NEW".
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Almost exactly 11 years to the day since McCartney last embarked on a run of shows in Japan during the Driving World Tour, November 2013 saw him bring his Out There! Tour to Japan to play six shows in Osaka, Fukuoka and Tokyo. The news was announced on 16 July 2013 on his official website. The first date was taken place in Osaka on 11 November and the tour was continuing at the Fukuoka Dome on 15 November. A run of shows at the Tokyo Dome followed, taking place on 18, 19, 21 November.
It's hard to believe Paul McCartney - the mariachi-singing ex-Beatle - is turning 70 years-old next month. After a three-hour performance in front of 200,000 people at Mexico City's historic central square, the Zócalo, the ex-Beatle proved that not only is he as talented as ever, but he is as eternally charming and energetic as one would expect from the former mop-topped demigod. McCartney amped the crowd at the Zocalo by yelling "¡Viva Mexico, Cabrones!" -- a sure fire way to get the crowd up onto their feet -- and made sure to pepper Mexican slang into a few of the songs performed that night. For good measure, Sir Paul also waved the Mexican flag. During the concert, McCartney was joined by a traditional Mexican mariachi band for the Beatles' classic, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, an evening highlight that will not be forgotten anytime soon by the masses in attendance.
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The concert footage featured on the standard edition of the set was directed by Paul Becher, who has overseen live visuals for McCartney for over 200 performances. The performances were shot in high definition using 15 cameras and digital footage incorporated from 75 flipcams handed out to fans over the course of the three night stand.[ The audio mix, in both stereo and 5.1, was handled by longtime Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick, and also longtime McCartney engineer Paul Hicks, whose credits include the recent Beatles remasters, The Beatles Anthology and Let It Be... Naked, and two Grammy awards for his mixing work on the Beatles' Love album.
Paul McCartney and his band performed at Halifax Commons on July 11 2009. One of the highlights of the concert was a performance of the song Mull of Kintyre with the Pipes and drums of the 78th Highlanders. The concert was originally shown on PPV in Canada.
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In 2005, rock legend Paul McCartney crossed America with his record-breaking, sold-out US tour. Better than a front-row seat, this feature-length concert film takes viewers onto this stage and beyond, capturing Paul's out-of-this-world performance.
Jet Got to Get You into My Life (The Beatles song)
Flaming Pie All My Loving (The Beatles song)
Let Me Roll It (Wings song)
She's a Woman (The Beatles song)
Maybe I'm Amazed The Long and Winding Road In Spite of All the Danger (The Quarrymen song)
Blackbird We Can Work It Out Here Today All Things Must Pass (George Harrison cover)
Yellow Submarine I'll Follow the Sun Calico Skies Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles song)
Drive My Car Penny Lane (The Beatles song)
Get Back (The Beatles song)
Band on the Run (Wings song)
Back in the U.S.S.R. Live and Let Die (Wings song)
I've Got a Feeling (The Beatles song)
Lady Madonna Hey Jude Encore:
Yesterday (The Beatles song)
Follow Me (first time played)
Let It Be (The Beatles song)
I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles song)
Encore 2:
Helter Skelter (The Beatles song)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The End
For the Russian audience, McCartney's appearance in Moscow is little short of a miracle. The Beatles were banned for decades by the Soviet government, which regarded their music as the epitome of Western decadence and propaganda, and the fans' only access to the group was through the occasional photo or black market album. Their reaction to his 2003 visit is a mixture of frenzy and rapture.
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In 2002, a 60-year old McCartney refocused the attention on his musicianship, staging a massive live concert in Cleveland, Ohio. The superstar, who went on to form the popular rock group Wings and had several hit records as a solo artist, performs a track list that covers all three phases of his long and prolific career, including the hits "Eleanor Rigby," "Live And Let Die," "Blackbird," "The Long And Winding Road," and "Mother Nature's Son." In addition to the 30 tunes that McCartney enthusiastically performs, seemingly immune to the ravages of time and aging, BACK IN THE U.S.A LIVE also includes candid behind-the-scenes footage of the rocker backstage and on the road.
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Edwurd Fudwupper spends all his time cooking up big fibs. But one day, he tells such a humdinger that the army, the air force and the dog catcher are called to try to reverse the damage wrought. An unlikely heroine comes to his rescue.
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Over 20 McCartney classics from The New World Tour. Paul McCartney's "Off the Ground" tour features the album tracks, solo work, as well as several Beatle-era classics.
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Paul Is Live in Concert on the New World Tour is the concert video containing over 20 McCartney classics from the New World Tour. Released in 1993 during his tour in support of the album "Off the Ground". Its cover is often used as a counter-argument to the Paul is dead conspiracy theory.
Paul McCartney: Movin' On takes viewers inside the private world of one of the most celebrated musicians of all time. Go backstage and join Beatle Paul McCartney and his band as they prepare for their 1992 New World Tour and recording. Sit in on recording sessions at Abbey Road and tour the famous Beatle's studio. Enjoy exclusive interviews and live performances. Highlights include footage of McCartney rehearsing "Penny Lane" and "Drive My Car." Other works featured on the film include "Hope of Deliverance", "C'mon People", "Off the Ground", "Get Out of My Way", and "Looking for Changes".
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Paul McCartney returns to the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City for the first of two nights' live concert recordings for an MTV Special. Live performances of 24 songs, many from his then-forthcoming album "Off the Ground." Recorded December 10, 1992.
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Get Back is a 1991 concert film starring Paul McCartney that documents The Paul McCartney World Tour of 1989–1990. The film was directed by Richard Lester, in a return to his Beatles-related work, and was released by Carolco Pictures and New Line Cinema, through the Seven Arts joint venture.
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Unplugged is a live performance by Paul McCartney, recorded 25 January 1991.
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This MPL documentary is about Paul McCartney's World Tour '90. It focuses on all the organization which was set up for this tour and also features some live performances by Paul and his band. Some interviews are given by Paul, Hamish, Wix and other members of the crew. The documentary begins with the recalling of the concert at the Maracana Stadium in Brazil on April 21st, 1990. Two days before, a torrential rain has begun to fall, and nobody can yet ensure that the show of tonight will really happen. The rain is so strong that the crew has tremendous difficulties to put up the stage. A previous date (April 19) has already been cancelled because of the rain. But that night, at the very moment when Paul and his band come on stage, the rain stops by a miracle. The show is finally attended by 184.000 people, thus establishing a new world record for the largest concert given in the history of rock'n'roll.
