Driving World Tour

Driving World Tour

Tour by Paul McCartney
Associated album	Driving Rain
Start date	1 April 2002
End date	18 November 2002
Legs	4
No. of shows	53 in North America 5 in Asia 58 Total
Box office	US $125.9 million ($165.92 in 2016 dollars)[1]
Paul McCartney concert chronology

The Driving World Tour was Paul McCartney's first concert tour of the 21st century and of any kind since 1993's New World Tour. For the first time in nearly a decade, McCartney returned to the road following the death of first wife, Linda McCartney, the death of George Harrison, and 9/11.^[2] This was in promotion of his 2001 album Driving Rain. Paul "Wix" Wickens returned on keyboards and is credited as Musical Director. New to the fold were Americans Rusty Anderson, Brian Ray, and Abe Laboriel Jr. Paul McCartney's then-fiancée Heather Mills accompanied him on the tour and was in the audience for every American performance.

Background

The tour began on 1 April 2002 when the American leg was kicked off in Oakland, California. The official release chronicling the first U.S. leg of the tour was the CD and DVD Back in the U.S., which itself would be promoted by another leg in the States. The second American leg was followed by visits to Japan and Mexico. A remix of The Fireman tracks and a performance by Cirque du Soleil opened each show of this leg.

Tour band

• Paul McCartney – lead vocals, acoustic, electric and bass guitars, piano, ukulele
• Rusty Anderson – backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
• Brian Ray – backing vocals, acoustic, electric and bass guitars
• Paul "Wix" Wickens – backing vocals, keyboards, accordion, acoustic guitar
• Abe Laboriel, Jr. – backing vocals, drums, percussion

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
North America Driving USA[3]
April 1, 2002	Oakland	United States	Oracle Arena	14,401 / 18,503	$1,725,754
April 3, 2002	San Jose		SAP Center	14,330 / 18,113	$1,672,915
April 5, 2002	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena	23,341 / 24,712	$5,591,700
April 6, 2002
April 10, 2002	Chicago		United Center	32,178 / 32,178	$4,066,030
April 11, 2002
April 13, 2002	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre	16,169 / 16,169	$1,346,594
April 16, 2002	Philadelphia	United States	Wells Fargo Center	15,536 / 15,536	$1,868,760
April 17, 2002	East Rutherford		Izod Center	16,740 / 16,740	$1,961,431
April 19, 2002	Boston		TD Garden	14,607 / 14,607	$1,952,755
April 21, 2002	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	14,248 / 14,248	$1,836,490
April 23, 2002	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center	29,946 / 29,946	$3,810,367
April 24, 2002
April 26, 2002	New York City		Madison Square Garden	31,402 / 31,402	$4,050,500
April 27, 2002
April 29, 2002	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena	17,564 / 17,564	$2,146,615
May 1, 2002	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	17,356 / 17,356	$1,938,315
May 4, 2002	Los Angeles		Staples Center	15,805 / 15,805	$2,148,387
May 5, 2002	Anaheim		Honda Center	13,739 / 13,739	$1,780,035
May 7, 2002	Denver		Pepsi Center	14,700 / 14,700	$1,762,935
May 9, 2002	Dallas		Reunion Arena	30,009 / 30,009	$4,071,970
May 10, 2002
May 12, 2002	Atlanta		Philips Arena	28,810 / 28,810	$3,476,918
May 13, 2002
May 15, 2002	Tampa, Florida		Amalie Arena	16,128 / 16,128	$1,979,845
May 17, 2002	Sunrise		BB&T Center	29,321 / 29,321	$3,752,002
May 18, 2002
Back in the US[4][5]
September 21, 2002	Milwaukee	United States	BMO Harris Bradley Center	16,584 / 17,082	$1,985,585
September 23, 2002	St. Paul		Xcel Energy Center	15,797 / 15,797	$2,183,430
September 24, 2002	Chicago		United Center	16,154 / 16,154	2,199,100
September 27, 2002	Hartford		XL Center	13,638 / 13,638	$1,920,240
September 28, 2002	Atlantic City		Boardwalk Hall	12,752 / 12,752	$2,258,000
September 30, 2002	Boston		TD Garden	29,097 / 29,097	$4,050,530
October 1, 2002
October 4, 2002	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena	15,752 / 17,500	$2,014,460
October 5, 2002	Indianapolis		Bankers Life Fieldhouse	15,121 / 15,121	$1,845,410
October 7, 2002	Raleigh		PNC Arena	13,916 / 13,916	$1,686,275
October 9, 2002	St. Louis		Scottrade Center	14,878 / 14,878	$1,791,485
October 10, 2002	Columbus		Schottenstein Center	15,124 / 15,124	$2,132,005
October 12, 2002	New Orleans		Smoothie King Center	12,906 / 12,906	$1,509,715
October 13, 2002	Houston		Compaq Center	12,440 / 12,440	$1,758,235
October 15, 2002	Oklahoma City		Chesapeake Energy Arena	14,847 / 14,847	$1,956,090
October 18, 2002	Portland		Moda Center	15,576 / 15,576	$1,847,150
October 19, 2002	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome	17,648 / 17,648	$2,325,855
October 21, 2002	Sacramento		Sleep Train Arena	13,737 / 13,737	$1,714,148
October 22, 2002	San Jose		SAP Center	14,220 / 14,220	$1,892,330
October 25, 2002	Anaheim		Honda Center	13,588 / 16,192	$1,795,675
October 26, 2002	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena	12,654 / 12,654	$2,517,900
October 28, 2002	Los Angeles		Staples Center	15,866 / 16,143	$2,194,319
October 29, 2002	Phoenix		Talking Stick Resort Arena	14,878 / 15,125	$1,967,187
Driving Mexico
November 2, 2002	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes	52,451 / 52,451	$4,787,211
November 3, 2002
November 5, 2002
Asia Driving Japan[5]
November 11, 2002	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Dome	120,429 / 121,419	$14,406,218
November 13, 2002
November 14, 2002
November 17, 2002	Osaka		Osaka Dome	80,284 / 80,944	$8,208,891
November 18, 2002
Total				996,667 / 1,012,947	$125,887,762

Set list

Driving USA 

1. "Hello, Goodbye"
2. "Jet"
3. "All My Loving"
4. "Getting Better"
5. "Coming Up"
6. "Let Me Roll It"
7. "Lonely Road"
8. "Driving Rain"
9. "Your Loving Flame"
10. "Blackbird"
11. "Every Night"
12. "We Can Work It Out"
13. "Mother Nature's Son"
14. "Vanilla Sky"
15. "You Never Give Me Your Money"/"Carry That Weight"
16. "The Fool on the Hill"
17. "Here Today"
18. "Something"
19. "Eleanor Rigby"
20. "Here, There and Everywhere"
21. "Band on the Run"
22. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
23. "Maybe I'm Amazed"
24. "C Moon"
25. "My Love"
26. "Can't Buy Me Love"
27. "Freedom"
28. "Live and Let Die"
29. "Let It Be"
30. "Hey Jude"
    • Encore 1
31. "The Long and Winding Road"
32. "Lady Madonna"
33. "I Saw Her Standing There"
    • Encore 2
34. "Yesterday"
35. "Sgt. Pepper's"/"The End"

Back in the US 

1. "Hello, Goodbye"
2. "Jet"
3. "All My Loving"
4. "Getting Better"
5. "Coming Up"
6. "Let Me Roll It"
7. "Lonely Road"
8. "Driving Rain"
9. "Your Loving Flame"
10. "Blackbird"
11. "Every Night"
12. "We Can Work It Out"
13. "You Never Give Me Your Money"/"Carry That Weight"
14. "The Fool on the Hill"
15. "Here Today"
16. "Something"
17. "Eleanor Rigby"
18. "Here, There and Everywhere"
19. "Michelle"
20. "Band on the Run"
21. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
22. "Maybe I'm Amazed"
23. "Let 'Em In"
24. "My Love"
25. "She's Leaving Home
26. "Can't Buy Me Love"
27. "Freedom"
28. "Live and Let Die"
29. "Let It Be"
30. "Hey Jude"
    • Encore 1
31. "The Long and Winding Road"
32. "Lady Madonna"
33. "I Saw Her Standing There"
    • Encore 2
34. "Yesterday"
35. "Sgt. Pepper's"/"The End"

Palacio de los Deportes,^[6][7][8] Tokyo Dome^[9] 

1. "Hello, Goodbye"
2. "Jet"
3. "All My Loving"
4. "Getting Better"
5. "Coming Up"
6. "Let Me Roll It"
7. "Lonely Road"
8. "Driving Rain"
9. "Your Loving Flame"
10. "Blackbird"
11. "Every Night"
12. "We Can Work It Out"
13. "You Never Give Me Your Money"/"Carry That Weight"
14. "The Fool on the Hill"
15. "Here Today"
16. "Something"
17. "Eleanor Rigby"
18. "Here, There, and Everywhere"
19. "Michelle"
20. "Band on the Run"
21. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
22. "Maybe I'm Amazed"
23. "Let 'Em In"
24. "My Love"
25. "She's Leaving Home"
26. "Can't Buy Me Love"
27. "Live and Let Die"
28. "Let It Be"
29. "Hey Jude"
    • Encore 1
30. "The Long and Winding Road"
31. "Lady Madonna"
32. "I Saw Her Standing There"
    • Encore 2
33. "Yesterday"
34. "Sgt. Pepper's"/"The End"

Osaka Dome 

1. "Hello, Goodbye"
2. "Jet"
3. "All My Loving"
4. "Getting Better"
5. "Coming Up"
6. "Let Me Roll It"
7. "Lonely Road"
8. "Driving Rain"
9. "Your Loving Flame"
10. "Blackbird"
11. "Every Night"
12. "We Can Work It Out"
13. "You Never Give Me Your Money"/"Carry That Weight"
14. "The Fool on the Hill"
15. "Here Today"
16. "Something"
17. "Eleanor Rigby"
18. "Here, There, and Everywhere"
19. "Calico Skies"
20. "Michelle"
21. "Band on the Run"
22. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
23. "Maybe I'm Amazed"
24. "Let 'Em In"
25. "My Love"
26. "She's Leaving Home"
27. "Can't Buy Me Love"
28. "Live and Let Die"
29. "Let It Be"
30. "Hey Jude"
    • Encore 1
31. "The Long and Winding Road"
32. "Lady Madonna"
33. "I Saw Her Standing There"
    • Encore 2
34. "Yesterday"
35. "Sgt. Pepper's"/"The End"

References

1. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
2. Paul McCartney: File Under...Concerts | EW.com
3. Box score:
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. 114 (17): 20. April 27, 2002. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. 114 (19): 19. May 11, 2002. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. 114 (20): 18. May 18, 2002. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. 114 (21): 21. May 25, 2002. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. 114 (22): 25. June 1, 2002. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
4. Box score:
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. 114 (42): 18. October 19, 2002. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. 114 (43): 17. October 26, 2002. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. 114 (44): 17. November 2, 2002. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. 114 (45): 19. November 9, 2002. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. 114 (46): 23. November 16, 2002. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. 114 (47): 19. November 23, 2002. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
5. "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. 114 (49): 36. December 7, 2002. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
6. Paul McCartney Setlist at Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico on 2 November 2002, http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/paul-mccartney/2002/palacio-de-los-deportes-mexico-city-mexico-3d439c7.html
7. Paul McCartney Setlist at Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico on 3 November 2002, http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/paul-mccartney/2002/palacio-de-los-deportes-mexico-city-mexico-bd439c6.html
8. Paul McCartney Setlist at Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico on 5 November 2002, http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/paul-mccartney/2002/palacio-de-los-deportes-mexico-city-mexico-13d439c5.html
9. Paul McCartney Setlist at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan on 11 November 2002, http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/paul-mccartney/2002/tokyo-dome-tokyo-japan-63d54e63.html