I live in Astoria, maybe 45 minutes from Irving Plaza so if I had heard about the McCartney gig at Irving Plaza when it was announced I still wouldn’t have made it. The irving Plaza gig was so specialized unless you lived round the corner you plain weren’t going. I didn’t go.
The gig was announced on Paul’s website around tenish but even if I had been aware of it I would never have gotten to the city in time to get in line:
PAUL McCARTNEY
Special Valentine’s Day Concert
Saturday 14th February at Irving Plaza
ONLY A FEW HUNDRED TICKETS AVAILABLE!
On Sale 10am Day of Show
ONLY AT THE IRVING PLAZA BOX OFFICE
All Tickets $40 CASH ONLY—Limit One (1) Per Customer
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED
Paul has announced he will be playing a very intimate and special Valentine’s Day concert this evening – Saturday 14th February – in New York City.
The gig will take place at Irving Plaza.
There will be EXTREMELY LIMITED tickets on sale today from 10am (EST) and available ONLY through The Irving Plaza Box Office. Tickets can only be purchased using cash and are limited to one per person.
PLEASE NOTE: TICKETS WILL BE SOLD ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS
This took everybody by surprise, well not everybody
From the examiner.com by Steve Marinucci:
Paul McCartney may be playing a small-hall (and possibly private) show Feb. 14 in New York City likely connected with this weekend’s three-hour “SNL 40” special on NBC, Beatles Examiner has learned, though a Paul McCartney spokesman said Feb. 12 the show is unconfirmed. The venue also said the show is not confirmed, though it said something might be announced on Saturday.
According to the report, he’ll be playing at the intimate venue the Irving Plaza, located at 17 Irving Plaza in New York City. The 150-year-old building, which has room for only 1,025 fans in general admission, has been hosting rock shows since 1978 and has staged concerts by Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Pearl Jam, the Ramones and the Dave Matthews Band, among many others.
The calendar for the venue shows no show listed for Saturday, though the building has been used for private events in the past by Live Nation. There’s been no announcement of the show yet by McCartney or the venue.
The show is almost certainly connected with his appearance on “SNL 40,” the network’s tribute to the 40th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live.” That show airs on NBC on Sunday from 8 to 11 p.m. ET live on the East Coast and on three-hour delay on the West Coast. A one-hour red-carpet special hosted by Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Carson Daly and Al Roker will precede it from 7 to 8 p.m. ET/PT.
The three-hour live special will feature past and present cast members, as well as special and musical guests from the show’s five-decade run. The red carpet special will feature interviews of past hosts, past and current cast members and some of the musical acts who have played on the show.
Setlist:
Eight Days a Week
(The Beatles song)
Save Us
All My Loving
(The Beatles song)
One After 909
(The Beatles song)
Matchbox
(Carl Perkins cover)
Let Me Roll It
(Wings song)
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
(Wings song)
My Valentine
Maybe I’m Amazed
I’ve Just Seen a Face
(The Beatles song)
It’s So Easy
(The Crickets cover)
Every Night
Another Day
We Can Work It Out
(The Beatles song)
And I Love Her
(The Beatles song)
New
Lady Madonna
(The Beatles song)
Jet
(Wings song)
Drive My Car
(The Beatles song)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
(The Beatles song)
Back in the U.S.S.R.
(The Beatles song)
Let It Be
(The Beatles song)
Hey Jude
(The Beatles song)
Encore:
Golden Slumbers
(The Beatles song)
Carry That Weight
(The Beatles song)
The End
(The Beatles song)