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Title: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: runwhiteyrun06 on July 19, 2009, 08:59:27 pm
Is anyone going? After watching his Coachella and Letterman concert, it looks like he still has it. I'm really tempted to buy some of the 60 dollar seats right now.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on July 19, 2009, 10:20:01 pm
i'm in.  Saw last time he was in town and he put on a great show.  His band is very tight.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: walkonby on July 19, 2009, 10:37:43 pm
(http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/photography/images/photograph/large/im00022.jpg)

him without him equals

(http://icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/files/2007/11/funny-pictures-crosslegged-cat.jpg)
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: chancegardener on July 19, 2009, 11:36:36 pm
I'm going to see him this Tuesday night up in NYC. Got the cheap seats, sitting up on top and taking my 16 year old nephew.  You gotta see these people while they're still around. But unless you're a total fanatic, no need to drop $250. It's not like Paul dances around the stage or anything and gets in the audience's face. He's a slick professional who's been doing it a very long time and knows how to put on a good show. Plus he pulls out one or two or 25 utterly classic songs in a  2 1/2 hour long concert. So get the cheap seats and just go and enjoy it. Ten years from now, when he's stopped touring, you'll be glad you did.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: K8teebug on July 20, 2009, 08:01:44 am
I saw him the last time he was in town and loved it.  He played for over 3 hours, and played everything.  I went with my Mom and Aunt, and we had a great time.  Just got the cheap seats.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: Bombay Chutney on July 20, 2009, 10:08:28 am
I'll be there in the $95-level.  I don't want Ringo to be the only Beatle I ever get to see in concert.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: walkonby on July 20, 2009, 01:10:40 pm
after hearing a review on howard today about one of the shows . . . i might just reconsider this.  he seems to be giving the fans a "beatle blowout" show, full of mainly hits and less of that wings/solo b.s.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: eltee on July 20, 2009, 10:24:27 pm
I'm tempted, but the fees are killing me. (I want to go mid-range in ticket base cost)
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: runwhiteyrun06 on July 20, 2009, 10:59:57 pm
I just got 4 of the $65 tickets. With fees and standard mail delivery, it was $363. Without any fees it would have been $260. Fees were 103 or almost $26 per ticket. I hate Ticketmaster and Fedex field, why must one pay a parking fee even if you aren't going to park there?


Despite this, i expect the $91 dollars to be worth it and I'm glad I will save myself future regret had I not bought the tickets.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: eltee on July 21, 2009, 09:58:47 am
Ugh. You guys are killing me. I decided this am not to go b/c fees...but your comments about the show are tempting! I'm already seeing "Spring Awakening" that day - it would be a long one.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: eros on July 21, 2009, 10:27:18 am
We sprung for the $95 (?) tickets which got us in the front part of the back section on the floor.  I've seen two other Sir Paul shows - he does not disappoint.  The 4th of July 1990 at RFK was one I'll never forget.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: chancegardener on July 24, 2009, 12:31:02 am
Alright everybody, here's the setlist from the McCartney show at CitiField, NYC 7/21/09 ... read at your risk (spoiler alert!):



Drive My Car
Jet
Only Mama Knows
Flaming Pie
Got to Get you into my Life
Let Me Roll it
Highway
Long and Winding Road
My Love
Blackbird
Here Today
Dance Around
Calico Skies
Mrs Vanderbilt
Eleanor Rigby
Sing the Changes
Band on the Run
Back in the USSR
I'm down
Something
I've Got a Feeling
Paperback Writer
Day in the Life / Give Peace a Chance
Let it Be
Live and Let Die
Hey Jude
____

Day Tripper
Lady Madonna
I Saw Her Standing There

____

Yesterday
Helter Skelter
Get Back
Sgt Pepper Reprise
The End



Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: edbert on July 24, 2009, 10:31:44 am
Has he ever played "Hi Hi Hi" since his infamous drug bust?  Back in the mid 1970s the teens in my neighborhood hung out at this pizza shop where the owner knew that half of us were there with pot munchies, because his jukebox was all songs like that.  Hi Hi Hi in particular was like the big anthem of the local heads
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: heather on July 24, 2009, 12:36:08 pm
interesting promo:

spend at least $100 online at redskins.com and receive 2 free tix to paul mccartney. 

"Once you've completed your online purchase, simply send your email receipt confirmation to freetickets@redskins.com to reserve your free tickets.  Offer expires on 7/30/2009 or while supplies last."
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: chaz on July 24, 2009, 12:48:43 pm
interesting promo:

spend at least $100 online at redskins.com and receive 2 free tix to paul mccartney. 

"Once you've completed your online purchase, simply send your email receipt confirmation to freetickets@redskins.com to reserve your free tickets.  Offer expires on 7/30/2009 or while supplies last."
They must be hurting to sell tickets to this....
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: Driveway on July 24, 2009, 01:42:12 pm
Redskins ticket reps are always calling me about season tickets.  They have offered me free tickets to U2 and Paul.  Too bad the Redskins are lame.  Go Caps!
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: walkonby on July 24, 2009, 03:06:49 pm
man i wish i had 250 to blow on a show . . . just pulled 20th row, front section, dead center.  threw it back.  i needed groceries anyway.  i think i'll make the drive with the cooler to wegmans.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: thirsty moore on July 24, 2009, 03:56:34 pm
He's playing Jet. That's all that matters. You can leave after that.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: heather on July 24, 2009, 04:08:18 pm
Redskins ticket reps are always calling me about season tickets.  They have offered me free tickets to U2 and Paul.  Too bad the Redskins are lame.  Go Caps!

yeah, i guess my number finally came up (or whatever) after years on the waitlist.  they were several months late as i'd sprung for caps season tix in feb.  besides, it doesn't get any more convenient for me than the verizon center, and i don't hate the owner.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: wml7 on July 24, 2009, 04:11:42 pm
If I wasn't going to apw, I would def had tried to go to this.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface on July 24, 2009, 04:13:06 pm
Oh man, he dropped For No One from the last time he toured. My favorite. :(
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: kosmo vinyl on July 25, 2009, 10:23:22 am
Kosmette and I are in, pulled what appear to be decent seats in Section 113 in the back.  Too bad about the Synder tax on top off all the other fees....  We really enjoyed his phone booth show in 2002 and it sounds like he and his band are still in top form.

The metro station is walkable correct?
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: Here's the thing on July 25, 2009, 01:06:35 pm
All of the comments here talked me into it. I just bought four $30 tickets (before fees). I hope the sound holds up in the upper deck. We are in the 9th row, straight back from the stage. It is quite a distance back, but I figure it will give us the best view. It feels like a really good deal right now, and I am glad I read the thread.
Kosmo, the Morgan Blvd. metro station is about a mile away, and is not a bad walk. The other stop may be a little closer, but I haven't used it yet.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: chancegardener on July 25, 2009, 04:39:03 pm
Up in NYC we sat in the upper-deck of CitiField, about 15 rows from the top, and the sound was really very good, definitely loud enough. He's got these big speaker rigs set up facing up and into the higher-reaching sections.  Of course FedEx is twice the size of CitiField but I expect he'll make it work.  The stage visuals feature two vertical jumbotron screens on each side of the stage, pretty much projecting Paul close-ups throughout. In NY he had an opening act, an Irish pop/rock group called The Script. And he didn't wind up coming on til around 9pm, maybe a little earlier.  35 songs total. 2 encore sets. Good stuff. Souvenirs include: $30 programs (mostly pix, not much text); $5 keychains, $20 coffee mugs, $35-$45 t-shirts, etc. Enjoy, everybody ...
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: eltee on July 27, 2009, 12:17:56 pm
I opted out. As much as I'd like to go, the fees are ridiculous.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: runwhiteyrun06 on July 27, 2009, 01:12:11 pm
Which stop is the best if I take the metro?



I'm thinking about just driving from Baltimore, parking at the U of MD and taking the metro from there.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on July 27, 2009, 03:30:46 pm
Morgan Blvd on the Blue line is the stop for FedEx.  Give yourself about 20 mins to walk from the metro, but it's pretty easy.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: K8teebug on July 27, 2009, 03:36:36 pm
Got some free tickets for this over the weekend...my husband is taking his brother since I'm already going to Tori...
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: runwhiteyrun06 on July 27, 2009, 10:52:03 pm
Morgan Blvd on the Blue line is the stop for FedEx.  Give yourself about 20 mins to walk from the metro, but it's pretty easy.

Crap, the metro ride itself would be an hour commute.


I've never been to a huge stadium concert, is parking usually a cluster f*ck?
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: walkonby on July 27, 2009, 11:13:55 pm
Morgan Blvd on the Blue line is the stop for FedEx.  Give yourself about 20 mins to walk from the metro, but it's pretty easy.

Crap, the metro ride itself would be an hour commute.


I've never been to a huge stadium concert, is parking usually a cluster f*ck?

twenty minute walk . . . are you kidding me?  easy?  are you double kidding me.  do they provide segways?  and i heard unless you have the sweet vip parking thing . . . yes parking for fedex is a shitfest.  and no partying in the lot anymore.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: kosmo vinyl on July 28, 2009, 08:11:05 am
Morgan Blvd on the Blue line is the stop for FedEx.  Give yourself about 20 mins to walk from the metro, but it's pretty easy.

Crap, the metro ride itself would be an hour commute.


I've never been to a huge stadium concert, is parking usually a cluster f*ck?


I'm planning on parking at New Carrollton from there it's only a 30 minute train ride... Isn't parking like $25 out there?

Also has anyone seen when gates and will call open for the show, the FedExField website only lists info on the games?  7:30 is probably when the show starts and seeing as I've got will call extra time will need to be added for picking up tickets.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: Smylie on July 28, 2009, 10:26:56 am
Paul starts at 7:30 or is there an opener?
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: walkonby on July 28, 2009, 10:34:35 am
Paul starts at 7:30 or is there an opener?

yoko will walk upon the stage, demand a bed be placed upon, screech into the microphone for some amount of time . . . causing everybody to quit.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: Mark_Read on July 28, 2009, 11:35:15 am


I'm planning on parking at New Carrollton from there it's only a 30 minute train ride... Isn't parking like $25 out there?

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I thought parking was already included in the total price charged by TM.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: Smylie on July 28, 2009, 09:47:52 pm
Parking IS included, but i'm sure getting out post show is going to be god awful
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: Jaguar on July 28, 2009, 09:51:12 pm
Paul starts at 7:30 or is there an opener?

It's McCartney & McCartney.

Opening act: Jesse McCartney.



(j/k)
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: wml7 on July 28, 2009, 09:51:37 pm
oh my god
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: thirsty moore on July 28, 2009, 10:06:44 pm
The important thing is that he'll play "Jet." F U if you don't like that song.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: kosmo vinyl on July 29, 2009, 07:45:18 am


I'm planning on parking at New Carrollton from there it's only a 30 minute train ride... Isn't parking like $25 out there?


I thought parking was already included in the total price charged by TM.
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That's correct, I wonder what happens if you have will call tickets though...  Anyone know when the parking lots open?

According to TM page Will Call opens two hours before the event...
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: sweetcell on July 29, 2009, 09:05:06 am
That's correct, I wonder what happens if you have will call tickets though...  Anyone know when the parking lots open?

According to TM page Will Call opens two hours before the event...

when TM pre-charges everyone for parking, they generally don't check on the way in - you're waved through.  the assumption is that everyone has already paid... a vlid one, unless you're there just to tail-gate (but i suspect that someone calculated that it wasn't worth the cost/effort of screening out the few party crashers).

so even if your tickets are will-call, you shouldn't have a problem... other than traffic on the way out.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: heather on July 30, 2009, 12:52:57 pm
thievery (dj set) is opening for mccartney on saturday. (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/goingoutgurus/?hpid=news-col-blog-viewall)
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on July 30, 2009, 04:17:31 pm
thievery (dj set) is opening for mccartney on saturday. (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/goingoutgurus/?hpid=news-col-blog-viewall)

you think macca will return the favor and guest DJ at Local 16 late night?
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: mekmad on July 31, 2009, 10:11:02 pm
Paul starts at 7:30 or is there an opener?

It Thievery Corp is opening up, I wonder when Paul goes on..  8? 8:30?
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: runwhiteyrun06 on August 01, 2009, 09:12:39 am
Stupid Question: Do a lot of people tailgate at these things/do the police actually monitor it?
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: kosmo vinyl on August 01, 2009, 09:26:47 am
via the McCartney fan forum

Parking lot opens at 4pm

Gates open at 6pm

Tailgating is allowed at Redskins games, no ideas if it's allowed at concerts....
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: runwhiteyrun06 on August 01, 2009, 09:48:17 am
Thanks!
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: walkonby on August 01, 2009, 09:57:43 am
via the McCartney fan forum

Parking lot opens at 4pm

Gates open at 6pm

Tailgating is allowed at Redskins games, no ideas if it's allowed at concerts....

i was just told that they put a squash on partying in the parking lot for fed-ex, for anything.  are you sure about that?
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: Smylie on August 01, 2009, 10:02:26 am
They have certain spots now where you can tailgate if you need more then 1 spot.  If you just need 1 parking spot, you can tailgate wherever for Skins games
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: kosmo vinyl on August 02, 2009, 12:30:00 am
Great show! I liked the addition of the two songs from the recent Fireman record, and the rest was a nice varied set from his career.   To tired to compare setlists, but we heard some different songs from the 2002 show...

Now I don't know about the rest of you, but we zipped right out after the show via Arena Drive.  Getting in was a major headache due to lack of any signage on where one could exit from the inner loop.  We only managed to get into show around 8:15pm, after getting out of bumper to bumper madness that started at route 50, to take our chances on what the situation was in closer to the 202 exit.  If Arena Drive was indeed open then epic failure on someone part for not having a least temporary signage along the beltway indicating that.  Oh and it was classic as we were getting on 202 from the beltway, there was a road crew truck blocking a lane of traffic in order to fix some traffic lights.  WTF!
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: Bombay Chutney on August 02, 2009, 12:47:01 am
Arena Drive was open before the show.  We zipped past all of that traffic on the inner loop and were in the parking lot in a matter of minutes.   We left Silver Spring around 5:45 and were inside with a drink before 6:30.   Sorry we didn't have much time to talk after the show, kosmo, but Don was on a mission to get home ASAP.

The show was great.  Over 2.5 hours and it just flew by.  What a catalog he has to pick from.  Damn.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: kosmo vinyl on August 02, 2009, 12:54:31 am
oh well... guess i should gone with my gut on using Arena drive instead of being a lemming

and the Red Wings stickers on one of Paul's acoustic guitar was a nice touch :D
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: runwhiteyrun06 on August 02, 2009, 12:56:59 am
Great show! McCartney is an expert in giving a crowd what it wants and he proved it tonight. Highlights included Michelle, Live and Let Die, Let me Roll It, and Here Today.


Tons of problems with the trip and venue though. My friends and I left Baltimore around 445; we did not park till 8:10. The wait to get off 495 was god awful and 295 was backed up for some reason. The parking was the biggest clusterf*ck of all time. Staffers were waving us into lots that were full. Luckily, we just parked next to a dumpster and walked in. On the way out, I literally ran to my car and picked up my friends and was out of the stadium within 5 minutes. To compare, the trip back took 45 minutes while tje trip there took over 3 hours.

The one positive with the venue: I lost my wallet before the show and missed the first two songs looking for it. However, it was in lost and found. My faith in humanity is now restored since someone actually turned it in with my credit cards and money intact.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on August 02, 2009, 01:27:02 am
Great, great show.
Fed Ex Field sucks and so does Dan Snyder.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: eros on August 02, 2009, 09:49:53 am
Really great.  Got there early for tailgating so we were lucky to miss most of the traffic issues.

It needs to be repeated that the man is SIXTY SEVEN years old.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: ggw on August 02, 2009, 09:59:12 am
I thought it was a great contrast to see how much more McCartney could do with 2.5 hours than Green Day could.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: tobyd on August 02, 2009, 11:13:23 am
Dug this up on the McCartney forum mentioned at www.macca.devstars.eu.  Great show!

DC
8/1/2009

Drive My Car,
Jet,
Only Mama Knows,
Flaming Pie,
Got To Get You Into My Life
Let Me Roll It,
Highway,
Long and Winding Road
My Love,
Blackbird,
Here Today
Dance Tonight,
Calico Skies,
MICHELLE
Mrs. Vanderbilt,
Elenore Rigby,
Sing The Changes
Band On The Run,
Back In The USSR,
I'm Down
Something,
I've Got A Feeling,
Paperback Writer
A Day In The Life/Give Peace A Chance,
Let It Be,
Live and Let Die
Hey Jude,
Day Tripper,
Lady Madonna
I Saw Her Standing There,
Yesterday,
Helter Skelter,
Get Back
Sgt. Pepper/The End.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: Mark_Read on August 02, 2009, 11:54:19 am
Just the 36 songs then. Amazing that he can still rip "I'm Down" and then go straight into "Something". Great show but FedEx sucks. Stood in line for food and drinks to be told they had run out of soda (put up a sign for God's sake) and had to pay $5 for water.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: RustyOrgan on August 02, 2009, 07:41:01 pm
Dug this up on the McCartney forum mentioned at www.macca.devstars.eu.  Great show!

DC
8/1/2009

Drive My Car,
Jet,
Only Mama Knows,
Flaming Pie,
Got To Get You Into My Life
Let Me Roll It,
Highway,
Long and Winding Road
My Love,
Blackbird,
Here Today
Dance Tonight,
Calico Skies,
MICHELLE
Mrs. Vanderbilt,
Elenore Rigby,
Sing The Changes
Band On The Run,
Back In The USSR,
I'm Down
Something,
I've Got A Feeling,
Paperback Writer
A Day In The Life/Give Peace A Chance,
Let It Be,
Live and Let Die
Hey Jude,
Day Tripper,
Lady Madonna
I Saw Her Standing There,
Yesterday,
Helter Skelter,
Get Back
Sgt. Pepper/The End.


Wow.  Makes me wish I was at the show!  ORCH of course!!
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: K8teebug on August 03, 2009, 01:32:14 pm
I know alot of people who missed the first few songs because there was no one directing traffic into the stadium at all. 

Sad.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: eltee on August 03, 2009, 01:33:54 pm
review: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/08/03/ST2009080300966.html?sid=ST2009080300966

article on mishaps: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/03/AR2009080300725.html
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: leafblower on August 04, 2009, 11:46:01 am
My photos from the show are up on DCist:  http://dcist.com/2009/08/click_click_paul_mccartney_fedex_fi.php

I arrived early and left early and did not have any problems either way.  Although about a third of the way through the show THEY RAN OUT OF BEER CUPS!
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: eros on August 04, 2009, 12:02:27 pm
I've only been to one Redskins game there but I'd bet these type of problems don't happen on Sundays in the fall there.  Traffic confusion, plumbing problems, running out of concessions, no port-o-potties in the parking lot (at least none where I parked).

It seems Danny really went on the cheap for this.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: runwhiteyrun06 on August 04, 2009, 12:07:37 pm
There's a decent quality bootleg on dimeadozen if anyone is interested.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: Sage 703 on August 04, 2009, 12:29:13 pm
What is dimeadozen?
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: runwhiteyrun06 on August 04, 2009, 01:41:25 pm
http://www.dimeadozen.org/


It's a torrent tracker that only has live shows, so everything is legal.  You have to register to download stuff and only a certain amount of people can be members. If you can't join it, try for like 20 minutes and eventaully you will get a spot as the system deletes inactive members like every ten minutes. Worst case if you can't join I can send you the show somehow.
Title: Re: Paul McCartney 8/1/09
Post by: mekmad on August 04, 2009, 02:28:21 pm
There's a decent quality bootleg on dimeadozen if anyone is interested.

Dimeadozen's search feature sucks big time.  If your looking for it, go under the top 10 torrents.