Paul McCartney Las Vegas Concert Review June 10, 2011 Live @ The MGM Grand!
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My Encounter with Las Vegas and Paul McCartney! 06-10-2011
By Eric Turnbow (Yes, of course is My actual Ticket Silly)!
(Yes, of course is My actual Ticket Silly)!
So first off let Me thanks our good friends Rene and Carole Emondt for generously giving Us two great tickets to see the Legend Paul McCartney. We were at another concert in Seattle one drizzly evening on April 23, 2011 to see Stevie Nicks and Rod Stewart perform over at The Key Arena. They made this generous offer during a Classic Rock Dance-athon at a bar across the street from the show. all they really said was “Make it happen, get yourself there to Las Vegas and the tickets are Yours)! So what could we say to that? The tickets were about $200 apiece!
So Thanks again have to also out go to My Stop Mom Vikki Turnbow, who purchased our plane tickets and Hotel rooms as a special Birthday present for Me that year! This was a generous and well appreciated move that actually made the trip possible! This entire 4 day vacation ended up only costing Me just under $200 and most of that was for food, very few souvenirs, parking and and airport shuttle fees! But the entire thing added up was more like $1150!
(Just departing Seattle on a trip to see Sir Paul in Las Vegas)!
WE left Olympia for Sea Tac Airport @ 2:15. we were on the plane and off by 4pm. WE flew to Long Beach and had to stay overnight because we missed the connecting flight. They actually comped Us a room, and shuttle to the plane in the morning, but it cost Us a day in Vegas! WE ended up arriving in Las Vegas on the morning of the show at 8:40am.
(Here we are landing in Las Vegas on June 10, 2011)
We had to get settled in Our Hotel after a Shuttle Bus took Us there for $24 round trip and a few dollars in tips. WE were just blocks away from the MGM Grand because we planned it that way! It was the day of the show so we had to get right down to business!
We went on vacation to Las Vegas to see Paul McCartney at the MGM Grand on 06-10-2011 Watch cool video of the event! http://youtu.be/
The concert opened with a really cool slide show of all kinds of Images from Paul’s brilliant career. There was a DJ in a white Tux playing obscure Re-Mixes of the classic, as We watched the enormous screen roll through the classic poses. It was sweet! After about a half hour of this, just past 8pm Paul strolled out on stage and we all jumped to our feet at Attention! He was wearing a black sports coat and looking highly fashionable! He opened with “Magical Mystery Tour” which was fine by Me! The show included a few surprises for Me, perhaps when He played “1985″, and “Juniors Farm” 2 old Wings classics. I did not expect this! Another delight for me was when He played the ukulele on “Everybody’s Gonna’ Dance Tonight”. The drummer Abe, was doing the silly dances, including the macarena and putting on a real show in the back during this piece. He did not play that song when He saw him the last time in 2005!
Paul had played a Private Corporate party just the night before right here in this very venue. So He had back to back shows and brought in Millions of Buckaroos! The set lists were similar, with just a few song changes here and there between the evenings. The show was a good 3 hours plus the slide show! Killer! That set list is posted at the bottom of this Review!
What was a VERY COOL moment at The Paul McCartney “Up and Coming Tour 2011″ in Las Vegas Nevada June 10, 2011? There was “Beatles Royalty” in the house! In about the third row, as you will see in this clip that Tributes the great John Lennon, look closely and you will see Yoko Ono and Her son Sean Lennon, and Olivia Harrison (George’s widow) , and Her son Dhanni.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR9P7ZuVgB4 There’s Sean and Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison at the show! Lots of celebrities this night! video http://youtu.be/
At the end of the show and everyone was exciting, the entire mob started singing “Hey Jude” at the top of their lungs and they pushed and shoved, herded just like cattle out of the venue and back into the Hotel. It was surreal, and yes, I had to join in on the fun! Of course! Paul has millions of loyal fans! Or is it Billions perhaps?
Paul McCartney Las Vegas June 10, 2011 Set List! MGM Grand
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(The Beatles song)
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(Wings song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(Wings song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Fireman song)
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(Wings song) (With Foxy Lady Snippet)
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(The Beatles song)
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(Wings song)
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(Wings song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(Wings song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(Wings song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song) (With Give Peace A Chance Snippet)
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(The Beatles song)
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(Paul McCartney & Wings cover)
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(The Beatles song)
- Encore:
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
- Encore 2:
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
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Janet J. Jo Reed Hey, I’ve been to Hard Rock Detroit. Don’t be jealous.
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Eric Turnbow Never jealous Jo Jo! I hope it was fun for You!
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Eric Turnbow Barb…. I took most of these pictures myself! About 95 percent of them! Can I help it if I an that Good? HA! Nothing worth deleting over. But I will remove any shots people do not like without hesitation. Plus I an not profiting by my memories you know. It is all good…..
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Eric TurnbowI clicked the box in settings and made it so that I own my pictures. You can do that. I take down anything anyone asks me to. No problems for years….
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Eric TurnbowYes… It is a comforting thought Garth. He just added a bunch of dates to His “Up and coming Tour 2011″…. The same one we just saw!
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Lisa BellDonnie and I have a favorite band….Yes of course it’s The Beatles…..I’m saying that with an English accent.
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Mary Micale- Fosmark Eric this was awesome , Glad you got to have fun …You have amazing friend’s to give you those ticket’s !!!
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Eric Turnbow Good choice Lisa! My favourite as well!
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Eric TurnbowThanks Mary! You bet! Great friends looking after Me that is for sure. This was a fun vacation, and a trip of the ages. After all we got to see Paul live did we not?
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THE HOTEL in Las Vegas was Not great. The remote did not work. There was a burned out light in the bathroom. There was no coffee in the room. It was hot and humid and the air conditioner was not working at optimum levels.
I would have been satisfied with the overall price if we stuck to the Itinerary and did not miss a night in Vegas. We had to change our plans and get up early and pray for a standby flight! We could have missed the Paul McCartney show! (But we did not thankfully)!
We flew flight 293 from Seatac to Long beach on Thursday June 09, 2011. Our flight was delayed due to “Mechanical Problems” by almost 2 hours. The problem is that because of the delay we missed out connecting flight to Las Vegas. WE had to stay in Long Beach and miss an entire day of Vegas, as well as lose the Hotel reservation we had in Vegas. Had we flown on the day of The McCartney show we would have had to MISS the concert because of this mis-step.
We paid close top a grand for the tickets, airfare, and hotels. I would have been pissed if we missed the show, but lucky for Us we planned to arrive one night early. We did appreciate the comped hotel at Holiday Inn which turned our to be much much nicer than our Vegas flat. So thanks for that. But missing a night in Vegas was traumatic and unfair to us. We had such a short stay, this inconvenience was not good. All said, we did make the show and had a great time. But there should be an alternative travel plan like stitching to another airline just for that portion of the flight so we can arrive on the right day in accordance to our paid reservation and prior plans to hook up for dinner with the friends that generously GAVE us the tickets! That did not happen because we were in Californian and not Nevada! The full confirmation number for the trip was 964E5880215……
After the incredible vacation we arrived back at Seatac Airport in Seattle at 9:10 pm putting Us at Home in Olympia By Midnight!
(Home sweet Home! Olympia Washington, Planet Earth)!
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Here is a few articles written by the Press for this occasion! History recorded from another’s point of view! ENJOY!
Paul McCartney Live in Las Vegas June 10, 2011 MGM Grand
Paul McCartney and his current touring live band made a tour stop at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas , Nevada on June 10, 2011 as part of his Up And Coming tour. The crowd consisted of every age demographic from children to great-grandparents. McCartney’s appeal is universal as his music spans 4 decades with hits all along the way.
Las Vegas Paul McCartney Vacation 06-10-2011
Paul donned the Hofner bass and said it was a special night with special guests in the audience. He then introduced Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Olivia Harrison and the Martin’s in the audience and put them up on the big screen. The crowd roared their approval. Paul then played the beautiful Lennon/McCartney song A Day In The Life. Paul stopped singing it after the middle section and went into the Lennon song Give Peace A Chance with the crowd singing along at the top of their lungs. It’s a message that’s still relevant today and Yoko looked quite pleased as she stood and sang along. I’m sure she was happy that McCartney was up there spreading the message on this night.
Paul then went back to the grand piano and played Let It Be. Then Paul pulled out all the stops and played the hard rocking Live And Let Die with some extremely awesome pyrotechnics and explosions. Live And Let Die was definitely a high point for the stage production. It was a bit awkward being placed so close to Give Peace A Chance and Let It Be. Paul ended the main set playing an upright piano painted with a psychedelic design and performed the song Hey Jude.
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(The Beatles song)
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(Wings song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(Wings song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Fireman song)
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(Wings song) (With Foxy Lady Snippet)
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(The Beatles song)
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(Wings song)
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(Wings song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(Wings song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song) (With Give Peace A Chance Snippet)
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(The Beatles song)
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(Paul McCartney & Wings cover)
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(The Beatles song)
- Encore:
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
- Encore 2:
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
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(The Beatles song)
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Lisa BellDonnie and I have a favorite band….Yes of course it’s The Beatles…..I’m saying that with an English accent.
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Mary Micale- FosmarkEric this was awesome , Glad you got to have fun …You have amazing friend’s to give you those ticket’s !!!
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Eric TurnbowGood choice Lisa! My favourite as well!
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Eric TurnbowThanks Mary! You bet! Great friends looking after Me that is for sure. This was a fun vacation, and a trip of the ages. After all we got to see Paul live did we not?20 March at 00:50 · ·
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