Overview

• McCartney opened the Sept. 29 show at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, California, before a reported sold-out crowd of about 11,000.
• The 33-song set spanned Beatles, Wings and solo eras, with support from Wix Wickens, Abe Laboriel Jr., Rusty Anderson, Brian Ray and the Hot City Horns.
• He led with The Beatles’ “Help!,” first performed in full on his tour after debuting it at a Sept. 26 Santa Barbara warm-up, and he played his original 1961 Höfner bass.
• A virtual duet on “I’ve Got a Feeling” paired McCartney with John Lennon via Peter Jackson’s Get Back footage, and the set included the U.S. tour debut of “Now and Then.”
• The North American leg runs through late November with stops including Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Atlanta and Montreal, concluding with two nights in Chicago on Nov. 24-25.