Despite the ominous weather Friday night at Nationals Park, Sir Paul McCartney delivered with a 38-song, two-hour-and-40-minute performance that was two-thirds full of Beatles songs.
According to Gregg Hammond, president of the Washington, D.C. chapter of Guitars Not Guns, the children were never confirmed to perform with Sir Paul.
Sir Paul McCartney will play a show at Nationals Park in July.
Some things in life are always true. Seeing Paul McCartney in concert, even at age 67, is one of them. Sir Paul wowed a near-capacity crowd at FedEx Field on Saturday night with a mammoth, Beatles-centric 35 song set that also included hits and album cuts from his Wings era and solo career. Yes, he played (by my very unofficial count) at least 11 of those 35 songs at the then MCI Center in 2005,…
A mere forty-five and a half years after the Beatles made their first American concert appearance at the Washington Coliseum on 3nd and M Streets NE, Paul McCartney is making his way back to town — except tonight, the venue can fit nearly 100,000 people, is located in Landover, and tickets most certainly did not cost two dollars. My, how things change. Anyway, tonight’s show should be a good reminder, traffic-wise, for local drivers in…
MONDAY >> As far as rock history is concerned, the name Ray Davies is right up there with names like Paul McCartney and Sly Stone. He led one of the 60s’ most important bands, The Kinks, and continued to be prominent throughout the years, stopping along the way to have a daughter with Chrissie Hynde, write short stories and a memoir, and get shot in the leg. Now he’s touring in promotion of his brilliant…
Along with the following picks, don’t forget to check out DCist’s Arts Agenda (First Fridays in Dupont!) and Music Agenda for events that might tickle your fancy this weekend. FRIDAY: >> Intimate roots-rocker Jolie Holland (at right) brings her sparse yet uplifting music to Jammin Java in Vienna. With guitarist Brooks Williams. 8 p.m., $12. >> If you’re a fellow The OC freak (hey, we wear our obsession proudly on our sleeve), you’ll remember pre-lesbian…