The 'US' Tour was a concert tour by English musician Paul McCartney to promote his 2005 album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. The tour, his second North American venture of the 21st century, began on 16 September 2005 in Miami, United States, and concluded on 30 November 2005 in Los Angeles. It was a commercial success, grossing $77 million from 37 shows across North America and selling over 565,000 tickets. Rusty Anderson, Brian Ray, Paul "Wix" Wickens, and Abe Laboriel, Jr. returned as the backing band, the first to fully remain intact for more than one solo McCartney tour, following the previous year's summer jaunt in the UK. McCartney's then-wife Heather Mills and their daughter, Beatrice, accompanied him on the tour and were in the audience every night.
On 12 November 2005 in Anaheim, California, two songs and some dialogue from the concert were broadcast to the International Space Station and astronauts Valeri Tokarev and Bill McArthur. The songs played were The Beatles' "Good Day Sunshine" and McCartney's "English Tea", a song from his Chaos and Creation in the Backyard album. A concert film and documentary of the tour was released the following year. It is available on the DVD The Space Within US.
Set list "Magical Mystery Tour" "Flaming Pie" "Jet" "I'll Get You" "Drive My Car" "Till There Was You" "Let Me Roll It/Foxy Lady" "Got to Get You into My Life" "Fine Line" "Maybe I'm Amazed" "The Long and Winding Road" "In Spite of All the Danger" "I Will" "Jenny Wren" "For No One" "Fixing a Hole" "English Tea" "I'll Follow the Sun" "Follow Me" "Blackbird" "Eleanor Rigby" "Too Many People/She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" "Good Day Sunshine" "Band on the Run" "Penny Lane" "I've Got a Feeling" "Back in the U.S.S.R." "Hey Jude" "Live And Let Die" Encore 1 "Yesterday" "Get Back" "Helter Skelter" Encore 2 "Please Please Me" "Mull of Kintyre" (only in Canada) "Let It Be" "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)/The End"
Tour dates + List of 2005 concertsBox score: Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue16 SeptemberMiami United StatesAmerican Airlines Arena15,011 / 15,536$2,137,91517 SeptemberTampa St. Pete Times Forum15,268 / 16,325$2,277,95220 SeptemberAtlanta Philips Arena14,096 / 14,096$1,930,94122 SeptemberPhiladelphia Wachovia Center32,930 / 32,930$4,665,79523 September26 SeptemberBoston TD Banknorth Garden29,582 / 29,582$3,814,39227 September30 SeptemberNew York City Madison Square Garden63,867 / 63,867$8,495,5131 October4 October5 October8 OctoberWashington, D.C. MCI Center15,813 / 15,813$2,011,46410 OctoberToronto CanadaAir Canada Centre16,924 / 16,924$2,385,65814 OctoberAuburn Hills United States The Palace of Auburn Hills 33,511 / 33,511$4,733,52615 October18 OctoberChicago United Center32,647 / 32,647$4,087,40419 October22 OctoberColumbus Schottenstein Center15,051 / 15,051$1,978,28823 OctoberMilwaukee Bradley Center16,764 / 16,764$2,090,40026 OctoberSt. Paul Xcel Energy Center16,515 / 16,515$2,377,20027 OctoberDes Moines Wells Fargo Arena14,204 / 14,204$1,620,71730 OctoberOmaha Qwest Center Omaha15,162 / 15,162$1,690,1851 NovemberDenver Pepsi Center15,091 / 15,091$1,994,7773 NovemberSeattle KeyArena13,492 / 13,511$2,105,1504 NovemberPortland Rose Garden15,834 / 15,933$1,948,3807 NovemberSan Jose HP Pavilion28,012 / 28,012$3,649,2328 November11 NovemberAnaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim28,632 / 28,632$3,394,95812 November16 NovemberSacramento ARCO Arena14,623 / 14,773$1,971,37019 NovemberHouston Toyota Center14,151 / 14,151$2,068,56520 NovemberDallas American Airlines Center15,095 / 15,095$2,116,94023 NovemberGlendale Glendale Arena14,802 / 14,802$2,295,28525 NovemberParadise MGM Grand Garden Arena29,535 / 29,535$5,058,11326 November29 NovemberLos Angeles Staples Center31,149 / 31,149$4,144,87930 NovemberTotal567,761 / 569,611$77,044,999
Personnel
Paul McCartney – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, and piano Rusty Anderson – backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars Brian Ray – backing vocals, acoustic, electric and bass guitars Paul "Wix" Wickens – backing vocals, keyboards, accordion, electric guitar, harmonica, percussion Abe Laboriel, Jr. – backing vocals, drums, percussion
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