Paul McCartney performed a twenty-five-song setlist for attendees of a Fonda Theater show in Los Angeles, California.
The Beatles and Wings member took to the stage just a few days after the release of the new song, Days We Left Behind. It marks the first studio release from McCartney in six years, with the upcoming album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, set for release on May 29. It will be McCartney’s first studio album since 2020’s McCartney III. Featured in McCartney’s set from last night (March 28) were classics from his solo discography, as well as tracks from his time with the Fab Four and Wings. Also included is a cover McCartney had played from time to time on the Got Back US leg last year.
McCartney made a handful of changes to the setlist from last night, performing two songs from The Beatles’ discography for the first time this year. Both tracks are staples of the 2025 touring schedule, but had been omitted from the first night’s performance.
A full setlist for McCartney’s second night at the Fonda Theater can be found below.
- Help!
- Coming Up
- Got to Get You Into My Life
- Let Me Roll It
- Foxy Lady (Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)
- Getting Better
- Let ‘Em In
- My Valentine
- Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
- Maybe I’m Amazed
- I’ve Just Seen a Face
- From Me to You
- Every Night
- Blackbird
- Something
- Band on the Run
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
- Now and Then
- Lady Madonna
- Get Back
- Let It Be
- Hey Jude
- Golden Slumbers
- Carry That Weight
- The End
It comes after fans shared their thoughts on the new song, Days We Left Behind, on the r/PaulMcCartney subreddit. Days We Left Behind marks the first studio release from McCartney in five years, with the upcoming album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, recorded over a half-decade while the Blackbird songwriter was on the Got Back tour. A fan took to the forum and asked: “So, what do we think of the new song?”
One fan made an unlikely comparison between Days We Left Behind and Tug of War, an album McCartney made in the 1980s alongside Beatles producer George Martin. Tug of War, McCartney’s fourth solo studio album, released just two years after the death of John Lennon.
The song Here Today, featured on the album’s A-side, reflects on McCartney and Lennon’s friendship, as does Days We Left Behind, according to the Wings frontman.
McCartney said: “This is very much a memory song for me. It’s just a lot of memories of Liverpool. It involves a bit in the middle about John and Forthlin Road, which is the street I used to live in. Dungeon Lane is near there. I used to live in a place called Speke which is quite working class. We didn’t have much at all, but it didn’t matter because all the people were great and you didn’t notice you didn’t have much.”
Fans were quick to pick up on the comparison between the two songs, with one fan writing: “Wow, love this, a real Tug of War vibe to it. I think we’re in for a good album.” Another agreed, adding: “Wow that’s true! I did not think of Tug of War at first, but now that you mention it I can’t definitely hear that in the melody, that’s so cool!”
