Driving World Tour

Driving World Tour
Tour by Paul McCartney
Associated albumDriving Rain
Start dateApril 1, 2002
End dateNovember 18, 2002
Legs4
No. of shows58
Box officeUS $125.9 million ($213.27 in 2023 dollars)[1]
Paul McCartney concert chronology

The Driving World Tour was a concert tour by English musician Paul McCartney. It marked his first tour of the 21st century and of any kind since 1993's New World Tour. For the first time in nearly a decade, McCartney returned to the road following the death of first wife, Linda McCartney, the death of George Harrison, and 9/11.[2] This was in promotion of his 2001 album Driving Rain. Paul "Wix" Wickens returned on keyboards and is credited as Musical Director. New to the fold were Americans Rusty Anderson, Brian Ray, and Abe Laboriel Jr. Paul McCartney's then-fiancée Heather Mills accompanied him on the tour and was in the audience for every American performance.

Background

The tour began on April 1, 2002, when the American leg was kicked off in Oakland, California. The official release chronicling the first U.S. leg of the tour was the CD and DVD Back in the U.S., which itself would be promoted by another leg in the States. The second American leg was followed by visits to Mexico and Japan. A remix of The Fireman tracks and a performance by Cirque du Soleil opened each show.

Personnel

Tour dates

List of 2002 concerts[3][4][5]
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
April 1, 2002 Oakland United States The Arena in Oakland 14,401 / 18,503 $1,725,754
April 3, 2002 San Jose HP Pavilion 14,330 / 18,113 $1,672,915
April 5, 2002 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 23,341 / 24,712 $5,591,700
April 6, 2002
April 10, 2002 Chicago United Center 32,178 / 32,178 $4,066,030
April 11, 2002
April 13, 2002 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 16,169 / 16,169 $1,346,594
April 16, 2002 Philadelphia United States First Union Center 15,536 / 15,536 $1,868,760
April 17, 2002 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena 16,740 / 16,740 $1,961,431
April 19, 2002 Boston FleetCenter 14,607 / 14,607 $1,952,755
April 21, 2002 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 14,248 / 14,248 $1,836,490
April 23, 2002 Washington, D.C. MCI Center 29,946 / 29,946 $3,810,367
April 24, 2002
April 26, 2002 New York City Madison Square Garden 31,402 / 31,402 $4,050,500
April 27, 2002
April 29, 2002 Cleveland Gund Arena 17,564 / 17,564 $2,146,615
May 1, 2002 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 17,356 / 17,356 $1,938,315
May 4, 2002 Los Angeles Staples Center 15,805 / 15,805 $2,148,387
May 5, 2002 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 13,739 / 13,739 $1,780,035
May 7, 2002 Denver Pepsi Center 14,700 / 14,700 $1,762,935
May 9, 2002 Dallas Reunion Arena 30,009 / 30,009 $4,071,970
May 10, 2002
May 12, 2002 Atlanta Philips Arena 28,810 / 28,810 $3,476,918
May 13, 2002
May 15, 2002 Tampa Ice Palace 16,128 / 16,128 $1,979,845
May 17, 2002 Sunrise National Car Rental Center 29,321 / 29,321 $3,752,002
May 18, 2002
September 21, 2002 Milwaukee Bradley Center 16,584 / 17,082 $1,985,585
September 23, 2002 St. Paul Xcel Energy Center 15,797 / 15,797 $2,183,430
September 24, 2002 Chicago United Center 16,154 / 16,154 $2,199,100
September 27, 2002 Hartford Hartford Civic Center 13,638 / 13,638 $1,920,240
September 28, 2002 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall 12,752 / 12,752 $2,258,000
September 30, 2002 Boston FleetCenter 29,097 / 29,097 $4,050,530
October 1, 2002
October 4, 2002 Cleveland Gund Arena 15,752 / 17,500 $2,014,460
October 5, 2002 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse 15,121 / 15,121 $1,845,410
October 7, 2002 Raleigh RBC Center 13,916 / 13,916 $1,686,275
October 9, 2002 St. Louis Savvis Center 14,878 / 14,878 $1,791,485
October 10, 2002 Columbus Value City Arena 15,124 / 15,124 $2,132,005
October 12, 2002 New Orleans New Orleans Arena 12,906 / 12,906 $1,509,715
October 13, 2002 Houston Compaq Center 12,440 / 12,440 $1,758,235
October 15, 2002 Oklahoma City Ford Center 14,847 / 14,847 $1,956,090
October 18, 2002 Portland Rose Garden 15,576 / 15,576 $1,847,150
October 19, 2002 Tacoma Tacoma Dome 17,648 / 17,648 $2,325,855
October 21, 2002 Sacramento ARCO Arena 13,737 / 13,737 $1,714,148
October 22, 2002 San Jose HP Pavilion 14,220 / 14,220 $1,892,330
October 25, 2002 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 13,588 / 16,192 $1,795,675
October 26, 2002 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 12,654 / 12,654 $2,517,900
October 28, 2002 Los Angeles Staples Center 15,866 / 16,143 $2,194,319
October 29, 2002 Phoenix America West Arena 14,878 / 15,125 $1,967,187
November 2, 2002 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes 52,451 / 52,451 $4,787,211
November 3, 2002
November 5, 2002
November 11, 2002 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome 120,429 / 121,419 $14,406,218
November 13, 2002
November 14, 2002
November 17, 2002 Osaka Osaka Dome 80,284 / 80,944 $8,208,891
November 18, 2002
Total 996,667 / 1,012,947 $125,887,762

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Paul McCartney: File Under...Concerts". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  3. ^ Box score:
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  5. ^ "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 114, no. 49. December 7, 2002. p. 36. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 1, 2014.