Paul McCartney will revive in Kyiv

[Max_the_Highlander]

Sir Paul McCartney, the genius musician and ex-Beatle, is ready to break the four years of creative silence.

He will get back on stage in Kyiv, at 14th of June, right on famous Maidan (Independence Square).

He was invited to Kyiv by Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk. In addition to big live free concert, Paul will present the great collection if his own pictures in famous PinchukArtCentre. He will control the design of halls and the way of pictures’ location personally.

Hey Paul, isn’t Kyiv the best place to revive?

Official site of musician informs:

“This exciting event will be seen as symbolic for several generations of Ukrainians. It will allow people of different ethnicities and religions, political preferences and geopolitical orientations to come together around the ideas of peace, love and unity; the very ideas that Paul McCartney with The Beatles helped bring into the World. Independence Concert is an independent social initiative that aims to strengthen the confidence and understanding in the Ukrainian society.”

Paul McCartney says about future concert:

"I’m very excited because on the 14th of June I've been invited to play a concert in Independence Square, Kiev. Me and the band are going to be there and we’re going to have to a great evening and we hope to see you there. So come along, it’s going to be great evening hopefully for the Ukraine. Pull together, groove, rock and roll – all together"

More information about event on official site of Paul:

PAUL McCARTNEY.COM . NEWS

[bm-21Lemko]

thats pretty cool, though i'm not really a beatles fan

[Max_the_Highlander]

Today is the great day! The most expected culture event of the year is coming…

Paul McCartney will perform this evening long-awaited Independence Concert in Kyiv, absolutely FREE.

The impressive mega-stage is ready and waits for musicians.

This event is expected to collect at least the 500 000 of people from Ukraine and around.

The TV advertising for event was very huge, the Novy Channel will broadcast the show right from Maidan. However, the visitors are prohibited to make photos and videos.

Take information, pictures and reports form these two sites:

http://beatlesinmylife.org.ua/

http://www.beatles.com.ua/news_publi...artney_in_Kyiv

[lisaparx]

Max- did you go to the concert???

Did anybody else here get to go?

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[lisaparx]

Show details & set list, from: Paul McCartney Gives Historic Show Independence Concert Saturday 14th June 2008 / 15, June / 2008 / Archive / News / Victor Pinchuk Foundation

On Saturday 14th June over 350,000 concert goers braved adverse weather conditions as Paul McCartney played the biggest concert in the Ukraine's history. Throughout the day the heavy rain and thunder put a question mark over weather the show would even be able to take place but as soon as Paul McCartney took to the stage at 9:30pm, greeting the crowd in Ukrainian, the skies cleared. He kicked off the two and a half hour concert with ‘Drive My Car' and then performed a show the likes of which Kiev had never seen.

The concert took place in Kiev's historic Independence Square. The crowds filled all the roads surrounding the square and the concert was shown all around the city on screens that were specially put up for this event. The concert was also beamed live to six major cities (Harkiv, Dniepropetrovsk, Sevastopol, Lviv, Donetsk and Odessa) across the Ukraine where over 195,000 people came out to watch the show. The show was also broadcast live on Ukraine TV. It's estimated that the total amount of people that watched the Independence Concert in the Ukraine was more than 10 million.

Paul and his band played 33 songs including some of the world's most popular hits that have become the soundtrack to so many people's lives. Paul played hits by The Beatles including ‘All My Loving', ‘The Long And Winding Road', ‘Good Day Sunshine' and ‘Hey Jude'. He played Wings hits such as ‘Jet', ‘My Love' and ‘Band On The Run' and solo songs including ‘Flaming Pie' and his most recent hit single ‘Dance Tonight'. Show highlights included a version of the Wings track ‘Mrs. Vanderbilt', which fans had petitioned for Paul to play and of course a storming version of ‘Back In The USSR'. The audience spanned generations and sang along with every word, the massive crowd made an overwhelming sound when they joined in with Paul on ‘Hey Jude' and the elaborate stage featured some of the biggest screens ever used for an outdoor show as well as lasers and fireworks.

After the audience had thought the show was over, Paul returned to the stage waving a Ukrainian flag before ending the night with an emotional performance of ‘Yesterday' and rocked up ‘Sgt. Peppers'.

Throughout the day Paul spent time meeting locals and fans that had waited over 40 years for their hero to come to this part of the world. He was given a special performance by a choir of children that perform Beatles songs and presented with a traditional Ukrainian stringed instrument, the kobza, by the Ukrainian Beatles fanclub.

This unique and free concert for the people of Ukraine was organised by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation. Paul McCartney and Victor Pinchuk announced the show back in April of this year.



Victor Pinchuk said, "Today the dream of millions became a reality. It was really important that the people of Ukraine should get to hear these great songs here in their own country. All the Ukraine spoke one language. A language of peace, love and freedom. Today we were all together."




Setlist:

Drive My Car
Jet
All My Loving
Only Mama Knows
Flaming Pie
Got To Get You Into My Life
Let Me Roll It

C Moon
My Love
Let Em In
The Long And Winding Road

Dance Tonight
Blackbird
Calico Skies
Follow The Sun
Mrs Vanderbilt
Elarnor Rigby
Something

Good Day Sunshine
Penny Lane
Band On The Run
Birthday
Back In The USSR
I Got A Feeling

Live And Let Die
Let It Be
Hey Jude

Day In The Life/Give Peace A Chance
Lady Madonna
Get Back
I Saw Her Standing There

Yesterday
Sgt. Peppers



Pictures: яЮСМД-ВЕЙ. оНК лЮЙйЮПРМЁ. Independence concert. 14 ВЕПБМЪ 2008 ПНЙС 14:00 / тНРНЦЮКЕПЕЪ / тНМД бЁЙРНПЮ оЁМВСЙЮ

[lisaparx]

There are already video clips posted from the concert!

The opening song, 'Drive My Car' YouTube - Paul McCartney in Kyiv - "Drive My Car"

'Yesterday' YouTube - Paul McCartney in Kyiv - "Yesterday"

'All of my Loving' YouTube - Paul McCartney in Kyiv - "All My Loving"

there are many video clips posted, but more are being added...
to see more go to YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
then in the search 'Paul McCartney' 'Ukraine'

I would love to see the clip of Paul- waving the flag!

[IreneLviv]

I "braved" very nice weather conditions in Lviv to watch the concert on a large screen, and we had a link with Kyiv -and sang All you need is Love, waving small flags. There were several British tourists there - they waved British flags..