Paul McCartney “Got Back” Tour Photo Recap

Sir Paul McCartney closed out his Got Back tour with two nights at the United Center in Chicago and we were there to capture the magic

Alex Kluft / Nov 26, 2025

Paul McCartney “Got Back” Tour Photo Recap

Sir Paul McCartney closed out his Got Back tour with two nights at the United Center in Chicago and we were there to capture the magic

Alex Kluft / Nov 26, 2025

Sir Paul McCartney closed out his Got Back tour with two nights at the United Center in Chicago, IL on November 24th and 25th, as the tour returned to the U.S. after 3 years. McCartney’s touring and recording band of Brian Ray (Guitar/Bass), Abe Laboriel Jr. (Drums), Rusty Anderson, and keyboardist Paul “Wix” Wickens, has been his longest running band close to 25 years and Wix has been a band member since 1989. This massive 35-song set included Beatles, Wings, and solo hits. McCartney opened the show with “Help! to get the crowd going and kept the energy up with “Coming up,” and “Got to Get You Into My Life.” In 2022 the opening songs were “A Hard Day’s Night,” and “Junior’s Farm.”

A personal favorite part of the show came just two songs later when McCartney takes the audience back to the pre-Beatles days at the Cavern Club when he played along with Lennon and Harrison as the Quarrymen for “In Spite of All Danger.” McCartney and his band all play closely together with an old farm house or shack on the screen and Wix plays harmonica and Laboriel Jr. plays on more of cocktail style drumset as the screens on stage move around to look like an old shack. McCartney and his band’s intimate set continued with “Love Me Do.” This part of the show also included “Dance Tonight,” performed by McCartney on mandolin

The next part of the show featured McCartney was alone onstage as he played “Blackbird,” solo acoustic as the stage rose. McCartney stayed on the rising stage as he paid tribute to his Beatle songwriting partner and band-mate John Lennon with “Here Today,” a song that is about a conversation the two never got to have. McCartney rose down and played songs “New” and “Lady Madonna.” As always the visuals for “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite,” were incredible.

There’s always emotional parts during McCartney shows and one especially is when he performed “Let It Be.” This had the audience waving their cell phone flashlights. While McCartney was on grand piano he followed with Wings’ “Live and Let Die.” It seemed like McCartney had more fireworks and pyro this time then even the last tour. He also played one last song on piano “Hey Jude” on his famous painted upright piano which he used earlier in the show. As always McCartney got up to lead a sing-a-long and had the men and women in the crowd trade off singing the chorus.

After already playing 29 songs, McCartney returned for a six song encore starting with “I’ve Got A Feeling,” and was able to do something special for the first time ever thanks to modern technology. After opening night the most talked about the show was the virtual duet with Lennon. The second song of the encore was “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)” After “Helter Skelter,” McCartney finished the show with his usual closing songs of “Golden Slumbers,” “Carry That Weight,” and “The End,” which are the final tracks on Abbey Road.