Sir Paul is coming back to Boston this August. The very first concert I ever went to was “Wings Over America” on May 22, 1976. Paul McCartney had formed a band in 1971 called Wings and, on that day, they were playing at the Boston Garden. I was a senior in high school, graduating in a few weeks and was not sure what I was going to do after that. A few days after the concert, I saw an ad in the back of Rolling Stone magazine for Wings tour t-shirts, and I sent away for one. It was a great shirt and I thought to myself, “How hard could it be to screen print shirts and sell them from Rolling Stone?” I ran the idea by my best friend Kyle, who was in the Navy, and he loved it. Long story short, we started printing shirts when he got out and, I have to say, we did pretty well selling band shirts from the Rolling Stone classifieds…and beyond.
Thanks, Paul for coming to Boston in 1976 and I’ll be seeing you in August.
I’m sure that was quite a treat! I would have loved to see one of the ’70s concerts. I wonder if he’ll be as dynamic this time around – do let us know!
I’ve been looking for years for a 76 Wings Over America Tee Shirt..
I’m going to the Atlanta show in August and it would gear to have that tee shirt again.
Where can I buy one?
I was lucky enough to attend that concert as well. It was fantastic. Been in search of the concert t-shirt for quite awhile now. Have seen them on eBay from time to time, but they have always been in fair to poor condition.
The August concerts should be great. Look forward to hearing about them.
Went to the show on Wednesday night and it was great. Beautiful night and he played for 2 and a half hours. Excellent mix of songs and as you would expect his band was very good. Paul is a bit of a ham but i guess he has earned that. Can’t say much for Fenway Park as a concert venue but was an historic event for sure.