Driving World Tour

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.

Driving World Tour

Tour by Paul McCartney
Associated album	Driving Rain
Start date	April 1, 2002
End date	November 18, 2002
Legs	4
No. of shows	58
Box office	US $125.9 million ($220.1 in 2024 dollars)[1]
Paul McCartney concert chronology

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

• Paul McCartney – lead vocals, acoustic, electric and bass guitars, piano, ukulele
• Rusty Anderson – backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
• Brian Ray – backing vocals, acoustic, electric and bass guitars
• Paul "Wix" Wickens – backing vocals, keyboards, accordion, acoustic guitar
• Abe Laboriel, Jr. – backing vocals, drums, percussion

Tour dates

List of 2002 concerts^[3][4][5]

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

See also

• List of highest-grossing concert tours