Talk:Wings University Tour

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Ticket price?[edit]

Ticket price was £50!? That's much higher than it must have been, no? Wasted Time R 15:47, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes indeed - it was actually £0.50 i.e. 50 pence - a real bargain. I still have an original flyer for the Nottingham University lunchtime concert. Many of us thought it was a hoax at the time. Chris Burrows 02:59, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Flyer? At UC Swansea, there was no time for flyers. They arrived on campus around 6 PM and there was an announcement over the PA that they would play the coffee bar for 50p at, I think, 730. Shortly after another voice came over the PA telling us that Bob Dylan was playing the third cubicle along for 30p. A good concert (Wings, that is).Cross Reference 00:23, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot 12:12, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I dispute the statement that Wings played at Manchester University on February 18th. They did in fact request to play at Man U. but were turned away. They did in fact play at Salford University just a few miles away. I know that because I ran lights for them on that evening. We were setting the stage for a production of Joan of Arc when Paul arrived to request some stage time. We rapidly reset the stage, adjusted the lights, replaced the pale colors with vivid reds, greens and blues and started to rock and roll. Spent most of the night resetting everything for the dress rehearsal the next day. Jhebley (talk) 20:31, 19 February 2008 (UTC)John Hebley[reply]

Name correction, and another correction[edit]

The band was NOT called Wings for this tour - this was a name they decided on later. Although it was no more than a jokey reference, they called themselves Suzy & The Red Stripes, though this may have only been for the Linda number they played.

Also, at Birmingham at any rate, where I saw them - they did NOT turn up "unannounced"; they phoned up at very short notice, maybe just a few hours. It was enough time for word to spread like lightning among halls of residence and bedsit-land. There was a packed out Debating Hall in the Students Union, which meant between 1,000 and 1,500 students.79.69.10.75 (talk) 23:14, 8 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The Nottingham University flyer described the concert as 'PAUL AND LINDA McCARTNEY "WINGS" SURPRISE DAN CE...'. The flyers were just typewritten on plain paper and were distributed in the coffee bar no more than an hour or two before the event. I'll upload an image when I have worked out how to do it.Chris Burrows (talk) 07:18, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

My recollection (which is never faulty) is that they were called Wings by the Swansea stop, which was late in the tour. But clearly the attraction was Paul McC so that was the name which was emphasized. The coffee bar in the Students' Union probably held 200 max. Cross Reference (talk) 16:54, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]