McCartney announces first European leg of ‘New World Tour’ 20 years ago today (1993)


Video: 'Paul McCartney Movin' On Documentary' (Feb. 5, 1993, at 32:32)

(Friday, February 5, 1993, 6:30 p.m. local time) — Paul McCartney announced the first European leg of his New World Tour during a news conference today at Docklands Arena in London.

This is then followed, at approximately 7:30 p.m., by a 90-minute rehearsal concert, before approximately 3,000 people, comprising reporters who have remained from the press conference, members of Paul’s fan club and 25 winners a newspaper competition.

During the conference, Bernard Doherty goes to great lengths to point out to the press that the show tonight is “only a rehearsal and is being presented without its full complement of lighting and stage technology.”