Paul McCartney 8/1/09

Oh man, he dropped For No One from the last time he toured. My favorite. :(

Kosmette and I are in, pulled what appear to be decent seats in Section 113 in the back.  Too bad about the Synder tax on top off all the other fees….  We really enjoyed his phone booth show in 2002 and it sounds like he and his band are still in top form.

The metro station is walkable correct?

All of the comments here talked me into it. I just bought four $30 tickets (before fees). I hope the sound holds up in the upper deck. We are in the 9th row, straight back from the stage. It is quite a distance back, but I figure it will give us the best view. It feels like a really good deal right now, and I am glad I read the thread.
Kosmo, the Morgan Blvd. metro station is about a mile away, and is not a bad walk. The other stop may be a little closer, but I haven't used it yet.

Up in NYC we sat in the upper-deck of CitiField, about 15 rows from the top, and the sound was really very good, definitely loud enough. He's got these big speaker rigs set up facing up and into the higher-reaching sections.  Of course FedEx is twice the size of CitiField but I expect he'll make it work.  The stage visuals feature two vertical jumbotron screens on each side of the stage, pretty much projecting Paul close-ups throughout. In NY he had an opening act, an Irish pop/rock group called The Script. And he didn't wind up coming on til around 9pm, maybe a little earlier.  35 songs total. 2 encore sets. Good stuff. Souvenirs include: $30 programs (mostly pix, not much text); $5 keychains, $20 coffee mugs, $35-$45 t-shirts, etc. Enjoy, everybody …

I opted out. As much as I'd like to go, the fees are ridiculous.

Which stop is the best if I take the metro?



I'm thinking about just driving from Baltimore, parking at the U of MD and taking the metro from there.

Morgan Blvd on the Blue line is the stop for FedEx.  Give yourself about 20 mins to walk from the metro, but it's pretty easy.

Got some free tickets for this over the weekend…my husband is taking his brother since I'm already going to Tori…

HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
Morgan Blvd on the Blue line is the stop for FedEx.  Give yourself about 20 mins to walk from the metro, but it's pretty easy.

Crap, the metro ride itself would be an hour commute.


I've never been to a huge stadium concert, is parking usually a cluster f*ck?

runwhiteyrun06 wrote:

HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
Morgan Blvd on the Blue line is the stop for FedEx.  Give yourself about 20 mins to walk from the metro, but it's pretty easy.

Crap, the metro ride itself would be an hour commute.


I've never been to a huge stadium concert, is parking usually a cluster f*ck?

twenty minute walk . . . are you kidding me?  easy?  are you double kidding me.  do they provide segways?  and i heard unless you have the sweet vip parking thing . . . yes parking for fedex is a shitfest.  and no partying in the lot anymore.

runwhiteyrun06 wrote:

HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
Morgan Blvd on the Blue line is the stop for FedEx.  Give yourself about 20 mins to walk from the metro, but it's pretty easy.

Crap, the metro ride itself would be an hour commute.


I've never been to a huge stadium concert, is parking usually a cluster f*ck?

I'm planning on parking at New Carrollton from there it's only a 30 minute train ride… Isn't parking like $25 out there?

Also has anyone seen when gates and will call open for the show, the FedExField website only lists info on the games?  7:30 is probably when the show starts and seeing as I've got will call extra time will need to be added for picking up tickets.

Paul starts at 7:30 or is there an opener?

Smylie wrote:
Paul starts at 7:30 or is there an opener?

yoko will walk upon the stage, demand a bed be placed upon, screech into the microphone for some amount of time . . . causing everybody to quit.

I'm planning on parking at New Carrollton from there it's only a 30 minute train ride… Isn't parking like $25 out there?



I thought parking was already included in the total price charged by TM.

Parking IS included, but i'm sure getting out post show is going to be god awful

Smylie wrote:
Paul starts at 7:30 or is there an opener?

It's McCartney & McCartney.

Opening act: Jesse McCartney.



(j/k)

oh my god

The important thing is that he'll play "Jet." F U if you don't like that song.

jdd_204 wrote:


I'm planning on parking at New Carrollton from there it's only a 30 minute train ride… Isn't parking like $25 out there?

I thought parking was already included in the total price charged by TM.


That's correct, I wonder what happens if you have will call tickets though…  Anyone know when the parking lots open?

According to TM page Will Call opens two hours before the event…

kosmo wrote:
That's correct, I wonder what happens if you have will call tickets though…  Anyone know when the parking lots open?

According to TM page Will Call opens two hours before the event…

when TM pre-charges everyone for parking, they generally don't check on the way in - you're waved through.  the assumption is that everyone has already paid… a vlid one, unless you're there just to tail-gate (but i suspect that someone calculated that it wasn't worth the cost/effort of screening out the few party crashers).

so even if your tickets are will-call, you shouldn't have a problem… other than traffic on the way out.