Following the release of McCartney's solo album New in October 2013, the songs "New" and "Queenie Eye" were added to the setlist.

The production was teased in rehearsal photos leaked online, and later released on McCartney's website before the first show in Brazil.

These photos displayed elements of the production including a scissor-lift platform that carried McCartney six metres (20 feet) into the air, and the use of laser lights.

The first show revealed new video graphics and a stage floor consisting of illuminated LED panels.

After much success in Latin America during the Up and Coming and On the Run tours, a petition was started in the town of Belo Horizonte for McCartney to perform in the city.

On the first night of the tour, McCartney played several Beatles songs live for the first time: "Eight Days a Week", "Your Mother Should Know", "All Together Now", "Being for the Benefit of Mr.

[8] The Esperanca Grilo, which translates to the Hope Grasshopper, swarmed the stage, equipment, and even the band and crew during the show.

[15][16] Shortly after the previous announcements came the confirmation of his first performances in Memphis, Tennessee and Orlando, Florida since his 1993 New World Tour, at the FedExForum and Amway Center respectively.

The first show in Orlando featured "Hope of Deliverance" in the set which was played in the prior Brazil leg of the tour.

This was the only time the song was performed in North America this year as it was usually replaced by either "I've Just Seen a Face" or "Things We Said Today" for the remainder of the tour.

At Bonnaroo, which was the largest attendance crowd on the tour, McCartney performed "Midnight Special" because of lyrics referring to nearby Nashville.

The show in Ottawa brought the tour debuts of the songs "Michelle" and "Mull of Kintyre" to the setlist.

In Seattle, McCartney brought onstage the remaining members of Nirvana – Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, plus their touring musician Pat Smear – to perform their collaborative effort "Cut Me Some Slack" from Grohl's movie Sound City.

The three continued onstage with McCartney and the band to finish the encore, which included the first performance of "Long Tall Sally" since 1986.

[29] This was followed by his first-ever appearance in Missoula, Montana, announced on 28 April along with a concert date in Phoenix, where he had previously performed in 2010.

McCartney performed in San Francisco last exactly a year and a day prior to the Candlestick Park date, at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in 2013.

It will be the first McCartney event in Southern California since the duo of shows at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles during the 2010 Up and Coming tour.

[31] After the cancellation of the entire 2014 Asian leg of the tour, McCartney later postponed all June 2014 shows to October of that year.

[32] On 25 February 2015, PaulMcCartney.com confirmed the rumours that McCartney would headline the Firefly Music Festival on Friday 19 June 2015.

[34] The tour itself concluded in October 2015 after a series of five shows in the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.

Almost exactly 11 years to the day since McCartney last embarked on a run of shows in Japan during the Driving World Tour, November 2013 saw him bring his Out There!

On 28 April 2015 at the Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, McCartney performed live "Another Girl" (the fifth song from the Beatles' Help!

[39] On 2 May 2015 at the Seoul Olympic Stadium, South Korea, accompanying himself with his Hofner bass guitar, McCartney played and sang with the audience a reprise of "Hey Jude" for the first time ever.