Paul knocks the Ukraine girls (and guys) out at Kiev concert

Update (6/21/08)

From Alexey Bogaevsky in Russia:

Hi Steve,
Here are 2 photos of Beatles.ru international fan-club members with Paul
(backstage - several hours before concert 14.06.2008).

1. Bass-kobza just presented to Sir Paul. Left to right: Peter Zhbankov, Vadim Legkokonets, Sergey Pchelin, PAUL McCARTNEY, Kateryna Cherepanova, Darina Reinish, Vasily Tereshenko.

2. "Novy" channel of Ukrainian TV presented the guitar to Paul. Left to right: Maria Bondar, PAUL McCARTNEY, Dmirty Shepelev (Maria is a long-time Beatles.ru member. She's the person who create a fantastic series which were advertise concert in Independence square on TV. These series was shown from 04.06.2008 till 14.06.2008 on "Novy" channel of Ukrainian TV)
Full story can be found here (sorry in Russian): http://www.beatles.ru/news/news.asp?news_id=3859
P.S.
Photos from Kiev can be found here:

Stage construction: http://anorgasmus.livejournal.com/133473.html
Concert: http://anorgasmus.livejournal.com/134376.html
Exhibition: http://anorgasmus.livejournal.com/134511.html

P.P.S.

More concert photos: http://lospopadosos.com/photos/paulmccartney
Meeting Paul and the band in aiport (click on photo to enlarge): http://www.beatles.ru/postman/forum_messages.asp?cfrom=1&msg_id=15699&cpage=1&forum_id=1
Concert photos (click on photo to enlarge): http://www.beatles.ru/postman/forum_messages.asp?msg_id=15661&cfrom=1&showtype=0&cpage=1
Fans in Kiev (click on photo to enlarge): http://www.beatles.ru/postman/forum_messages.asp?cfrom=1&msg_id=15693&cpage=1&forum_id=4

Regards,
Alexey Bogaevsky
Beatles.ru

We hear that the Kiev show will soon be out as a two-disc release (CD/DVD) on the Piccadilly Circus label.

Update (6/18/08)

More media coverage: Kommersant, Oneindia (again with the picture of whatshername).

Update (6/17/08)

From Alexey Bogaevsky:

Hi Steve,
Some news about Kiev show:
First of all, thanks for everybody, who vote for "Mrs Vandebilt" and of course, thanks to sir Paul!!! Paul McCartney did this song in Kiev!
Here's the timeline of this story:
May 25 2008 - Beatles.ru international fan club send the petition to Sir Paul McCartney to perform additional song in Kiev - "Mrs Vandebilt". http://www.beatles.ru/special/kiev/news.asp?id=3743 (english translation located at the bottom of the page)
June 10 2008 - "Mrs Vandebilt" wins the internet poll for additional song for Kiev show with 4,279 votes. http://www.beatles.ru/news/news.asp?news_id=3833
June 14 2008 - Paul McCartney performs "Mrs Vandebilt" in front of 300000 people. Video of the song can be found here: http://www.beatles.ru/news/news.asp?news_id=3850
Beatles.ru club members presents the bass-kobza (traditional ukranian instrument ajusted for left-hand) to Sir Paul http://www.beatles.ru/news/news.asp?news_id=3849 (video - news report from NTV Russan TV channel)
------------------------------------------ Regards Alexey Bogaevsky Beatles.ru

More media coverage: Uncut, AHN.

Update (6/16/08)

Here are several videos taken from the TV broadcast, starting with "Mrs. Vandebilt":

And here's the full broadcast: http://www.intv-inter.net/tv/programm/?id=7212724&act=tvp&channel=6 (thanks to raph)

And also "Let Me Roll It," "Jet," "Back in the USSR," "C Moon," "Let Me Roll It" and "Drive My Car."

More media reports: The BBC, UK Metro.

A slight correction: the website we mentioned last night where the fan poll resulted in "Mrs. Vandebilt" being picked was Ukranian, not Russian. (Thanks to Rick Holland.)

(6/15/2008) Here's the set list (taken from Paul McCartney.com.)
From his website:

Drive My Car
Jet
All My Loving
Only Mama Knows
Flaming Pie
Got To Get You Into My Life
Let Me Roll It
C Moon
My Love
Let Em In
The Long And Winding Road
Dance Tonight
Blackbird
Calico Skies
Follow The Sun
Mrs Vandebilt
Eleanor Rigby
Something
Good Day Sunshine
Penny Lane
Band On The Run
Birthday
Back In The USSR
I Got A Feeling
Live And Let Die
Let It Be
Hey Jude
A Day In The Life/Give Peace A Chance
Lady Madonna
Get Back
I Saw Her Standing There
Yesterday
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The surprise here, of course, is Mrs. Vandebilt. which was voted the top requested song by fans at this Ukranian website. He also kept "A Day in the Life" in, and will, we suspect, do so for the eventual tour.

Here's a link to pictures from Getty Images.

Media coverage (note, we have not tested these links): NME.com, Agence France Presse, Mlive.com, CBS News, AP, Yahoo photos, 1Plus1News. Pravda, Unian, KBS Radio, video news report from 1rTV.u.

A pre-show news report here and a fan video here from YouTube.

Another fan vid from YouTube.

A Russian cover of Back in the USSR.

Paul interview about Kiev show.

McCartney art in Kiev

Thanks to Evelyn Schwartz, Karen Dyson and Patti Murawski for contributing some of the links.

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