Newly published is Adrian Allen's Paul McCartney The World Tour 1989-90. The book, which is by far the most exhaustive account of McCartney's comeback tour, runs over 320 pages and chronicles every show played on the former-Beatle's most extensive outing to date, taking in a total of 108 concerts across Europe, North America, Japan, and South America. The new book serves as the followup to Allen's groundbreaking 2021 tomb, Wings Live: On Tour In The '70s.
The 1989/1990 world tour kicked off with a 28-date European leg on September 26th, 1989 in Oslo, Norway. McCartney, in response to his dwindling chart appearances, packed the comeback show with 50 percent Beatles classics — most of which the “Fab Four,” who retired from the road in 1966, never got the chance to play live.
Paul McCartney The World Tour 1989-90, has numerous first-hand fan accounts, chapters on McCartney's “studio years” and one-off performances leading up to the historic tour — along with an overview of what transpired professionally for “Macca” before launching his 1993 “New World Tour.”