Paul Wickens
Birthday: 1956-03-27
Place of Birth: Brentwood, Essex, England, UK
Synopsis
Paul "Wix" Wickens (born 27 March 1956) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and record producer. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Wickens has worked with artists including Paul McCartney, Nik Kershaw, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bon Jovi, Edie Brickell and many others. Wickens has also been a member of McCartney's touring band since 1989.
In the early 1980s Wickens was a member of Woodhead Monroe, a band that issued two singles distributed by Stiff, "Mumbo Jumbo" and "Identify."
Wickens began touring with Paul McCartney in 1989. As of then, he has appeared on many of McCartney's albums and DVDs, and has become the musical director for many of McCartney's tours. He continues to tour with McCartney (as his keyboardist, occasional guitarist and backing vocalist), and of the four musicians in McCartney's touring band, he has worked with McCartney the longest by a considerable margin.
Acting
Paul McCartney - Out There at Budokan
as Himself
On April 28 2015 Paul McCartney returned to the Budokan for a special performance as part of his “Out There Japan” tour. The tour marked almost a half a century since the Beatles performed for the first time at the Budokan in 1966. Tracklisting: [01]. Can’t Buy Me Love [02]. Save Us [03]. All My Loving [04]. One After 909 [05]. Let Me Roll It [06]. Paperback Writer [07]. My Valentine [08]. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five [09]. Maybe I’m Amazed [10]. I’ve Just Seen a Face [11]. Another Day [12]. Dance Tonight [13]. We Can Work It Out [14]. And I Love Her [15]. Blackbird [16]. New [17]. Lady Madonna [18]. Another Girl [19]. Got to Get You into My Life [20]. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! [21]. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da [22]. Back in the U.S.S.R. [23]. Let It Be [24]. Live and Let Die [25]. Hey Jude Encore: [26]. Yesterday [27]. Birthday [28]. Golden Slumbers [29]. Carry That Weight [30]. The End
Paul McCartney: Out There Tokyo
as Self - Keyboards
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! Tour to Japan to play six shows in Osaka, Fukuoka and Tokyo. The news was announced on 16 July 2013 on his official website. The first date was taken place in Osaka on 11 November and the tour was continuing at the Fukuoka Dome on 15 November. A run of shows at the Tokyo Dome followed, taking place on 18, 19, 21 November.
Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City
as Self
The concert footage featured on the standard edition of the set was directed by Paul Becher, who has overseen live visuals for McCartney for over 200 performances. The performances were shot in high definition using 15 cameras and digital footage incorporated from 75 flipcams handed out to fans over the course of the three night stand.[ The audio mix, in both stereo and 5.1, was handled by longtime Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick, and also longtime McCartney engineer Paul Hicks, whose credits include the recent Beatles remasters, The Beatles Anthology and Let It Be... Naked, and two Grammy awards for his mixing work on the Beatles' Love album.
Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us
as Himself - keyboardist
In 2005, rock legend Paul McCartney crossed America with his record-breaking, sold-out US tour. Better than a front-row seat, this feature-length concert film takes viewers onto this stage and beyond, capturing Paul's out-of-this-world performance.
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Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
as Self (keyboards/vocals)
In 2002, a 60-year old McCartney refocused the attention on his musicianship, staging a massive live concert in Cleveland, Ohio. The superstar, who went on to form the popular rock group Wings and had several hit records as a solo artist, performs a track list that covers all three phases of his long and prolific career, including the hits "Eleanor Rigby," "Live And Let Die," "Blackbird," "The Long And Winding Road," and "Mother Nature's Son." In addition to the 30 tunes that McCartney enthusiastically performs, seemingly immune to the ravages of time and aging, BACK IN THE U.S.A LIVE also includes candid behind-the-scenes footage of the rocker backstage and on the road.
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Paul is Live in Concert on The New World Tour
as Self (Keyboards / Vocals) (as Paul 'Wix' Wickens)
Paul Is Live in Concert on the New World Tour is the concert video containing over 20 McCartney classics from the New World Tour. Released in 1993 during his tour in support of the album "Off the Ground". Its cover is often used as a counter-argument to the Paul is dead conspiracy theory.
