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Paul McCartney’s historic three-night musical christening of New York’s Citi Field, witnessed by 120,000-plus attendees, will be immortalised November 17th when the multi-disc ‘Good Evening New York City‘ is released. The UK release date is November 23rd. As the inaugural musical event at Citi Field, the site of the former Shea Stadium, the July 2009 shows held special significance not only for McCartney but for generations of his fans. The shows were performed on the same hallowed ground that The Beatles, in 1965, played the 34-minute show that would set the precedent for the modern day stadium rock show.

‘Good Evening New York City’ ‘ will be available in two formats:

* a 3-disc (2 CD + 1 DVD) standard edition

* a 4-disc (2 CD + 2 DVD) deluxe version featuring expanded packaging and a bonus DVD including McCartney’s traffic-stopping, headline-making July 15 performance on the Ed Sullivan Theater marquee (including bonus numbers not aired on the Late Show with David Letterman broadcast).

The set will also be made available in high quality vinyl.

Highlights of ‘Good Evening New York City’ include Beatles classics such as ‘I’m Down’, ‘Drive My Car,’ ‘Got To Get You Into My Life,’ ‘The Long And Winding Road,’ ‘Blackbird,’ ‘Eleanor Rigby,’ ‘Back In The USSR,’ ‘Paperback Writer,’ ‘Let It Be,’ ‘Hey Jude,’ ‘Helter Skelter’, ‘Something’ played on a ukulele gifted to Paul by George Harrison, and a tribute to John Lennon in the form of a medley of ‘A Day In The Life’ and ‘Give Peace A Chance.’ Also featured are Wings era classics such as ‘Band On The Run,’ ‘My Love,’ ‘Let Me Roll It’ and ‘Live And Let Die,’ and McCartney solo material that brings the music right up to date with tracks from the 2008 album ‘Electric Arguments.’

The concert footage featured on ‘Good Evening New York City’ standard edition comprises 33 songs, with a running time of 2 hours 40 minutes. The footage was shot using 15 high definition cameras, but there is also footage incorporated from 75 Flipcams handed out to fans over the course of the three night stand.

Commenting on the Citi Field shows, Paul McCartney said:

‘It was three great nights for the band and for me personally it was very exciting to be back opening a new stadium on the site of the old Shea Stadium where we had played 44 years previously. Even more exciting because this time round you could hear us!’

These informal videos from Citi Field show Paul was in rocking form:

Day Tripper

I’m Down

Let it Be

You can pre-order the set at Amazon US and Amazon UK.