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Paul Is Live is a live album by Paul McCartney, released in 1993 during his New World Tour in support of his studio album Off the Ground, released that same year. Paul Is Live contains live recordings of McCartney and his touring band—which at the time included his then-wife Linda and guitarist Robbie McIntosh—performing songs by McCartney`s former bands The Beatles and Wings, as well as songs from his solo career. The tracks included on the album were recorded at various concerts during his New World Tour, in several American cities and in Australia.

The title of Paul Is Live is a reference to the `Paul is dead` conspiracy theory, and the album`s cover artwork, which is based on that of the Beatles` 1969 album Abbey Road, contains multiple references to the theory. Paul Is Live was McCartney`s last live album for nine years, until the release of the double live album Back in the U.S. (North America Only. Back In the World everywhere else), which coincided with his 2002 Driving World Tour.

Title and cover
The album`s title is a response to the `Paul is dead` rumours after the 1969 release of the Beatles` penultimate studio album, Abbey Road. The photograph used for the cover is from the same August 1969 photo session as the photo used for the Abbey Road album cover, with some digital manipulation. Differences between the two photos include different people and vehicles in the background, and on the `Abbey Road` cover, George Harrison is partly obscuring the left rear corner of the white Volkswagen with the infamous number plate, which is parked half up on the kerb on the left, whereas the cover of `Paul Is Live` gives a clear view of the Volkswagen.

Apart from these, intentional differences between the two are:[1][2]

The `LMW281F` on the Volkswagen Beetle`s number plate – which was mis-read as `LMW28IF`, purportedly meaning that McCartney would have been 28 if he had lived (he was actually 27 when Abbey Road was made, not 28) – is edited to read `51IS`, indicating that he is alive and his age at the time was 51.
McCartney is wearing shoes; on Abbey Road he had appeared with bare feet, while the other Beatles had shoes. This mismatch was viewed as an eyecatch to the hoax.
McCartney is putting his left foot forward; on Abbey Road he is seen with his right foot forward, out of step with the others, and this was purportedly meant to symbolise his being on a different plane of existence.
McCartney, who is left-handed, is seen holding a cigarette with his right hand on Abbey Road, supporting the idea that it was an imposter; in this cover, McCartney is holding the dog leash with his left hand.
The dog featured on the cover is an Old English Sheepdog McCartney owned named Arrow. Arrow was the offspring of McCartney`s pet Martha, inspiration for the Beatles 1968 song `Martha My Dear`.[

Video by Paul McCartney
Released 22 March 1994
Recorded 1993
Genre Rock
Length 85 min.
Label MPL
Rounder Home Video
Director Aubrey Powell
Producer Steven J. Swartz
Paul McCartney chronology
Get Back
(1991) Paul Is Live – The New World Tour
(1994) Live at the Cavern Club
(1999)
Video release
`Drive My Car` (Lennon–McCartney)
`Let Me Roll It` (P. McCartney, L. McCartney)
`Looking for Changes`
`Peace in the Neighbourhood`
`All My Loving` (Lennon–McCartney)
`Good Rocking Tonight` (Brown)
`We Can Work It Out` (Lennon–McCartney)
`Hope of Deliverance`
`Michelle` (Lennon–McCartney)
`Biker Like an Icon`
`Here, There and Everywhere` (Lennon–McCartney)
`Magical Mystery Tour` (Lennon–McCartney)
`C`Mon People`
`Lady Madonna` (Lennon–McCartney)
`Paperback Writer` (Lennon–McCartney)
`Penny Lane` (Lennon–McCartney)
`Live and Let Die` (P. McCartney, L. McCartney)
`Kansas City` (Leiber, Stoller)
`Let It Be` (Lennon–McCartney)
`Yesterday` (Lennon–McCartney)
`Hey Jude` (Lennon–McCartney)
Band line-up
Paul McCartney – lead vocals, acoustic, electric and bass guitars, piano
Linda McCartney – backing vocals, keyboards, percussion, autoharp
Hamish Stuart – acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic and electric bass guitars, backing vocals
Robbie McIntosh – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals
Paul `Wix` Wickens – keyboards, accordion, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals
Blair Cunningham – drums, percussion