| BILLYJOEL | He played his "Back in the USSR" during a concert in the USSR |
| METALLICA | This band's members were huge fans of the NFL's Oakland (now Las Vegas) Raiders, famously playing a concert in the Oakland Coliseum parking lot before a 2003 game |
| ANI | DiFranco who's playing a concert in the Village on September 23 |
| LOMU | Rugby player who became the youngest ever All Black when he played his first international in 1994 aged 19 (4) |
| PESCE | He played his own brother in "29th Street" |
| SIRE | He's played his part in the production line (4) |
| ATLAS | Shown with the world on his back in a 1595 book, who gave his name to such publications? (5) |
| ASHTONKUTCHER | Actor who gets "Dude" tattooed on his back in a 2000 movie |
| PELE | No 10 was often on his back in leadership election (4) |
| PAULMCCARTNEY | Who played the drums on the Beatles' 1968 recording of "Back in the USSR"? (4,9) |
| BOAC | Which now-defunct airline is namechecked in the first line of the Beatles" Back In The USSR? (1,1,1,1) |
| BALALAIKAS | Instruments mentioned in the Beatles' 'Back in the USSR' |
| LENNON | Communist leader broadcast what his mate wrote back in the USSR (6) |
| REDSQUARE | Where McCartney sang "Back in the USSR" in 2003 |
| SHERYLCROW | "Soak Up the Sun" singer who'll play a beach concert in the Bahamas in May |
| AVALON | 82-year-old Frankie who played a concert in Houston in October |
| STELLAR | Starry McCartney's "Back in the USSR" |
| SUE | She's back in the USSR |
| FETE | With "champetre", a country feast, garden party, rural festival etc; or, a painting depicting thus, such as Pastoral Concert in the Louvre (4) |
| SET | The songs a band plays during a concert |
