Writing about the tour for the "NME", Geoff Liptrot said the band's performances were generally good, but the song "grated a little with its harsh, sing-song chorus immediately conjuring up visions of a drunk rolling along a street bellowing at the top of his voice". When asked by a reporter from "The Guardian" whether the shows were fundraisers for the Irish Republican Army, McCartney declined to comment, beyond saying: "We're simply playing for the people." Guitarist Henry McCullough's involvement with the song led to his brother Samuel being beaten up in an Irish pub, in Kilburn, an area of north-west London that was popular among Irish expatriates.