It's been a 'Hard Day's Night' waiting for Sir Paul McCartney to return to our shores since his last Australian tour in 2017 – and we're not gonna lie, we truly thought he may never visit ever again. But the legendary OG Beatle has just announced dates for the Australian leg of his acclaimed Got Back tour, and it's way sooner than you probably think.
The tour will kick off with an intimate arena show in Adelaide, the city where the Beatles made history in 1964 on their first visit to Australia. An estimated 350,000 people lined the streets between the airport and Town Hall to catch a glimpse of the band. McCartney will then travel to five other major cities, with the Melbourne concert going down at Marvel Stadium on Saturday, October 21.
Irrefutably one of the most successful singer-songwriters and performers of all time, McCartney is behind some of the most well-known and loved songs of all time. With hits like ‘Hey Jude’, ‘Live and Let Die’, ‘Band on the Run’, ‘Let It Be’ and so many more, the Paul McCartney live experience covers many of the greatest moments in rock from the last 60 years of music. Expect dozens of songs from Paul’s solo career, Wings, and of course the Beatles catalogue that has formed the soundtracks of our lives.
Here's what Time Out New York had to say about his One on One tour:
"To an extent, you know what you’re gonna get from a Paul McCartney show: total professionalism from one of the most gifted and agreeable musicians of the last hundred years. But does that account for the moment Macca comes onstage, you realise you’re looking at a Beatle, and you forget to breathe? Or the grizzled sonics of his genuinely rocking young band? It does not. This is truly must-see viewing, take our word for it."
Tickets go on sale at 1pm on Friday, August 11, via frontiertouring.com/paulmccartney. The Frontier Members pre-sale starts Wednesday, August 9 (times staggered, see website for details). Don’t dawdle, these babies will sell out faster than you can say 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da'.
