Following more than a year of speculation, Paul McCartney today announces the GOT BACK Tour, a 13-city return to U.S. stages, kicking off April 28 with Paulโs first ever show in Spokane WA and running through to June 16 in East Rutherford NJ, where Paul will play MetLife Stadium for the first time since 2016.
GOT BACK will see Paulโs live debuts in Hollywood FL, Knoxville TN and Winston-Salem NC, his first Fort Worth TX and Baltimore MD shows since 1976 with Wings and 1964 with The Beatles, respectively, and his first Oakland CA date in 20 years. The tour will also include stops in cities where Paul has put in more recent yet no less unforgettable performances, including Boston MA, Los Angeles CA, Orlando FL, Seattle WA, and Syracuse NY.
Tickets for all GOT BACK tour dates will be on sale to the public beginning Friday, February 25 at 10am local time. American Expressยฎ Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday, February 22 at 10am local time through Thursday, February 24 at 10pm local time. For a full itinerary, see below or check paulmccartneygotback.com.
GOT BACK marks Paulโs first series of live shows since his FRESHEN UP Tour wrapped in July 2019โits 39-date 12-country odyssey concluding with a triumphant sold-out show at Dodger Stadium in Los Angelesโa performance that instantly attained legendary status, generating rave reviews and Best of 2019 notices including:
โโฆ Wow. After several decades now of writing about music and facing the perpetual challenge of translating what is beyond words into understandable language, thatโs the best I can muster. Here in the heady aftermath of Paul McCartneyโs final show of his Freshen Up tour at Dodger Stadium along with 50,000 of my fellow Angelenos on July 13, 2019 โ Wow.โ โAMERICAN SONGWRITER
โThe perfect display of the philosophy McCartney has embodied over his 60-year career in musicโฆ the perfect bow to tie up the perfect show, with the final lyric of the night an ever-appropriate one: โAnd in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.โโ โBILLBOARD
โMacca continues to put artists half his age and younger to shame with epic shows featuring his crackerjack band and a jukebox of hitsโ โENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Best Live Music Performances of 2019
โThe best thing about a McCartney show is how many generations of people leave with the broadest smile upon their face. Whether it’s the first time they’ve seen him or the tenth, he never, ever, disappoints.โ โFLAUNT
“McCartney was in top form, his voice effortlessly climbing to the heights it always hit so easily back in the dayโฆ” โTHE LOS ANGELES TIMES
โThe total and complete immersion into MaccaLand was colorful and loud, rocking and rolling, nostalgic and present, and, above all, in the truest sense, marvelousโฆ And, in the end, the love McCartney has taken for 60 years was equal to the love heโs made for generations.โ โRELIX
“Definitely Weโre Amazed by Paul McCartneyโs Blowout Dodger Stadium Showโฆ McCartney remains a show-stopping entertainer of the highest order.โ โVARIETY
With songs like โHey Judeโ, โLive and Let Dieโ, โBand on the Runโ, โLet It Beโ and so many more, the Paul McCartney live experience is everything any music lover could ever want from a rock show: Hours of the greatest moments from the last 60 years of music โ dozens of songs from Paulโs solo, Wings and of course Beatles catalogues that have formed the soundtracks of our lives. Paul and his band have performed in an unparalleled range of venues and locations throughout the Americas, the UK, Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and all points between: outside the Coliseum in Rome, Moscowโs Red Square, Buckingham Palace, The White House, a free show in Mexico for over 400,000 people, the last ever show at San Franciscoโs Candlestick Park where The Beatles played their final concert in 1966, a 2016 week in the California desert that included two headline sets at the historic Desert Trip festival and a jam-packed club gig for a few hundred lucky fans at Pappy & Harrietโs Pioneertown Palace, and even one performance broadcast live into Space! Featuring Paulโs longtime band – Paul โWixโ Wickens (keyboards), Brian Ray (bass/guitar), Rusty Anderson (guitar) and Abe Laboriel Jr (drums) – and constantly upgraded state of the art audio and video technology that ensures an unforgettable experience from every seat in the house, a Paul McCartney concert is never anything short of life-changing.
PAUL McCARTNEY
GOT BACK
Tour 2022
Thursday, April 28 – Spokane, WA- Spokane Arena
Monday, May 2- Seattle, WA- Climate Pledge Arena
Tuesday, May 3- Seattle, WA- Climate Pledge Arena
Friday, May 6- Oakland, CA- Oakland Arena
Friday, May 13- Los Angeles, CA- SoFi Stadium
Tuesday, May 17- Fort Worth, TX- Dickies Arena
Saturday, May 21- Winston Salem, NC- Truist Field
Wednesday, May 25- Hollywood, FL- Hard Rock Live
Saturday, May 28- Orlando, FL- Camping World Stadium
Tuesday, May 31- Knoxville, TN- Thompson-Boling Arena
Saturday, June 4- Syracuse, NY- Carrier Dome
Tuesday, June 7- Boston, MA- Fenway Park
Sunday, June 12- Baltimore, MD- Oriole Park
Thursday, June 16- East Rutherford, NJ- MetLife Stadium
