Sir Paul McCartney announced in an Instagram post on that he will wrap up this year with four shows in London and Manchester, as part of his iconic Got Back tour. The Beatles star will play two nights O2 Arena in London and two at the Manchester’s brand new Co-op Live arena.
The Manchester shows will mark the the first time since 2011 that McCartney has played in the city when he performed at the Manchester Evening News Arena for the 18th show of his “On The Run” Tour. This tour will also mark first time he has played in London in 6 years and his first UK tour since 2018.
McCartneys “Got Back” tour has been circulating since 2022 and first landed in the UK when he brought it to the Glastonbury of that year where he headlined alongside Kendrick Lamar and Billie Eilish and marked the singers second time taking to the Pyramid stage as he previously performed in 2004.
He is set to perform a whole host of crowd raisers throughout the show from his 60 year career including Beatles classics like “Hey Jude”, “Let It Be”, “Band on the Run”, “Get Back” “Live and Let Die” and “Lady Madonna”. It will be an exciting set of shows for fans of the Beatles as McCartney has been continuously revamping his equipment and technology to be able to use stems from old tracks, essentially “duetting” with his former band mates. Not only this, but the show holds glowing reviews from critics when it first Debuted at Worthing farm two years ago, with the Telegraph calling it ‘one of the most thrilling, uplifting, banger-filled, star-studded sets this 50-plus-year-old festival had ever seen’.
According to TimeOut magazine, Paul McCartney spoke about the upcoming shows during the announcement saying On announcing his UK string of shows, Paul said: ‘I’m excited to be ending my year and 2024 tour dates in the UK. It’s always such a special feeling to play shows on our home soil. It’s going to be an amazing end to the year. Let’s get set to party. I can’t wait to see you.’ The beloved Beatles member also celebrated his 82nd birthday this week.
The Beatles icon has already has already taken it to cities across the US, Australia and South America but finally the show will return to the UK for more than just one night only with shows at Co-op Live on Saturday December 14 and Sunday December 15 and then shoes at the O2 Arena in London on Wednesday December 18 and Thursday December 19. Some fans have however been left disappointed as there are currently no dates for Scotland or McCartney’s home city – Liverpool.
The date for your diaries is this Friday the 21st of June as this is when tickets go on general sale on Ticketmaster here from 10am. However if you’re a lucky O2 priority or a Co-op member you can access the presale for the four shows which will go live on Wednesday June 19 at 10am BST. Find the Manchester presale here and the London presale here.
