Paul McCartney skips Vancouver on latest tour announcement
It looks like local Paul McCartney fans will have to travel to see the English singer-songwriter this year.
The Beatles icon announced a lineup of North American dates for his ongoing Got Back 2025 tour — and the only Canadian dates on the list so far are Nov. 17-18 at Bell Centre in Montreal and Nov. 21 at the TD Coliseum in Hamilton.
The tour, which launched close to B.C. in Spokane, Wash. in 2022, has travelled the globe, with concert dates in South America, Australia and Europe. The latest planned leg of the tour is scheduled to kick off Sept. 29 in Palm Desert, Calif. and wrap Nov. 25 in Chicago.
McCartney last played Vancouver in 2019, when he performed a very robust roster of his much-loved music. Read our review of that show here.
'We've got some old songs, some new songs, and some in between songs,' said McCartney of the collection of tunes played at that concert six years ago.
Presale tickets go online at 10 a.m. on July 15. General public ticket sales are slated to open on July 18. For more ticket information, visit Ticketmaster.ca.
Sept. 29 @ Acrisure Arena (Palm Desert, CA)
Oct. 4 @ Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas, NV)
Oct. 7 @ Isleta Ampitheater (Albuquerque, NM)
Oct. 11 @ Coors Field (Denver, CO)
Oct. 14 @ Casey's Center (Des Moines, IA)
Oct. 17 @ U.S. Bank Stadium (Minneapolis, MN)
Oct. 25 @ Bok Center (Tulsa, OK)
Oct. 29 @ Smoothie King Centre (New Orleans, LA)
Nov. 2-3 @ State Farm Arena (Atlanta, GA)
Nov. 6 @ The Pinnacle (Nashville, TN)
Nov. 8 @ Nationwide Arena (Columbus, OH)
Nov. 11 @ PPG Paints Arena (Pittsburgh, PA)
Nov. 14 @ KeyBank Center (Buffalo, NY)
Nov. 17-18 @ Bell Centre (Montreal, QC)
Nov. 21 @ TD Coliseum (Hamilton, Ont.)
Nov. 24-25 @ United Center (Chicago, IL)
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