Paul McCartney announces first Australian tour dates in six years: ‘Our last trip was so much fun’
Paul McCartney plays his first concert Down Under in six years.
On Tuesday, the Beatles legend, 81, announced he will be performing shows across Australia in the spring.
The tour kicks off on October 18 in Adelaide, the city where 350,000 people lined the streets when The Beatles first visited Australia in 1964.
He will depart for Melbourne on October 21, Newcastle on October 24 and Sydney on October 27.
The tour concludes with a show in Brisbane on November 1 before moving on to the Gold Coast on November 4.
Paul McCartney plays his first concert Down Under in six years. On Tuesday, The Beatles legend, 81, announced he will be performing shows across Australia in the spring
The tour kicks off on October 18 in Adelaide, the city where 350,000 people lined the streets when The Beatles first visited Australia in 1964.
McCartney said he has great memories of his previous visits.
“Our last trip was so much fun,” he said in a statement.
“We’ve had such an incredible time. Every show was a celebration, so we know this is going to be incredibly special. Australia, let’s rock! I can’t wait to see you.’
He will then move to Melbourne on October 21, before moving to Newcastle on October 24 and Sydney on October 27. The tour concludes with a show in Brisbane on November 1 before moving on to the Gold Coast on November 4. seen alongside former bandmates John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr
McCartney’s final tour in Australia in 2017 was a series of epic three-hour shows that saw him beat Ed Sheeran to win a Helpmann Award for Best International Contemporary Concert.
The upcoming tour will feature some elements that are very contemporary indeed, with the former Beatle expected to perform a virtual duet with former bandmate John Lennon, created using AI technology.
At the 2022 Glastonbury Festival, McCartney performed I’ve Got A Feeling, a song originally recorded at the Beatles’ famed 1969 rooftop concert in London.
McCartney’s final tour in Australia in 2017 was a series of epic three-hour shows that saw him beat Ed Sheeran to win a Helpmann Award for Best International Contemporary Concert.
He sang along to a song of John Lennon’s voice extracted from an old demo tape using artificial intelligence, tailored to the historic vision of the concert.
McCartney told BBC Radio 4’s Today program that AI is “something we’re all working on right now.”
“When Peter Jackson made the movie (The Beatles) Get Back, where we made the Let It Be album, he was able to extract John’s voice from a crappy piece of tape and a piano,” he said.
“He could separate them with AI, he would say to the machine, ‘That’s a voice, this is a guitar, lose the guitar’.”
“We were able to take John’s voice and get it clean through this AI so we could mix the record like you would.”
Tickets go on sale on August 11, with presale starting August 9.
Tickets go on sale on August 11, with presale starting August 9.