Following the huge success of his US tour last year, Paul McCartney has confirmed he will be playing seven dates in the UK later this year featuring the biggest set of Beatles songs to have been ever performed in Britian.
"I had a lot of fun touring this show around America last year, but now I'm bringing it on home and that's special to me as I always look forward to playing to a home crowd," McCartney told reporters yesterday. "I think people are going to like this gig - when I was thinking of what songs to play I just imagined myself as one of the audience and thought 'What would I like to hear him play?' So that means we'll be playing some of my Beatles stuff - rather a lot of Beatlesstuff, actually - some Wings stuff and some more recent stuff; so basically the show pretty much spans my whole career. And I'm really getting off on playing it all with my new band."
Those dates:
5 / 6 Apr: Sheffield Hallam Arena
9 Apr: MEN Arena, Manchester
13/14 Apr: Birmingham NIA
18/19: London Earls Court