Paul McCartney Announces Intimate Show to Kick Off 2025 ‘Got Back’ Tour
by Best Classic Bands Staff
Paul McCartney (© 2024 MPL Communications Ltd / Photographer: MJ Kim; used with permission)
Paul McCartney has added a date to the 2025 edition of his “Got Back” tour in North America. He’ll now kick off the run of 21 concerts—mostly of arenas with several stadium dates—with a show at the Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, Calif., on September 26, three days before the run was originally scheduled to begin. The tour continues through late November. The original tour announcement, just before 8 a.m. ET on July 10, followed the briefest of teaser campaigns. As he’s done in recent years, the legend, who turned 83 on June 18, showed images the day before on some of his social media platforms of a pair of guitar picks with his name on one and “Got Back in 2025” on another.
For the chance to get tickets to the Paul McCartney Rocks Santa Barbara Bowl show—announced on Sept. 15—fans must register in advance here. by Sept. 16 at 10 p.m. local time. Tickets will be limited to two tickets per customer and it’s a phone-free experience. Tickets will be extremely limited for the 4500-seat amphitheater.
The 2025 concerts include such major cities as Chicago, Montreal, Denver and Atlanta, but omit New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, and more. See the itinerary below. Tickets are available here.
McCartney’s 2024 tour of South America, Central America, Mexico, Europe and the U.K. concluded, fittingly, with the second of two concerts at The O2 in London, U.K. Making the evening extra special was an appearance by the Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood, who joined his friend on stage towards the end of the main set to perform “Get Back.” Still later, during the encores, none other than Ringo Starr joined McCartney to perform a pair of Beatles favorites: “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)” and “Helter Skelter.”
Paul McCartney, Buenos Aires (© 2024 MPL Communications Ltd / Photographer: MJ Kim; used with permission)
Earlier this year, McCartney played a series of three concerts in four nights at the intimate Bowery Ballroom in New York City. The February shows preceded his live performance that took place within the SNL50 Anniversary Special. Tickets for those club dates, were priced for just 50 bucks, and were limited to one per person at the box-office only. The standing-only venue has a capacity of just 575 persons.
Watch a recap of his 2024 tour
Paul McCartney 2025 “Got Back” Tour (Tickets are available here)
Sep 26 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
Sep 29 – Palm Desert, CA – Acrisure Arena
Oct 04 – Las Vegas, NV – Allegiant Stadium
Oct 07 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
Oct 11 – Denver, CO – Coors Field
Oct 14 – Des Moines, IA – Casey’s Center
Oct 17 – Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium
Oct 22 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
Oct 25 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome
Oct 29 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
Nov 02 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Nov 03 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Nov 06 – Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle
Nov 08 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
Nov 11 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
Nov 14 – Buffalo, NY -Keybank Center
Nov 17 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Nov 18 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Nov 21 – Hamilton, ON – TD Coliseum
Nov 24 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Nov 25 – Chicago, IL – United Center
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Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, with McCartney listed as its author, and edited by the prize-winning historian Ted Widmer, arrives on November 4, 2025, via book publisher Liveright. It’s available for pre-order in the U.S. here, in Canada here and in the U.K., via Allen Lane Books, here. WINGS, a music anthology arrives Nov. 7 as a 3-LP collection and 2-CD edition. It’s available for pre-order in the U.S. here, in Canada here and in the U.K. here.
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2 Comments so far
Jump into a conversationThat’s pretty freaking awesome really that he’s still gonna do another tour but judging from recent videos, his voice is starting to really go downhill not surprising since he’s over 80 years old
Wish he would do Small Venues and do Acoustic Sets. The days of trying to fill stadiums is over. Protect Your Legacy and Save Your Voice. Respectfully, from A Paul Aficionado