


Sir Paul McCartney will return to the Twin Cities for what could be his final time when he headlines U.S. Bank Stadium on Oct. 17.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. July 18 through Ticketmaster.
McCartney, who turned 83 last month, has taken long breaks between local performances. He first played here in 1965 when the Beatles headlined the old Met Stadium, and he returned for shows in 1976 (St. Paul Civic Center with Wings), 1993 (Metrodome), 2002 and 2005 (both at Xcel Energy Center), 2014 (Target Field) and 2016 (two nights at Target Center).
A native of Liverpool, McCartney changed the world as a member of the Beatles. With John Lennon, he wrote the bulk of the Beatles’ songs and spearheaded 1967’s “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” But McCartney also pushed the band to record the back-to-basics “Let it Be” album, an ill-fated project that helped bring on the Fab Four’s demise and was revisited by director Peter Jackson in 2021 with the hit docuseries “The Beatles: Get Back.” Shortly before “Let it Be” hit stores in 1970, McCartney announced he had left the group.
Of all the Beatles, McCartney found the greatest success in the ’70s, fronting Wings and breaking records with his 1975-76 world tour. He spent much of the ’80s and ’90s focused on recording and other projects, mounting only two major tours in 1989-90 and 1993.
His current outing, dubbed “Got Back,” began in 2022 and included a two-night stand at Boston’s Fenway Park that drew more than 71,000 fans. In 2023, he played two shows in Mexico City in front of more than 118,000 people and three shows in Sao Paulo for a combined crowd of nearly 150,000.
McCartney’s schedule this year includes 19 North American dates, including stops in Las Vegas, Denver, Des Moines, New Orleans, Atlanta, Nashville and Montreal. In February, McCartney delighted fans when he played three nights at the 500-capacity Bowery Ballroom in New York City, each with just a day’s notice, to warm up for his gig closing the “Saturday Night Live 50: The Anniversary Special.”
In concert, McCartney typically spends up to three hours on stage and plays around three dozen songs from his entire back catalog, including his work with the Beatles and Wings. He released his 18th solo album, “McCartney III,” in 2020, although he hasn’t been playing anything from it in concert.