McCartney Aussie tour confirmed
PAUL McCartney’s first Australian tour in 24 years has been confirmed.
His Australian promoter Frontier are currently sourcing questions from local Macca fans on its Facebook page.
McCartney will select from those questions when he officially announces the tour tonight at 7.30pm.
In a modern twist, McCartney will announce all the tour dates and ticketing details during a Facebook live Q and A session — again on Frontier’s Facebook page.
The interview will be hosted live from London by longtime McCartney fan, Aussie comedian Tim Minchin, who is flying in especially for the event.
McCartney’s Australian tour dates will be in December and will include a stop across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand. No venues have been confirmed although a leak from Melbourne’s AAMI Park suggest McCartney will join the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift and the Foo Fighters to play the outdoor venue, which can hold around 35,000 fans.
McCartney’s tour is expected to stretch further than the West Coast, and Adelaide fans are hoping the rock icon doesn’t join the list of acts bypassing South Australia.
McCartney has been courted by local promoters for the last decade, with Michael Gudinski winning the bidding war. Fans will be rewarded with a near three-hour show, nearly half of which is Beatles songs.