From Abu Dhabi to the UK - rock icon Paul McCartney to bring 2011 to a spectacular close with eleven special shows across three different continents.
In 2011 Paul McCartney is still leading the way. July saw Paul voted the ‘Best Live Act’ of the last year at the prestigious UK Nordoff Robbins Silver Clef Awards. It was a public vote and Paul beat acts from a shortlist of 30 including Muse, Green Day, Jay Z, Pink and Black Eyed Peas. In the same month, Paul and his band of nearly ten years (Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens, Brian Ray, Rusty Anderson and Abe Laboriel Jr.) embarked on their all new ‘On The Run’ tour. The tour kicked off with a two-night run at New York’s iconic Yankee Stadium and then took in six massive shows in North America and Canada. The unrivalled feedback and reviews backed up the ‘Best Live Act’ Award as well as cementing Paul’s reputation as one of the world’s greatest performers ever.
Paul announces his new ‘On The Run’ tour is coming home and he will bring 2011 to a close with 11 special shows. Starting out with his first ever show in U.A.E at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the tour will then rock n’ roll into Europe and Russia. It concludes with a concert in Paul’s hometown of Liverpool exactly a year to the day since he played a tiny intimate show at Liverpool’s O2 Academy late last year, which ended with Paul handing out hot drinks to fans waiting outside the venue in freezing weather conditions. Paul is already earning something of a reputation for his extraordinary Christmas homecoming shows after a series of special UK shows last December as well as his first ever, much talked about show at London’s O2 Arena in December 2009. These new dates will also take in the O2 Arena once more, Paul’s first visit back to the venue since using it to rehearse for his massive 2010/2011 ‘Up and Coming’ tour.
On The Run – Tour Dates
Tickets go on sale this Thursday (13 October) at 9am.
Box office details:
London The O2 Arena
0844 856 0202
Manchester Evening News Arena
0844 847 8000
Liverpool Echo Arena
0844 8000 400
National
0844 847 2450
Ticketmaster.co.uk
NOVEMBER
13th - Grand Prix Circuit, Yas Arena, Yas Island Abu - Dhabi, U.A.E
26th - Futureshow Station Arena - Bologna, Italy
27th - Mediolanumforum - Milan, Italy
30th November - Omnisport Arena, Bercy - Paris, France
DECEMBER
1st - Lanxess Arena - Koln, Germany
5th - O2 Arena - London, England
10th - The Globen - Stockholm, Sweden
12th - The Hartwall Arena - Helsinki, Finland
14th - The Olympinski Arena - Moscow, Russia
19th - The MEN Arena - Manchester, England
20th - The Echo Arena - Liverpool, England
