Tireless former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band will grace the Air Canada Centre for their first Toronto show in five years on Oct. 17, concert promoter Live Nation announced on Friday.
It’s the first Canadian date so far on McCartney’s “Out There” tour, which has already wound its way through 22 stops in the U.K., the U.S., Europe, Japan and South Korea, and most recently touched down for an acclaimed performance at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago on July 31. That performance found the 73-year-old rocker in a “feisty” mood whilst ripping through a generous helping of Beatles, Wings and solo classics, according to the Chicago Tribune, and climaxed with McCartney bringing Alabama Shakes frontwoman Brittany Howard onstage for a widely circulated duet on “Get Back.”
Tickets for the three-hour Out There extravaganza go on sale next Friday, Aug. 28 at 11 a.m. through Ticketmaster or livenation.com, although American Express cardholders can jump the queue on Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 10 a.m.
Prices have yet to be revealed, but top-tier seats for McCartney’s last show at the ACC on the “Up and Coming” tour topped out around $250 so fans should probably brace their wallets for a hit.