When Paul McCartney announced the initial dates of his 2018 “Freshen Up” tour, the 76-year-old expressed interest in playing some club dates, to get back to the intimacy of performing before a few hundred fans. As we know, he played such a date on June 9, in Liverpool when he toured the city of his birth with TV host James Corden for an episode of “Carpool Karaoke.”
The next of these spontaneous dates is coming up this week, in London, at an undisclosed location. McCartney’s Twitter account announced on July 18 the opportunity for fans to “attend a secret event” there “this week.”
The instructions indicate that those hoping to attend must “post a short video using the hashtag #UnderTheStaircase.”
The “Freshen Up” tour will also be his first outing following the release of his new studio album, Egypt Station, coming Sept. 7 on Capitol Records. As of July 23, the tour consists of 12 dates in Canada, the U.K., Poland and Austria. The U.K. dates sold out almost instantly.
📽️ Why do you think you should attend a secret event in London with Paul next week? Post a short video using the hashtag #UnderTheStaircase pic.twitter.com/hDK3VoVHzF
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) July 18, 2018
Paul McCartney 2018 Tour Dates (Tickets for the North American dates are available here and here)
Sep 17 – Quebec City, QC – Videotron Centre
Sep 20 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Sep 28 – Winnipeg, MB – Bell MTS Place
Sep 30 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place
Oct 05 – Austin, TX – Zilker Park
Oct 12 – Austin, TX – Zilker Park
Dec 03 – Krakow, Poland – Tauron Arena
Dec 05 – Vienna, Austria – Vienna Stadhalle
Dec 06 – Vienna, Austria – Vienna Stadhalle
Dec 12 – Liverpool, UK – Echo Arena
Dec 14 – Glasgow, UK – SSE Hydro
Dec 16 – London, UK – 02 Arena
Watch McCartney’s June 9, 2018 performance at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Pub at the 15:45 mark
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