Paul McCartney to open TD Coliseum
The legendary performer will be the first concert at Hamilton’s renovated downtown arena on Nov. 21.
The legendary Paul McCartney will be the opening act at Hamilton’s TD Coliseum on Nov. 21.
He will make a stop in the city as part of his Got Back Tour, which offers hits from across his 60-year career as the frontman for the Beatles, Wings, and as a solo performer.
“Opening night deserves something extraordinary, and it doesn’t get any better than Paul McCartney,” said Nick DeLuco, general manager at TD Coliseum. “This show marks the beginning of a bold new chapter for TD Coliseum and speaks volumes about the calibre of events we will bring to the region. We’re excited for the future in Hamilton.”
Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, July 18 at 10 a.m. ET. For ticket information, please visit tdcoliseum.com. For additional tour information, please visit paulmccartneygotback.com.
McCartney performed a three-night stand at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom earlier this year that was hailed by BILLBOARD as “a religious experience” and moving NPR to rave “Paul McCartney has so much swag it’s ridiculous.”
The TD Coliseum grand-opening show is part of a run of 19 newly announced dates marking Sir Paul’s first extensive series of shows across the U.S. and Canada since 2022. The tour kicks off Sept. 29 in Palm Springs and wraps with a Nov. 24-25 finale at the United Center in Chicago. His only other Canadian stop is two shows in Montreal.
Irrefutably one of the most successful and influential singer-songwriters and performers of all time, Get Back will include “Hey Jude,” “Live and Let Die,” “Band on the Run,” “Let It Be” and so many more.
McCartney launched his Got Back tour in 2022 with 16 sold-out shows across the U.S. that led up to his history-making set at Glastonbury in June 2022. In 2023, he performed 18 shows as Got Back rocked through Australia, Mexico and Brazil. In 2024, McCartney amazed capacity crowds at more than 20 dates spanning from South America and Mexico to the U.K. and Europe.
Rolling Stone called the concert a “joyful explosion.”
People raved: “These songs appear to have a restorative effect on McCartney, as if he draws from the same well of youthful energy and happy memories that all Beatle fans do upon hearing their music… No wonder he never stops. Neither have his fans, who seem to grow younger every year.”
McCartney and his band have performed in an unparalleled range of venues and locations worldwide: From outside the Colosseum in Rome, Moscow’s Red Square, Buckingham Palace, The White House and a free show in Mexico for over 400,000 people to the last ever show at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park where The Beatles played their final concert in 1966, a 2016 week in the California desert that included two headline sets at the historic Desert Trip festival and a jam-packed club gig for a few hundred lucky fans at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace, two Glastonbury Festival headline slots, rocking the Bowery in New York City for a week of spontaneous club shows, and even one performance broadcast live into space.
Featuring Paul’s longtime band Paul “Wix” Wickens (keyboards), Brian Ray (bass/guitar), Rusty Anderson (guitar) and Abe Laboriel Jr (drums), along with state-of-the-art audio and video technology, a Paul McCartney concert is never anything short of life-changing.
The Got Back Tour also features the Hot City Horns, Mike Davis (trumpet), Kenji Fenton (saxes) and Paul Burton (trombone), who first joined McCartney in 2018 to perform at Grand Central Station ahead of embarking on the Freshen Up World Tour in the same year.
TD Coliseum is working with Hamilton Metrolinx to make sure concert goers get home from the concert safely. Service from West Harbour GO to Union Station will be available following the event. Check schedules and service updates on gotransit.com closer to the show for the latest information.
