After 54 years of concerts and games, San Francisco’s Candlestick
Park is scheduled to shut down. To commemorate the closing of the
stadium, Paul will perform at the venue on August
14.
This concert marks the end of his sold-out worldwide Out There tour.
Tickets went on sale Monday May 5 at a face value of $50 to $275 for
general admission, though Forbes Magazine is predicting them to be “the
most expensive concert tickets of the summer.”
This will be the first time Paul has played Candlestick Park
since the final Beatles performance on August 29, 1966. He was personally
invited by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee after his Outside Lands gig in
2013.
“Sir Paul McCartney is a class act, and I am very grateful that he’s
coming back to Candlestick to help us give this iconic landmark the
goodbye it deserves,” Lee told the SF Chronicle. “To add a concert like
this, one that’s not only just great on a purely entertainment level,
but one that is rooted in the city’s history and musical history, is
truly a once-in-a-lifetime event.”
The set list will include material from McCartney’s time in the Beatles as well as his solo career and his band Wings.
The stadium is scheduled for demolition in 2015, and will be replaced by a shopping district.
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