The build-up to the announcement had Columbia guessing as to which huge act would visit the Capital City next.
Big
names like the Rolling Stones, U2 and The Who were being thrown around,
but official word was kept quiet up until Gov. Nikki Haley took the
stage on the Colonial Life Arena floor Tuesday in a news conference
flanked with British flags.
"It is my pleasure to announce that...
'Maybe I'm Amazed' that we got him ... but we did get him " Haley said
to build suspense. "Sir Paul McCartney will coming as part of his 'Out
There' Tour on June 25th of this year to Colonial Life Arena."
Though
it will be Paul's first visit to the Colonial Life Arena, it won't
be his first visit to Columbia. Paul played in Williams-Brice
Stadium on May 7, 1993, as part of his "The New World Tour 1993."
"He's
playing a festival in Dover, Delaware and somewhere along the line
someone decided to add some more shows," Allen Corbett, vice president
of AEG Live said. "The building was available and you have to be a
certain proximity from city A and city B."
Corbett, whose father was also a promoter, said drawing such a big star to Columbia was special.
"To
have someone of this caliber coming to what I consider my hometown, I
got a few goosebumps. It's always great to walk around a sold-out show
and see people just having a great night all night long."
The
capacity for the Colonial Life Arena is about 18,000, but Corbett
estimates that when taking into account seating and sight-lines, around
12,000 tickets will be sold for the Paul concert.
It is currently Paul's only planned stop in the Southeast.
Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. May 4 at the arena's box office and through LMCtix.com.
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