PAUL McCARTNEY BRINGS HIS GOT BACK TOUR TO BRAZIL THIS NOVEMBER & DECEMBER

“I’ve got some good news. We’re coming back to Brazil in November to play for you. We have such great memories from all our visits. I love coming to Brazil because you guys like to rock, sing and party all at once. We’re really excited. Let’s have fun. Let’s rock. Let’s roll. Let’s stomp. Let’s stroll. And Brazil, let’s have a great time.””

— Paul McCartney

Fulfilling his promise to return to the stage – to the delight of fans – Paul McCartney returns to Brazil in 2023 for shows in five cities – São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Belo Horizonte and Curitiba. The artist brings his phenomenal  GOT BACK Tour to the country for the first time.  The tour started in the United States in April 2022 and saw Paul perform a historic headline festival set at Glastonbury.

And due to overwhelming demand, a third and final São Paulo show has been added. The new performance will take place at the Allianz Parque on Sunday 10 December.

One of the most respected and loved artists in the world, Paul McCartney has a strong relationship with Brazil – and a huge number of fans from the most diverse generations. In 2017, he was recognized as the best-selling international artist for performances in the country, with more than 1,5 million tickets sold.

But the great milestone of the eternal Beatle happened in 1990, when he performed in front of a crowded – and enchanted – Maracanã with 184,000 fans on the night of April 21, breaking at the time the world record for attendance at a concert. In 2023, McCartney will close the tour in December precisely by returning to “his sacred soil”, in the most iconic Brazilian soccer stadium. Magical place for sports lovers, like the artist.

The production of the GOT BACK Tour in Brazil is signed by Bonus Track and 30E. Luiz Oscar Niemeyer, who signed all of Paul McCartney's concerts in the country, is at the forefront of this challenge.

“It is a very important moment for the entire team working on this project and a great gift from the artist to Brazilian fans. This new meeting with one of the greatest musicians in the world, after such challenging years, always encourages us to look to the future and see millions of new and good possibilities. In 1990, when I had the chance to bring Paul to Brazil for the first time, we faced numerous challenges, including torrential rain that forced us to postpone the first show. But nobody gave up – and we had two unforgettable nights at Maracanã. This tour was also a very important moment to show the world Brazil’s strong potential to receive the big international names. Over the last few years, Paul returned to the country a few times, we went to several Brazilian cities, and he was always very impressed with the energy and receptiveness of the public”

— Luiz Oscar Niemeyer - Bonus Track, 30e

Pre-sale for GOT BACK Tour tickets starts on Tuesday, August 08, at 10 am. General sales open on Thursday, August 10.

GOT BACK Tour Brazil 2023

30/11 - Brasília, DF - Arena BRB Mané Garrincha

03/12 - Belo Horizonte, MG - Arena MRV

07/12 - São Paulo, SP - Allianz Parque

09/12 - São Paulo, SP - Allianz Parque

10/12 - São Paulo, SP - Allianz Parque - third show added

13/12 - Curitiba, PR - Estádio Couto Pereira

16/12 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Maracanã

PAUL McCARTNEY BRINGS HIS GOT BACK TOUR TO AUSTRALIA THIS OCTOBER & NOVEMBER

Paul McCartney will bring his acclaimed Got Back Tour to Australia this October and November on what will be his first Australian dates since 2017’s award-winning tour and includes first visits to Newcastle and Gold Coast. And due to overwhelming demand, a 2nd and final Sydney show has been added. The new performance will take place at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium on Saturday 28 October – making it two nights back-to-back at the venue for the legendary two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

Got Back starts with an intimate arena show in Adelaide, the city where The Beatles made history in 1964 on their first visit to Australia. An estimated 350,000 people lined the streets between the airport and Town Hall to catch a glimpse of the band. Paul will then travel to Melbourne, Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane, and the Gold Coast performing in stadiums – with the shows in Newcastle and the Gold Coast being his first concerts there. These dates will see McCartney return for his first live performances in Australia in six years. McCartney was last in Australia in December 2017 (which saw him win a Helpmann Award for Best International Contemporary Concert in 2018 beating the likes of Ed Sheeran), wowing audiences nationwide with a near three-hour show, the Sydney Morning Herald reporting, “If the greatest songs elicit an emotional response too powerful to properly explain, it’s safe to say no review of Paul McCartney’s tour will quite do it justice.”

Tickets go on sale Friday 11 August via frontiertouring.com/paulmccartney. The Frontier Members Presale starts Wednesday 9 August (times staggered – see website for details).

In 2017, speaking backstage at Paul’s sell-out show in Sydney, Kylie Minogue said: “Having Paul, Sir Paul, in Australia is incredible. All of Australia wants to see him; half of them can’t get a ticket! The chance for Australians to see Paul on stage singing songs that they know and love and mean so much to them is a beautiful thing and I hope he feels all the love.”

Irrefutably one of the most successful singer-songwriters and performers of all time, McCartney is behind the most beloved catalogue in music. With songs like ‘Hey Jude’, ‘Live and Let Die’, ‘Band on the Run’, ‘Let It Be’ and so many more, the Paul McCartney live experience is everything any music lover could ever want from a rock show: hours of the greatest moments from the last 60 years of music – dozens of songs from Paul’s solo, Wings and of course Beatles catalogues that have formed the soundtracks of our lives.

McCartney launched the Got Back tour in February 2022, completing 16 huge shows across the US before performing what the British Times newspaper described as the “best gig ever” with his history-making set at Glastonbury in June 2022. Fans and critics who attended the Got Back dates were unanimous in their praise:

“The planet’s greatest living songwriter … When he’s leading a stadium packed with 70,000 fans singing along, it’s hard not to be stunned by the recognition of everything McCartney achieved
★★★★★”

— The Independant

“McCartney and his tightly drilled combo just kept knocking them out for three solid gold hours, one absolutely storming classic after another, sending waves of excitement up the packed hillside, and turning the biggest crowd of the 2022 Glastonbury festival into the world’s biggest choir. I mean, really, you haven’t heard a singalong until you’ve heard 200,000 voices doing the na na nas on ‘Hey Jude’
★★★★★”

— Daily Telegraph

“A masterclass from the greatest living cultural figure – a true privilege to behold
★★★★★”

— The i Newspaper

“As much as McCartney made history with the Beatles, he’s making history again… Being on stage in front of 60,000 people being able to bellow songs that you wrote 60 years prior is not something that God wrote into the human contract, but McCartney is out to prove nature and the Almighty wrong”

— Variety

Paul 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, a jam-packed club gig for a few hundred lucky fans at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace, two Glastonbury Festival headline slots 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) – and constantly upgraded state of the art audio and video technology that ensures an unforgettable experience from every seat in the house, a Paul McCartney concert is never anything short of life-changing.

Make no mistake – this is a once in a lifetime event. Paul McCartney’s Got Back Australian Tour is not to be missed! Act quickly to secure your tickets.

PAUL MCCARTNEY – GOT BACK

AUSTRALIA

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2023

Presented by Frontier Touring

FRONTIER MEMBERS PRESALE

via frontiertouring.com/paulmccartney

Runs 24 hours from: Wednesday 9 August

or until pre-sale allocation exhausted

Pre-sale timings staggered per show, visit website for more details

TELSTRA PLUS (AU) MEMBERS PRE-SALE

via plus.telstra.com.au

Runs 48 hours from: Thursday 3 August

or until pre-sale allocation exhausted  

Pre-sale timings staggered per show, visit website for more details 

GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE

Begins: Friday 11 August (times staggered, see below)

Wednesday 18 October

Adelaide Entertainment Centre | Adelaide, SA

Lic. All Ages

On sale: Friday 11 August (1.30pm ACST) Ticketek.com.au

Saturday 21 October

Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, VIC

Lic. All Ages

On sale: Friday 11 August (1pm AEST) Ticketmaster.com.au

Tuesday 24 October

McDonald Jones Stadium | Newcastle, NSW

Lic. All Ages

On sale: Friday 11 August (11am AEST) Ticketmaster.com.au

Friday 27 October

Allianz Stadium | Sydney, NSW

Lic. All Ages

On sale: Friday 11 August (10am AEST) Ticketek.com.au

Saturday 28 October

Allianz Stadium | Sydney, NSW

Lic. All Ages

On sale: Friday 11 August (10am AEST) Ticketek.com.au

Wednesday 1 November

Suncorp Stadium | Brisbane, QLD

Lic. All Ages

On sale: Friday 11 August (12pm AEST) Ticketek.com.au

Saturday 4 November

Heritage Bank Stadium | Gold Coast, QLD

Lic. All Ages

On sale: Friday 11 August (3pm AEST) Ticketek.com.au

Proudly supported by Major Events Gold Coast

ELTON JOHN'S FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD TOUR CONCLUDES

Photo: Ben Gibson / Rocket Entertainment

Elton John’s record breaking Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour reached its conclusion on Saturday with an emotionally charged show at Sweden’s Tele2 Arena. This landmark 330th - and final - date marked the end of a truly historic, groundbreaking tour which sees Elton say goodbye to touring after 50 years on the road. The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour kicked off on 10th September 2018 in North America and has subsequentlly seen Elton play to over 6.25 million fans across the UK, Europe, North America and Australasia.

After leaving the stage in Stockholm, Elton said “When we set off on my final tour in 2018, I couldn’t have foreseen in my wildest dreams the twists and turns and the highs and lows this tour - and the whole world - would have experienced in the next 5 years. And every step of the way, my fans have been there. They have stuck with me, they have supported me, they have been patient and they have kept turning out for every single last show. Tonight has been magical. I’m trying to process it and I don’t think it will sink in for a while yet that I’m finally finished touring. I can’t tell you how much I’m going to miss the fans and how much their support has humbled me - it will stay with me forever”.

Taking the audience on a magical journey through his career for the final time, tonight’s show featured some of Elton’s most beloved songs from his legendary catalogue including “Bennie and the Jets,” “Rocket Man,” “Tiny Dancer,” “Philadelphia Freedom” climaxing in a three song encore of “Cold Heart”, “Your Song” and a spine tingling finale of “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”.

“It’s rock history in the making, but it also doesn’t feel like the end: straddling eras and with pop standards to bear, Elton John feels eternal.”

— The Guardian

During the set, a live video link-up with Coldplay, who were playing live in Gothenburg at the same time, delivered a message of thanks to a clearly deeply moved Elton on behalf of the many artists and musicians he’s supported and platformed during his touring career. Chris Martin said: “Elton, from all of us here (in Gothenburg), from all the bands and artists you’ve helped and inspired, we love you so much. We are so grateful for everything you’ve done for the AIDS Foundation, anytime you’ve been kind to anybody. For Everything you’ve done for LGBTQ. Everything you’ve done for fashion and eyewear. Everything you’ve done for sexiness, and love and dressing gowns! Everything you’ve done for music, everything Bernie has done for lyrics, everything your band has done over the thousands of shows you’ve done. We love you so much, we’re going to miss you so much”

Elton also gave an emotional send off to his incredible band who have joined him on stage throughout the tour - and the previous 50 years - including Davey Johnstone, Musical Director, Guitarist and backup vocals, Nigel Olsson on the drums, Ray Cooper on percussion, John Mahon on percussion, Kim Bullard on keyboards and Matt Bissonette on the bass.

Having toured relentlessly since 1970, playing almost 4,600 shows in 80 countries in the ensuing half a century, Elton made the decision in 2017 that the time was right to come off the road so he could fully embrace the next important chapter of his life and dedicate more time to his family. The ensuing Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour has subsequently broken records, pushing boundaries and shattering expectations in a five year period of celebratory activity that has solidified Elton’s status across the generations in the very highest echelons of popular culture. Each leg of the tour has been greeted with an avalanche of critical and commercial success. Highlights include 8 nights at Madison Square Garden, 10 nights at London’s O2 Arena, headlining a sold out BST in London’s Hyde Park, 2 nights at Watford Football Club’s Vicarage Road (July 2022) and a mammoth 46 dates across Australia. The U.S. leg of the tour concluded with 3 sell out shows at Dodger Stadium in November 2022. The concert was live streamed on Disney + in every single territory the channel broadcasts in, a global first. And, of course, there was last month’s historic Glastonbury Festival headline slot. The Sunday night Pyramid Stage closer was widely heralded as one of the greatest performances in the festival's rich history, attracting one of the largest crowds ever witnessed at the festival. It also received the biggest ever televised audience for a Glastonbury set, reaching 7.6m overnight on BBC1.

“Perhaps the greatest showman of our times”

— Daily Telegraph

The success of the live tour has been underpinned by release of the commercial and critical hit film ‘Rocketman’ and global bestselling autobiography, ‘ME’ in a sustained 5 year period of unrivalled cultural celebration. Cold Heart with Dua Lipa (PNAU remix) saw Elton top the UK single chart, becoming the first artist to score a top 10 solo hit single in 6 consecutive decades in the process. Diamonds, the Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection continues to be a permanent fixture in the charts as new audiences discover Elton’s unrivalled songbook. Last week it reached a new peak position of #2 in the UK albums charts an incredible 5 years after its release, achieving 4 times platinum status in the process.

In Stockholm on Saturday, the sun finally set on Elton’s illustrious touring career as he bows out at the very top of his powers. Fans around the world can now only wait and speculate on what will follow from a true icon who has consistently challenged the norm, pushed boundaries and shaped popular culture like few others.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE SEEING P!NK ON HER SUMMER CARNIVAL 2023 TOUR

Seeing P!nk on her Summer Carnival 2023 tour across the UK this Summer? Check out our handy concert guides designed to assist you ahead of travelling to the show.

As well as travel information, you can familiarise yourself with what you can/ can not bring in to the stadium, show timings, how to find your seat and much more! Click the buttons below to read:

CELINE DION ANNOUNCES CANCELLATION OF REMAINING COURAGE WORLD TOUR DATES FOR 2023 AND 2024

With a sense of tremendous disappointment, Celine Dion’s Courage World Tour today announced the cancellation of all remaining dates currently on sale for 2023 and 2024. This includes all dates in the UK scheduled for 2024.

As the world has emerged from the pandemic, Celine has continued to be treated for a diagnosed medical condition that prevents her from performing. Celine is working hard on her recovery, but at this time is unable to successfully prepare for and perform the remainder of the tour, which was scheduled to run from August 26, 2023 in Amsterdam through October 4, 2023 in Helsinki; then continuing from March 6, 2024 in Prague through April 22, 2024 in London.

We do have every hope that someday soon, Celine will be able to come to all of these cities in Europe to perform for her amazing fans, but that time simply is not now.

“I’m so sorry to disappoint all of you once again. I’m working really hard to build back my strength, but touring can be very difficult even when you’re 100%. It’s not fair to you to keep postponing the shows, and even though it breaks my heart, it’s best that we cancel everything now until I’m really ready to be back on stage again. I want you all to know, I’m not giving up… and I can’t wait to see you again!”

— Celine Dion

Celine had completed the first 52 dates of the Courage World Tour in North America before the pandemic emerged and paused the tour in March 2020.  In early 2021, when the entertainment industry was still working under tight COVID restrictions, Celine filmed her first motion picture, Love Again, co- starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Sam Heughan. Since then, Celine has revealed that she has been diagnosed with a rare condition called Stiff Person’s Syndrome, which causes severe and persistent muscle spasms, and which has prevented her from performing. Celine’s medical team continues to evaluate and treat the condition.

Tickets purchased for the forty-two cancelled dates will be refunded via the original point of sale.

For further ticket inquiries or options, ticketholders should reach out to their original point of purchase.

The Courage World Tour shows in the UK and Ireland now being cancelled are:

2024

Manchester - AO Arena - Apr 9-10, 2024

Glasgow - OVO Hydro - Apr 13-14, 2024

Birmingham - Utilita Arena - Apr 17-18, 2024

London - The O2 - Apr 21-22, 2024

A TRIBUTE TO TINA TURNER

We worked with Tina from 1978 and were privileged to play a part in her amazing journey during the following decades. She was the ultimate professional with an incredible work ethic - fire, energy and a million dollar smile.

She was utterly unique – working tirelessly to achieve so much respect and so many triumphant successes. Her strength and spirit on stage was only matched by her personal elegance, dignity and grace away from the spotlight.

We treasured every mile we travelled with her, and her constant friendship.

She was an absolutely huge and cherished part of our lives. We loved her and will miss her more than words can say.

Barrie & Jenny Marshall

And all the Marshall Arts family who shared in the joy she brought to us.

HERBIE HANCOCK ANNOUNCES TWO NIGHTS AT THE BARBICAN AS PART OF EUROPEAN TOUR

Image: Nick Letellier

Legendary musical innovator Herbie Hancock is to return to the Barbican for two unforgettable nights on 28 and 29 July. Returning to the UK after his previous 2022 shows at the Barbican and Glastonbury Festival, these are the only UK shows Herbie Hancock will be performing this year and come at the end of a three week European tour. They promise to be an electric experience from a jazz icon who shows no signs of slowing down.

Herbie Hancock's previous Barbican show, as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival Summer Series last year, was met with critical acclaim with the Evening Standard proclaiming “A fine ensemble supported the veteran jazz man, but he was the undisputed star” whilst the Financial Times described it as “A gripping, crowd-raising gig”.

With an illustrious career spanning over six decades and 14 Grammy Awards, there are few artists in the music industry who have had more influence on acoustic and electronic jazz and R&B than Herbie Hancock. Despite his career being in its 7th decade, Herbie Hancock continues to amaze audiences across the globe. As a member of the Miles Davis Quintet that pioneered a groundbreaking sound in jazz, he also developed new approaches on his own recordings in the 70s. From Record-breaking albums such as "Headhunters" that combined electric jazz with funk and rock in an innovative style that continues to influence contemporary music, to "Rockit" and "Future Shock" which marked Hancock's foray into electronic dance sounds; during the same period he also continued to work in an acoustic setting with V.S.O.P.

For more information on Herbie’s European tour click below.

THE SCRIPT, GAYLE AND KIDCUTUP SET TO JOIN P!NK ON HER SUMMER CARNIVAL 2023 TOUR

The Script, GAYLE and KidCutUp have today been announced as special guests for P!NK’s Summer Carnival shows in Bolton, Sunderland, Birmingham, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Koln and Hannover in June and July 2023. The pop phenomenon will bring her immensely powerful voice and high octane live show back to UK shores for the first time since 2019’s phenomenal sold out Beautiful Trauma World Tour.

Irish rock band The Script have an astonishing list of achievements from the last 14 years. The Dublin-born trio have racked up six UK No.1 albums, 30 million single sales, 11 million album sales, 13 million monthly Spotify listeners, over 6 billion streams, and 2 million tickets sold across headline shows globally.

Hot off the back of her viral breakout single ‘abcdefu’, 18-year-old Texas born singer-songwriter GAYLE will also be joining P!NK’s tour this summer - her first UK live shows since her stunning Reading and Leeds festival appearances in 2022.  ‘abcdefu’ catapulted GAYLE into the spotlight with the hugely infectious track reaching No.1 on both the iTunes’ Pop and overall US Charts along with being the No.1 most-Shazamed song in the US in November 2021.

DJ and producer KidCutUp, is a growing voice in the international DJ conversation. He has played everywhere from world famous clubs to summer festivals around the world, and will be well known to the P!NK audience as he was special guest on the ‘Beautiful Trauma World Tour’. His talents are in high demand with his edits and remixes played by the likes of Diplo, DJ Khaled and The Chainsmokers.

Following the release of her latest hit single ‘Never Gonna Not Dance Again’ in November 2022, P!NK’s ninth studio album ‘Trustfall’ will be released on 17th February.

Renowned for her undeniably breathtaking live shows with colossal production, teamed with her world-class talent, P!NK’s Summer Carnival 2023 is set to be yet another impressive landmark in her already phenomenal career and a truly unforgettable live experience for fans across Europe and North America in 2023.

P!NK Summer Carnival 2023 | UK Tour Dates:

Wednesday 7th June - University of Bolton Stadium, Bolton, UK

Thursday 8th June - University of Bolton Stadium, Bolton, UK

Saturday 10th June - Stadium of Light, Sunderland, UK

Sunday 11th June – Stadium of Light, Sunderland, UK

Tuesday 13th June - Villa Park, Birmingham, UK

Friday 16 June – Pinkpop, Landgraaf, The Netherlands ^ *

Saturday 17 June – Werchther Boutique, Werchther, Belgium ^ *

Tueday 20 June – La Defense Arena, Paris, France

Wednesday 21 June – La Defense Arena, Paris, France

Saturday 24 June – American Express Presents BST Hyde Park, London, UK ^

Sunday 25 June – American Express Presents BST Hyde Park, London, UK ^ *

Wednesday 28 June - Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

Saturday 1 July – Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria ^

Sunday 2 July – Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria

Wednesday 5 July – Olympic Stadium, Munich, Germany

Thursday 6 July – Olympic Stadium, Munich, Germany

Saturday 8 July – Rhein Energy Stadium, Koln, Germany

Sunday 9 July – Rhein Energy Stadium, Koln, Germany

Wednesday 12 July – HDI Arena, Hannover, Germany *

Thursday 13 July – HDI Arena, Hannover, Germany *

Sunday 16 July – National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland ^ *

^ The Script will not be appearing on these dates

* GAYLE will not be appearing on these dates