PAUL McCARTNEY IS GETTING BACK 'OUT THERE' MUSIC ICON TO RETURN TO BRAZIL
Paul is set to return to South America this November. In April of this year Paul performed his first concerts of 2014 in Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Costa Rica. Today Paul has confirmed that he’ll be taking his tour back to Brazil this November.
Paul launched his critically acclaimed ‘Out There’ tour in Brazil last year with historic concerts in Belo Horizonte, Goiânia and Fortaleza. Since then the tour has visited almost 40 cities across South America, Europe, North America and Japan. In August the tour made headlines around the world when Paul performed the last ever concert at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park, which was the same venue that The Beatles’ last ever concert took place in August 1966.
Paul’s first ever concert in Brazil smashed box office attendance records and gained him entry into the Guinness Book of World Records for Largest Concert Audience. Over 184,000 came to see him in Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã Stadium that night in 1990 and since then, Paul has performed in Brazil a total of 15 times. This will be Paul’s first visit to Vitória and Brasilia and will be the first ever stadium concert Vitória have ever had. The São Paulo show will be in a brand new stadium opened this month.
However, this will be his first ever concert in both Vitória and Brasilia and his first time back in São Paulo since 2010.
The 'Out There' tour features music from one of the best loved catalogues in popular music. Paul will perform songs that span his entire career - as a solo artist, member of Wings and of course as a Beatle. The set list will also include material from Paul’s most recent studio album ‘NEW’, which was a global hit upon its release last year.
The McCartney live experience is a once in a lifetime opportunity; in just three hours some of the greatest moments from the last 50 years of music are relived; music which for many has shaped the very soundtrack of their lives. The last decade has seen Paul and his band perform in a staggeringly impressive range of venues and locations, including outside the Coliseum in Rome, in Moscow’s Red Square, Buckingham Palace, at the White House, a free show in Mexico to over 400,000 people and even into Space! Having played with his band (Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens (keyboards), Brian Ray (bass guitar/guitar), Rusty Anderson (guitar) and Abe Laboriel Jr (drums) for over ten years now, the show never disappoints.
The tour also uses state of the art technology and production to ensure the entire audience has the best possible experience. With massive screens, lasers, fireworks, unique video content and the best songs in the world a Paul McCartney show is so much more than just an ordinary concert. Paul’s shows attract a multi generational audience from different backgrounds all brought together by his music.
2014 got off to an incredible start for Paul as he set a personal career best by winning an incredible five GRAMMY Awards in one night. In the UK he was honoured by music bible NME with a special one off award, the ‘Songwriter’s Songwriter Award’ chosen for this unique accolade by his fellow peers.
