Sir Paul McCartney Liverpool tour date 'could happen'

A home town appearance "cannot be ruled out" for Sir Paul McCartney's Got Back tour, it has been claimed.

It comes as the former Beatle announced his first UK tour dates since 2018, with shows in Manchester and London but currently not Liverpool.

The long-running Got Back Tour, which sees the star playing hits from across his career, will play at Manchester's Co-op Live Arena on 14 and 15 December.

Paul Parry, Liverpool Beatles Museum manager, said Sir Paul has always "stayed very close" to Liverpool and told fans "anything could happen" over a possible Liverpool date.

When asked why he thinks the singer, who turns 82 on Tuesday, has not included his home town of Liverpool, Mr Parry said: "It's whether or not there were dates available at the time to fit in with the tour schedule in Liverpool, and the other thing is, it's Manchester, its 30, 40 miles away, it's not too far.

"I think maybe what he has tried to do is meet everyone in the middle."

Mr Parry said: "Doing two days there [Manchester], he is going to be able to perform to 46,000 people so in terms of keeping the fans happy, that's the way to get to as many fans as possible."

Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena has a capacity of 11,000 and the Co-Op Live Arena can hold up to 23,500.

Earlier this month Taylor Swift played three back-to-back gigs at Anfield Stadium to crowds of more than 55,000.

From the Beatles' debut single Love Me Do, to Wings' Band On The Run, and solo hits like Coming Up and Dance Tonight, Sir Paul will also play at London's O2 Arena on 18 and 19 December.

Mr Parry added: "McCartney has always stayed very close to Liverpool , he's involved with LIPA, he's frequently come back to Liverpool, he's played the Cavern a couple of times so I think we've done very well in that respect."

The tour kicked off in April 2022 and has so far made more than £158m ($200m) at the box office.

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