More about Paul's UK tour

From  The Daily Mail
Sir Paul McCartney prepares for first British stadium tour


By Ben Todd


Sir Paul McCartney is to play his first ever British stadium tour.
The Beatles legend will play concerts at stadiums across the nation during the jaunt this summer
The concerts will include dates at the 70,000 capacity Millennium Stadium in Cardiff; Hampden Park in Glasgow – which can hold up to 90,000 people - and the RDS Staduum in Dublin, which can hold 35,000.
The singer – who will celebrate his 68th birthday in the middle of the jaunt on June 18 - will also play at the Isle Of Wight festival and at Hyde Park.

There is also speculation he will announce a further date at Wembley Stadium in the coming weeks.

If he does, it will be McCartney’s first solo concert at the legendary North London venue. He has previously only played there as part of multi-artist concerts, including Live Aid in 1985.

Despite the advancing years, he will play for almost three hours at each concert.

Sir Paul’s tour will also include a headline slot at the Isle Of Wight festival on the final night of the three-day event on June 13.

He will play Dublin on June 12; Hampden Park on June 20; Cardiff on June 26 and Hyde Park on June 27.
A source revealed: ‘It is really amazing really for a man of his age to embark on such a gruelling, massive tour.

‘Put simply, these will be his biggest ever shows in Britain. So, really, it just shows what great shape he is in.’

McCartney himself said: 'It's always brilliant to play for the home crowd adn these dates are the ones that me and the band are really exacited about.'
Sir Paul’s last tour of Britain took place in 2003 when he performed arena venues.

Since then, he has only played occasional concerts, including his triumphant Christmas show at the O2 Arena which was attended by celebs including Kate Moss, David and Victoria Beckham, Madonna and Gary Barlow.

The former Beatle is ready to announce the jaunt just days after his son James also began a – rather smaller – British tour.

The 32-year-old began the tour, his first, in Liverpool – his father’s home city – last Wednesday night at the city’s O2 Academy in front of a crowd of hundreds rather than the tens of thousands who will watch his father.

During the 14-song set, he even paid homage to his father with a performance of song I Love You Dad.