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Paul McCartney today announced dates for DRIVING USA, a two-month concert
tour of America and his first in almost 10 years. Due to an overwhelming
response from fans, promoters and venue representatives, McCartney is
extending Driving USA, which was originally slated for 12 performances
before a series of European dates in May, to 20 performances in 19 North
American cities. Further international dates are currently being considered.

DRIVING USA will open on April 1st at the Oakland Arena in Oakland,
California, and will run through to May 18th at the National Car Rental
Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. DRIVING USA will also motor through New
York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington, Cleveland,
Detroit, Denver, Dallas and other stops. The tour will include a performance
north of the border at the Air Canada Center in Toronto and a two-night
stand at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Tickets for the DRIVING USA will go
on-sale beginning on March 4th, with additional on-sale dates set for the
weekend of March 9th (see list below).

A spokesman for the tour's USA promoters said today, "There has been such
overwhelming excitement from all over the States to see Paul play we felt it
was fairer to the fans to ask him to extend the DRIVING USA schedule. Now
much more of America will get the chance to see what is set to be one of the
rock & roll events of all time."

"I'm chuffed to be asked to stay longer on the road," said Paul. "Hopefully
this will make the tour more of a trip."

Joining Paul on stage will be guitarist Rusty Anderson and drummer Abe
Laboriel, Jr. - who were featured on the recording of McCartney's recent
album Driving Rain. Wix newcomer Brian Ray will play guitar and bass when
necessary. While details surrounding the song selection are still under
wraps, McCartney is expected to perform songs from his recently released
album entitled, "Driving Rain," as well as music from The Beatles, Wings and
his solo career.

PAUL McCARTNEY'S "DRIVING USA" TOUR

April 1 Oakland The Oakland Arena
April 3 San Jose The San Jose Arena
April 5,6 Las Vegas MGM Grand
April 10 Chicago The United Center
April 13 Toronto Air Canada Center
April 16 Philadelphia First Union Center
April 17 Rutherford Continental Arena
April 19 Boston Fleet Center
April 23 Washington MCI Center
April 26 New York Madison Square Garden
April 29 Cleveland Gund Arena
May 1 Detroit Palace at Auburn Hills
May 4 Los Angeles The Staples Center
May 5 Anaheim The Pond
May 7 Denver Pepsi Arena
May 9 Dallas Reunion Arena
May 12 Atlanta Phillips Arena
May 15 Tampa Ice Palace
May 18 Ft. Lauderdale National Center

LL! Надо ехать, ведь это может быть в последний раз.Sergeya

Да, грустно все это. Но он же собирался еще и в Европе концерты давать, или уже передумал?

To Sergeya: Да, как это ни грустно, но скорее всего это последний тур Пола.

А КАК ЖЕ РОССИЯ ? :(((

Да.... Всего 20 концертов. Будем ждать европейских дат.

Joining Paul on stage will be guitarist Rusty Anderson and drummer Abe Laboriel, Jr. - who were featured on the recording of McCartney's recent album Driving Rain. Wix Wickens, from McCartney's band of his 1990 and 1993 tours, will play keyboards newcomer Brian Ray will play guitar and bass when necessary. While details surrounding the song selection are still under wraps, McCartney is expected to perform songs from his recently released album entitled, "Driving Rain," as well as music from The Beatles, Wings and his solo career.

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The wait is over as Paul McCartney brings
his Driving USA Tour to the MGM Grand Garden Arena for two shows, Friday,
April 5 and Saturday, April 6. Both performances begin at 8 p.m. This will
be McCartney's first tour since 1993.

Tickets priced at $350, $250 and $125, not including applicable service
charges, go on sale Monday, March 4 at 10 a.m. at the MGM Grand Garden Arena
box office. Tickets also will be sold at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster
locations (Tower Records, Smith's Food and Drug Centers, Robinsons-May
stores and select Wherehouse locations). Ticket sales are limited to eight
(8) per person. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call
Ticketmaster at (702) 474-4000. Beginning Monday, March 4 tickets also are
available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.
Wristband distribution will begin on Sunday, March 3 at 10 p.m. and end on
Monday, March 4 at 9 a.m. A random number will then be drawn at 9:30 a.m.
and a line-up will be in chronological order beginning with the random
number selected. A wristband does not guarantee that a ticket can be
purchased.

"MGM Grand is thrilled to have the opportunity to host Paul McCartney live
in concert," said Richard Sturm, president and chief operating officer for
MGM MIRAGE Entertainment and Sports. "Mr. McCartney is one of the greatest
musicians and performers of our time and we are looking forward to two
spectacular and very special evenings."

Paul McCartney's Driving USA Tour is promoted and produced by Clear Channel
Entertainment in association with MGM Grand, "The City of Entertainment."

For room packages and availability and event ticket information about the
MGM Grand, call (877) 880-9374 or (702) 891-7777 or log onto the World Wide
Web at www.mgmgrand.com .

The MGM Grand Garden Arena is home to concerts, championship boxing and
premier sporting and special events. The Arena offers comfortable seating
for as many as 17,157 with excellent sightlines and state-of-the-art
acoustics, lighting and sound. Prominent events to date have included world
heavyweight championship fights between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson I
as well as George Foreman vs. Michael Moorer; and concerts by The Rolling
Stones, Elton John, Bette Midler, Gloria Estefan, Janet Jackson, Phil
Collins, Billy Joel, Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, Sting, Jimmy Buffett and the
Barbra Streisand Millennium Concert. The MGM Grand Garden Arena is also
home to the annual FOX Billboard Music Awards and Andre Agassi's Grand Slam
for Children Benefit as well as past ESPY Awards.