Paul McCartney to play Hamilton and Montreal this fall — the only Canadian stops in North American tour

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Rock prima Paul McCartney announced 3 Canadian dates for his Got Back tour, including 1 successful Hamilton and 2 successful Montreal. Tickets for the Hamilton amusement spell connected merchantability adjacent week.

McCartney's amusement volition beryllium the archetypal amusement to unfastened Hamilton’s recently renovated TD Coliseum

Justin Chandler · CBC News

· Posted: Jul 10, 2025 12:24 PM EDT | Last Updated: July 10

A bassist stands successful beforehand of a drummer connected a lit-up signifier and pumps his fist successful the air.

Paul McCartney has a summons to thrust to Hamilton, wherever he's taking his Got Back circuit successful November.

The Beatles rocker connected Thursday announced a caller North American limb of his tour.

He'll play Hamilton's TD Coliseum connected Nov. 21. McCartney's is the archetypal amusement coming to the recently named and renovated venue. Tickets spell connected merchantability adjacent week.

"Opening nighttime deserves thing extraordinary, and it doesn't get immoderate amended than Paul McCartney," Nick DeLuco, wide manager astatine TD Coliseum, said successful a quality release.

The venue says it's moving with provincial transit bureau Metrolinx to guarantee bid work volition beryllium disposable betwixt Hamilton's West Harbour presumption and Toronto's Union Station aft the show.

The only other Canadian shows connected McCartney's circuit docket are 2 successful Montreal, astatine the Bell Centre connected Nov. 17 and 18.

The Got Back circuit archetypal began successful 2022.

An arena nether operation arsenic seen from crushed level. There is particulate successful the air, and cranes parked wherever the crystal aboveground would be.

The downtown Hamilton venue, formerly called the FirstOntario Centre, is scheduled to unfastened aboriginal this twelvemonth aft extended renovations by U.S.-based concern Oak View Group, which specializes successful sports and amusement venues.

TD Coliseum is promoting 2 different concerts connected its website: Andrea Bocelli connected Dec. 9 and Brad Paisley connected Dec. 12.

In March, it volition big the Junos. The Oak View Group besides announced personage cook Matty Matheson is acceptable to unfastened a edifice astatine the arena aboriginal this year.

The Toronto Rock National Lacrosse League squad besides said it volition instrumentality to playing astatine the arena when it re-opens.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Justin Chandler is simply a CBC News newsman successful Hamilton. He has a peculiar involvement successful however nationalist argumentation affects people, and loves a quirky human-interest story. Justin covered existent affairs successful Hamilton and Niagara for TVO betwixt 2020 and 2023. Before that, helium worked connected a assortment of CBC teams and programs, including As It Happens, Day 6 and CBC Music. He co-hosted Radio Free Krypton connected Met Radio. You tin email communicative ideas to justin.chandler(at)cbc(dot)ca.