It was a “you had to be there” moment, and for about 4,000 lucky lottery ticket holders at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Friday night, they were. The occasion was a surprise, one-off performance by Sir ...

The Beatles legend, 83, looked and sounded decades younger in an intimate preview of the tour to come. By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer It was a “you had to be there” moment, and for about 4,000 ...

But for Sir Paul, even (or especially) at age 83, there’s always a way to take an audience higher. So as his keyboard player plunked out the song’s lovably lopsided lick, McCartney and his band ...

It was a "you had to be there" moment, and for about 4,000 lucky lottery ticket holders on Friday night, they were. The occasion was a surprise, one-off performance by Sir Paul McCartney and his ...

The entrance sign showing Paul McCartney's Friday night concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Credit: Jeff Moehlis photo The Santa Barbara Bowl has been known to punch above its weight. Radiohead has ...

The post Paul McCartney Launches 2025 North American Tour with First Performance of “Help!” in 35 Years appeared first on Consequence. Paul McCartney is officially back. The Beatles legend kicked off ...

The ninety-two-year-old comedy legend has influenced generations of performers. In a string of recent TV roles, she has been ...

Call it a not-so-simple twist of fate or an improbable classic-rock coincidence. Either way, what are the chances Paul McCartney officially opened the U.S. leg of his 2025 “Got Back” tour Monday night ...

At age 83, McCartney could easily have phoned it in and gotten away with it. But he did nothing of the kind. He and his band — a tight-and-tasty, high-energy ensemble with whom he’s been playing since ...

It was an intimate one-night- only show and the kick off to his 2025 “Got Back” Tour. The Bowl used a lottery system through its ticketing provider AXS to make sure tickets went into the hands of ...

I still remember my first Santa Barbara Bowl show — Seals & Crofts, in 1975. My mom took us to the show. It was called the County Bowl back then, and the bathrooms were much worse. But the vibrant ...