The erstwhile Beatle and his set turned the godforsaken into a philharmonic oasis connected Monday nighttime (Sept. 29).
9/30/2025
NANTERRE, FRANCE - DECEMBER 04: Paul McCartney performs unrecorded connected signifier astatine Paris La Defense Arena during the 'Got Back!' Tour connected December 04, 2024 successful Nanterre, France. Kristy Sparow/Getty Images
That was the neon salutation greeting Paul McCartney successful Palm Desert, Calif., wherever helium kicked disconnected the North America limb of his Got Back Tour connected Monday nighttime (Sept. 29). And betwixt the excitement of watching the Beatles, Wings and solo fable execute — and for the archetypal clip ever successful the Palm Springs-adjacent municipality — the somesthesia wrong the Acrisure Arena matched the 80-degree evening heatwave outside.
“Good evening, Palm Springs,” a smiling McCartney said to resounding cheers, applause and a lasting ovation wrong the packed arena. “I’ve got a feeling I’m going to person amusive present tonight.”
Which is the concealed condiment down this and different tours that McCartney has embarked connected passim his career. After immoderate 60+ years, the indefatigable 83-year-old is inactive having amusive onstage — and doesn’t look acceptable to rather anytime soon. In fact, aft astir 3 hours of nonstop singing, playing guitar and the soft positive delivering a rousing four-song encore, McCartney signed disconnected with “We’ll spot you adjacent time.”
Ahead of his antecedently announced circuit kickoff successful Palm Desert, McCartney added a show successful Santa Barbara, Calif. (Sept. 28). Got Back volition besides bring him to Albuquerque for the archetypal clip (Oct. 7). Among the tour’s remaining stops connected its 2025 tally of 19 dates are Las Vegas (Oct. 4), New Orleans (Oct. 29), Atlanta (Nov. 2-3) and Montreal (Nov. 17-18) earlier it wraps successful Chicago (Nov. 24-25). This existent outing marks McCartney’s archetypal extended bid of concerts successful the U.S. and Canada since 2022.
For sensation of what happened successful Palm Desert — and what’s successful store for fortunate fans down the enactment — present are six champion moments from McCartney’s show:
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It was instantly the ‘60s each implicit again erstwhile McCartney opened the amusement with a rollicking rendition of “Help.” It’s lone the 2nd clip he’s performed the opus each the mode through; helium did it the archetypal clip during his aforementioned Santa Barbara concert. Garnering a spirited assemblage singalong, “Help” was the archetypal successful a drawstring of gems that McCartney pulled from the Beatles’ clip machine. “Got to Get You into My Life,” “Drive My Car,” “Getting Better,” “Love Me Do,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and the peculiarly poignant “Blackbird” (more connected that below) gave galore successful the multigenerational assemblage a accidental to revisit what had been 1 of the soundtracks successful their lives. Also coloring successful the memories: video clips and photos of the Beatles d...

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