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Macca's last stand?

Paul McCartney
Mar 3, 2010 Updated Mar 20, 2010

Word on the street has it that Paul McCartney is preparing for one final world tour.

A handful of UK dates have already been announced, but it's expected that the former moptop is about to announce a wider schedule, which would hopefully include Australia.

Weekend reports in the UK press suggest that Sir Paul will announce a string of dates, with the final shows taking place to coincide with his 70th birthday in June 2012.

Initial dates are:

Sunday 13 June - Isle Of Wight Festival
Sunday 20 June - Hampden Park, Glasgow
Saturday 26 June - Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Sunday 27 June - Hyde Park Calling, London

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Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM (born 18 June 1942) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles (1960–1970) and Wings (1971–1981), McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100 million singles in the United Kingdom alone. McCartney...

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