Saturday, November 8, 2025
Columbus
Concert • By Paul McCartney • Part of the 2nd North America leg of the Got Back Tour
Last updated on January 1, 2026
Saturday, November 8, 2025
Concert • By Paul McCartney • Part of the 2nd North America leg of the Got Back Tour
Last updated on January 1, 2026
Location: Nationwide Arena • Columbus • USA
Previous concert Nov 06, 2025 • USA • Nashville
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This was the thirtieth concert of the 2025 US leg of the “Got Back” tour, and Paul McCartney’s first concert in Columbus since October 2015 and his Out There Tour
From Cincinnati CityBeat, November 17, 2025:
Paul McCartney took the stage at Columbus’ Nationwide Arena on Nov. 8 and turned a monumental two-hour-and-45-minute set into an unforgettable memory for nearly 20,000 fans. […]
The scale of the stage and production match the catalog and music they help present. Leading up to the show, the two floor-to-ceiling arena screens on both sides of the stage show a scroll of artwork interwoven with photos of McCartney’s larger-than-life past and present, like a surreal timeline leading up to showtime. Once the scroll of images comes to an end with McCartney’s iconic Hofner bass as the final image, the lights go down. The crowd fills the arena with cheers as McCartney leads the band onto the dimly-lit stage with the same Hofner bass in hand. […]
The production is as grand as any on the road now while maintaining a certain refinement, serving the performance and music almost perfectly. The two crane cameras that provide sweeping cinematic shots of the stage and crowd at key moments catch fans dressed as McCartney in different eras, adding to the fun. You also notice the range of ages in the arena. There’s a mix of old and young in the audience and even some very young fans, like the little boy dancing and shaking his head the whole night just across the aisle from me. […]
From Paul McCartney | News | Penned on the Run: ‘GOT BACK’ Tour Diary 2025 Part 4:
10 years nearly to the day since his last Columbus appearance, Paul brought Got Back 2025 to the Nationwide Arena to prove that lightning can strike twice—or three times if you count Paul’s first visit to the Arch City back in 2005.
As local NPR affiliate WOUB recounted, the second the opening pleas of “Help!” rang out, the capacity crowd was “electrified, hit by a force elemental and shared, one that crackled through the entirety of the packed arena. This, dear reader, is what the legendary, madness-making, red-hot embrace of Beatlemania feels like.”
The good people of Columbus proved more than up to the challenge of matching Paul’s boundless energy for the nearly three hours that followed, a truly multi-generational mix ranging from grandparents to toddlers alike sporting Lonely Hearts Club uniforms to 20-something year-old women in the front row, tears and cheers flowing for the duration.
And as always, there were plenty of highlights to maintain that electrification: “Coming Up” marked the Hot City Horns’ first Columbus appearance alongside Paul, the added flavor they brought to “Got To Get You Into My Life,” “Letting Go,” “Jet” and more delighting and further energizing the already supercharged masses. “My Valentine” provided a sweetly received romantic interlude, the warmth it spread throughout the crowd kicking back up to a white hot intensity with a rollicking “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five.” “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!” added a mesmerizing psychedelic spectacle to the spectrum, while “Blackbird,” “Here Today” and “Something” proved as always that Paul is equally captivating armed only with an acoustic guitar or ukulele as he is with a full backing band and horn section.
In what may well have been a ripple effect from Nashville, it seemed that relatively few among the Columbus crowd were watching via their smartphones. With the notable exception of the sea of lights that greeted a sublime “Let It Be,” this was an audience rapt and in the moment, fully experiencing every moment, from the fireballs and concussions of “Live and Let Die” to every “na na na na” of “Hey Jude” and beyond. Kudos to Columbus for making the absolute most of Paul’s three visits over three decades.
Steve Martin – Paul’s US publicist – From Paul McCartney | News | Penned on the Run: ‘GOT BACK’ Tour Diary 2025 Part 4
This was the 2nd concert played at Nationwide Arena.
A total of 2 concerts have been played there • 2015 • Oct 13 • 2025 • Nov 8
Instrumental Jam
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Medley
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Encore
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