Friday, November 21, 2025
Hamilton
Concert • By Paul McCartney • Part of the 2nd North America leg of the Got Back Tour
Last updated on January 1, 2026
Friday, November 21, 2025
Concert • By Paul McCartney • Part of the 2nd North America leg of the Got Back Tour
Last updated on January 1, 2026
Location: TD Coliseum • Hamilton • Canada
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With guest(s)
This was the eighteenth show of the 2025 US leg of the “Got Back” tour. Paul McCartney last performed in Hamilton in July 2016 during his One On One Tour.
As he usually does when performing in Commonwealth countries, Paul added “Mull of Kintyre” to the setlist. He and his band were joined by the Paris Port Dover Pipe Band, who had previously performed with him in August 2010 and in October 2015.
From Toronto Sun, November 22, 2025:
The question is how does Paul McCartney, 83, manage to perform a 36-song, two-hour-and-50 minute show and look none the worse?
Maybe the voice is a bit weaker and more fragile, and the gait a bit slower, but the spirit of his Beatle youth remains strong as the boyish-looking and trim McCartney more than proved on Friday night at the official re-opening of the TD Coliseum, formerly Copps Coliseum, in Hamilton.
It doesn’t get much bigger than McCartney when it comes to pop-rock stars, so who better than Macca to re-open the venue, back from a year-and-a-half, $300-million retro-fit, with his Got Back Tour?
“Well hello Hamilton,” McCartney said at the start. “It’s great to be back. Oh, I’ve got a feeling we’re going to have fun tonight.” […]
And, just to keep things really interesting, McCartney was backed by the Paris Port Dover Pipe Band during the surprise encore song, Mull of Kintyre.
“We’ve got a couple of Scottish guys on the crew,” Macca said. “That always brings a tear to their eyes.” […]
From Paul McCartney | News | Penned on the Run: ‘GOT BACK’ Tour Diary 2025 Part 4:
While Paul’s second ever show in Hamilton Ontario was in and of itself cause for city-wide celebration, the fact that Got Back 2025’s Hamilton play would be the first official show at the just christened TD Coliseum generated an additional wave of literal front page news.
So when Paul stepped onto a Hamilton stage for the first time since 2016 at the FirstOntario Centre, it was instantly apparent that this would be an unforgettable evening on so many levels — even more than a peerless rock show that took a sold-out crowd on a journey through the soundtracks of their lives, it was a moment that put Hamilton on the radar of an even greater population of music lovers from surrounding cities, states and provinces. With documented pilgrimages being made from two hours away in Toronto to the further reaches of upstate New York, for this one night only Hamilton was Macca Mecca of North America.
BILLBOARD CANADA backed up this observation, noting that when Paul asked the assembled masses how many attendees were Hamilton locals vs. how many were from out of town, “Judging by the cheers, it sounded 60-40 out-of-towners to Hamiltonians.”
It should be added that it also sounded like 100% were ecstatic to be there, regardless of the length of their respective journeys. The people of Hamilton truly filled their new flagship venue with gratitude, joy, love and, most of all, their voices. Along with a sea of phone camera lights that illuminated the entire interior of the arena, nearly 20,000 voices in unison made for a particularly moving “Let It Be,” followed in close succession by “Live and Let Die” and its accompanying pyrotechnic display that will likely remain unmatched for the lifetime of the new building if only for safety reasons. “Hey Jude” closed out the main set as always, its “na na na na” refrains uniting the various North American tribes of Macca fanatics in glorious vocal elation — as the HAMILTON SPECTATOR marveled, “If you had filled every seat with thousands of members of gospel choirs, you wouldn’t have had more enthusiastic and unanimous participation.”
It was the encore, however, that would reveal the evening’s most special surprise: Following the roars of approval that greeted the Hamilton debut of Paul’s virtual duet with John on “I’ve Got a Feeling,” Paul swapped out the Les Paul for an acoustic guitar and for the first and only Got Back 2025 performance of “Mull of Kintyre,” accompanied by local Scottish-music troupe the Paris Port Dover Pipe Band, effectively “transforming a big-ticket rock concert into a community-centre gathering” to quote the TORONTO STAR.
It was a singular moment in a wholly stellar experience, and an undeniable highlight of a hugely successful run that would sadly be winding down in…
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 TD Coliseum.
A total of 2 concerts have been played there • 2016 • Jul 21 • 2025 • Nov 21
Jam
Written by Carl Perkins
Written by Carl Perkins
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by Jesse Fuller
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
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Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Medley
Written by Jimi Hendrix
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by Paul McCartney
Written by John Lennon
Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney
Written by George Harrison
Encore
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Elizabeth Soares • Nov 23, 2025 • 2 months ago
He played Mull of Kintyre for an encore with the Paris Port Dover Pipe Band
The PaulMcCartney Project • Nov 23, 2025 • 2 months ago
Thanks Elizabeth - I've updated the page !
