McCartney to headline BOK Center event

Paul McCartney announced today that he will give his first concert ever at the BOK Center in Tulsa, OK, Mon., Aug. 17, 2009 in celebration of the venue’s one-year anniversary.

This monumental event also marks the legendary performer’s only arena show during his current 2009 North American stadium concerts, as well as McCartney’s first Oklahoma show in nearly seven years—ever since his 2002 concert at Ford Center in Oklahoma City.

Tickets for the Aug. 17th concert go on sale Mon., July 20 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at the BOK Center Box Office, all Tickets.com outlets, charge by phone at 1-866-7-BOK-CTR or online at www.bokcenter.com. The BOK Center show will feature classics from McCartney’s extensive catalog, including Beatles, Wings and solo career hits as well as selections from his most recent album Electric Arguments, released under his alias The Fireman.

On the heels of Paul McCartney’s three-date, sold-out run at New York’s Citi Field in July, the Aug. 17th Tulsa performance will be among McCartney's first U.S. appearances since headlining this year's Coachella festival; as well as the same weekend's record-breaking, one-off opening of the new Joint in Las Vegas.

McCartney’s additional upcoming North American concerts include two shows at Boston’s Fenway Park along with performances at Atlanta’s Piedmont Park, FedEx Field in Landover, MD and Halifax Commons in Halifax, NS.

Reactions to McCartney’s recent 2.5-hour, sold-out performances at Coachella and The Joint in Las Vegas were unanimously ecstatic from fans and critics alike:

USA Today reported that, "McCartney remains a sharp and agile performer, his voice as supple, warm and elastic as ever... Macca signatures Let It Be and The Long and Winding Road... still have the power to raise gooseflesh."

In addition, The New York Times, stated, “For almost two and a half hours, he had the attention of what seemed to be the entire multigenerational festival"

That was echoed by LA Weekly, who added, "Everything you could ask for in a McCartney set. Stunning. Beautiful"


About AEG Live
AEG Live, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance. AEG Live is comprised of touring, festival, exhibition, broadcast, merchandise and special event divisions, fifteen regional offices, and thirty state-of-the-art venues. The company is currently producing tours and productions including Bette Midler “The Showgirl Must Go On” and Cher at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and The Color Purple.

The concert tour roster includes artists such as Taylor Swift, Leonard Cohen, Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Hannah Montana, Britney Spears, Kenny Chesney, Paul McCartney and American Idols Live. AEG Live is the largest producer of music festivals in North America from the critically acclaimed Coachella Music & Arts Festival to Stagecoach and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. For more information, go to www.aeglive.com.

TICKET INFO: Available online at www.bokcenter.com, Arby’s Box Office, all Tickets.com outlets, or by calling 1-866-7-BOKCTR.


About Live Nation
Live Nation’s mission is to maximize the live concert experience. Our core business is producing, marketing and selling live concerts for artists via our global concert pipe. Live Nation is the largest producer of live concerts in the world, annually producing over 22,000 concerts for 1,600 artists in 33 countries.

During 2008, the company sold over 50 million concert tickets and drove over 70 million unique visitors to LiveNation.com. Live Nation is transforming the concert business by expanding its concert platform into ticketing and building the industry’s first artist-to-fan vertically integrated concert platform. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol LYV. For additional information about the company, please visit www.livenation.com/investors.


About the BOK Center
The BOK Center, a 19,199 – seat entertainment venue, is managed by SMG, the world leader in venue management, marketing and development. Headquartered in Philadelphia, SMG provides management services to over 200 public assembly facilities including arenas, stadiums, performing arts centers, theatres and convention, conference and trade centers.

As the recognized industry leader since 1977, SMG provides construction and design consulting, pre-opening services, venue management, sales and marketing and event booking and programming. SMG also offers food and beverage operations through our in house catering company, Savor…catering by SMG, currently servicing 65 accounts worldwide. With facilities across the United States, and in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada, Europe and the Middle East, SMG controls over 1.5 million entertainment seats worldwide and manages more than ten million feet of exhibition space.