Halifax, NS--Sir Paul McCartney is
set to perform his only Canadian date this year at the Halifax Common on Saturday,
July 11, 2009. Power Promotional Events
President Harold MacKay made the announcement at a news conference held this
afternoon at the World Trade & Convention Centre, noting that Halifax will welcome
"the largest and most exciting concert in its 260 year history."
"Halifax is emerging as one of Canada’s favorite event
destinations," said Scott Ferguson, Interim President & CEO of Trade
Centre Limited. "We’ve proven time and again that Halifax hosts world-class, well-organized
events, complete with unparalleled Maritime hospitality. Due to Sir Paul
McCartney’s enormous worldwide following, we do expect to attract a significant
audience from outside of Nova Scotia for this concert."
"We’re
extremely honored to host this music legend’s only Canadian concert date this
summer," Mr. Ferguson added.
Tickets
go on sale Friday, May 29 through the Ticket Atlantic box office and select
Atlantic Superstores, by phone at (902) 451-1221 or on-line at
ticketatlantic.com. "Early Bird" general admission ticket price is
$125 and a limited number of VIP tickets will be available at $305.
Trade Centre Limited (TCL) is a provincial crown corporation
that operates six business units: World Trade & Convention Centre,
Exhibition Park, Ticket Atlantic, Halifax Metro Centre, Events
Halifax and World Trade Centre Atlantic Canada. Its mandate is to create
economic benefits by bringing people together in Halifax and Nova Scotia.
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For further information,
contact:
Fiona Kirkpatrick Parsons
Communications Manager
Trade Centre Limited
Direct: (902) 421-1302 ext. 127
Mobile: (902)
440-5531
tradecentrelimited.com
The following was released by Power Promotional Concepts at
1 p.m., Wednesday, May 20, 2009:
Music Legend Paul
McCartney To Perform His First Ever Show In Halifax, Nova Scotia
Saturday July 11th
2009
HALIFAX,
NOVA SCOTIA - Power Promotional Events President Harold MacKay announced today that Halifax will play host to
the largest and most exciting concert in it’s 260 year history.
"We
are pleased and thrilled to announce today that our city will welcome Sir Paul
McCartney live in concert on the Halifax Commons, Saturday, July 11, 2009. With
sales of over 100 million, Paul is listed by the Guinness World Records as the
most successful musician and composer in popular music history. This iconic and
legendary performer’s presence in our city will be an historic event for all
Atlantic Canadians" said Mr. MacKay.
Sir
Paul McCartney said "I am very happy to be playing Halifax. The Canadian audiences are great and
the timing of the event, with the arrival of the Tall Ships, means that it will
be an exciting event for us all. We are looking forward to rocking in Halifax"
Premier
of the Province of Nova Scotia, Rodney
MacDonald said, "Sir Paul McCartney is considered to be one of the world's
top music acts. The opportunity for Halifax to
host a concert of this magnitude will bring important economic benefits to the
province and further solidify Halifax's
reputation as a leader in hosting major events in Eastern
Canada. Nova Scotia will be a centre for world-class events this summer with Sir Paul McCartney,
Tall Ships and other significant festivals and events throughout the
summer".
Halifax
Mayor Peter Kelly is very pleased about this significant event coinciding with
Tall Ships Nova Scotia Festival 2009. "The British established this
strategic port city to guard against invasion a long time ago. The enemy never
did attack, and today we can happily say that Halifax will openly welcome the British
Invasion of 2009".
This
show is in keeping with a series of special one off concerts Paul has been
performing over the last year, whilst making international headlines and taking
him to places he’s never been before.
In
June 2008 Paul received a hero’s welcome as he rocked the city of Liverpool when he played
at Anfield Stadium as part of the city’s celebrations for the European Capital
Of Culture. In the same month Paul performed a spectacular free show, the
‘Independence Concert’, to over 350,000 people in Kiev’s
Independence Square which was the largest outdoor music event in the history of the Ukraine. July
then took Paul to the city of Quebec for yet
another huge headline-making event as he performed to 300,000 people in the
city’s national park, The Plains Of Abraham, to help celebrate Quebec’s 400th
anniversary. Paul also found the time (only just though!) to join Billy Joel on
stage for the ‘Last Play At Shea’ show in July, marking the last show ever at New York’s famous Shea
Stadium. The Beatles were the first band to perform at Shea Stadium in 1965,
which went down in history as the first ever stadium rock show. September saw
another first for Paul as he played his ‘Friendship First, concert in Tel Aviv,
Israel.
This was Paul’s first ever visit to Israel. The Beatles were banned
from performing there at the height of Beatlemania in the 60s.
In
April of this year Paul performed at the David Lynch Foundation’s benefit
concert, "Change Begins Within", in New York, where he was joined on stage with
Ringo Starr for a special finale. Paul also headlined the Coachella Festival
(his first US festival
appearance) and performed a show to mark the opening of The New Joint at the
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las
Vegas, a gig which sold out in seven seconds, setting
a new sales record as tickets went at a rate of 600 a second!
Tickets
for Paul McCartney will cost $125 or "Early Bird" General Admission
and $305 for a very limited number of VIP tickets and they go on sale on
Friday, May 29th at the Ticket Atlantic box office and select Atlantic
Superstores, by phone at 902-451-1221 or on-line at ticketatlantic.com.