Paul McCartney‘s current touring band is celebrating 15 years on the road with the former-Beatle.  Fans are quick to point out that that’s three-years longer than his partnership with John Lennon, and about five times as long as the most durable lineup of Wings.  “Macca’s” current band consists of 28-year-veteran, keyboardist Paul “Wix” Wickens, along with guitarists Rusty Anderson and Brian Ray, and drummer Abe Laboriel, Jr.

McCartney was asked about the longevity of the band by Rolling Stone and admitted, “I know. It’s crazy. We don’t analyze it too much, but yeah.  Suddenly, that time period came up. We just know how to play together, we enjoy playing together, and the audiences seem to like it.  So there doesn’t seem to be any reason to not do it.  That’s the thing.  What was it Willie Nelson said about retiring, ‘You should retire from what?’ Ringo (Starr) said, ‘It’s what we do.’  This band is just really easy to get on with.  They play great.  We’re all trying.  And we just want to make it sound great.  I think that keeps the band together. We don’t have arguments; that helps.  I mean, we have our moments when, ‘Oh, I wish I hadn’t done that,’ or ‘Please don’t do that tomorrow,’ or whatever.  But mainly, it’s good.”

Paul McCartney tour dates (subject to change):
July 15 – Bossier City, LA – CenturyLink Center
July 19 – Wichita, KS – Intrust Bank Arena
July 21 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena
July 23 – Omaha, NE – CenturyLink Center Omaha
July 25, 26 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
September 11, 12 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
September 15, 17 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Arena
September 19, 21 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
September 23 – Syracuse, NY – Carrier Dome
September 26, 27 – Uniondale, NY – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 1, 2 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
October 13 – Porto Alegre, Brazil – Estadio Beira-Rio
October 15 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Allianz Parque
October 17 – Belo Horizonte, Brazil – Mineirao Stadium
October 20 – Salvador, Brazil – Itaipava Arena – Fonte Nova
October 28 – Mexico City, Mexico – Estadio Azteca
December 2 – Perth, Australia – nib Stadium
December 5, 6 – Melbourne, Australia – AAMI Park
December 9 – Brisbane, Australia – Suncorp Stadium
December 11, 12 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena
December 16 – Auckland, New Zealand – Mt Smart Stadium