Paul McCartney Gets Back to Hamburg Where he Once Belonged

Paul McCartney Gets Back to Hamburg Where he Once Belonged

HAMBURG, December 3/PRNewswire/ -- On December 2nd 2009, music legend Paul McCartney took to the stage to
open his 'Good Evening Europe' tour in Hamburg - the city that first launched
The Beatles.

12.000 fans packed into Hamburg's Color Line Arena to see Paul begin his
seven date tour in the harbour-side city. The former Beatle's return to the
city signifies the historic relationship between the Fab Four and Hamburg,
which began almost 50 years ago.

Between 1960 and 1962, The Beatles took residence in the city to perform
a series of concerts in the clubs in Hamburg's Reeperbahn district. These
legendary concerts created a platform on which The Beatles could hone their
skills and develop themselves into the world-conquering band they later
became. This mutual love and respect has never waned; Paul was quoted as
saying, "This is my chance to bring our current show home to where it all
began".

The city has never stopped embracing new music, as signified by
September's highly successful Reeperbahn Festival, which saw new and
established bands take over Hamburg's world famous live music venues. Hamburg
also hosts the world's biggest collection of Beatles memorabilia in their
Beatlemania exhibition, which has seen thousands of music fans through its
door since opening in May 2009.

'Good Evening Hamburg' got off to an incredible start as Paul played a
selection of solo hits and Beatles classics to a sold-out arena of fans from
across the globe. Paul's unforgettable and show-stopping performance enhances
the unbreakable bond between the singer and Hamburg and will forever be seen
as a 'homecoming' from one of the city's most loved musicians.

The concert was the perfect start for the 50th anniversary of the first
ever Beatles gig played at the Indra Club in Hamburg back on August 17th
1960.

Guido Neumann
Director Media Relations
Hamburg Marketing GmbH
Habichtstrasse 41
22305 Hamburg
Germany
Tel: +49-40-41-11-10-617
Fax: +49-40-41-11-10-615
Mobil: +49-160-97-29-83-02
guido.neumann@marketing.hamburg.de

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Source: Hamburg Marketing GmbH

Guido Neumann, Director Media Relations, Hamburg Marketing GmbH, Habichtstrasse 41, 22305 Hamburg, Germany; Tel.: +49-40-41-11-10-617, Fax: +49-40-41-11-10-615, Mobil: +49-160-97-29-83-02, guido.neumann@marketing.hamburg.de

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