Paul McCartney, the knighted former Beatle, will perform at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on June 12, Baltimore Orioles management announced Friday.
Tickets will go on sale for the general public next Friday, Feb. 25, at 10 a.m.
Before that, there will also be pre-sale opportunities for American Express card members beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 22, and Birdland members on Thursday, Feb. 24.
The Oriole Bird mascot flipped an Orioles jersey to reveal the back, emblazoned with McCartney’s last name and the number 22.
The announcement also included a short montage of McCartney singing “Come on to Me,” “Man on the Run,” and “Queenie Eye.”
TJ Brightman, senior vice president and chief revenue officer for the Baltimore Orioles, said “it’s hard to believe” that Oriole Park opened 30 years ago.
“This is the ballpark that forever changed baseball, and it will continue to be the ballpark that forever changed baseball,” Brightman said.
More than 72 million fans have visited the park since it opened in 1992, Brightman said. He added the park has created about $10 billion of economic impact for Baltimore City and the state of Maryland.
The stadium hosted its first concert in 2019 with singer-songwriter Billy Joel. More than 48,000 fans packed the stadium for the sold-out event.
“I was actually here with my family, and I remember that evening – having dinner down in Little Italy and walking from downtown through the inner Harbor, up to the ballpark,” Brightman said. “It was a fantastic night.”
He added they hope to recreate that energy with McCartney’s performance.
“I cannot say how excited I am that we are going to have this concert here and Sir Paul McCartney in Baltimore, in Camden Yards,” Mayor Brandon Scott said.
Scott said he attended the last game at Memorial Stadium, and the first game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards when he was 8 years old.
“This is about … continuing to create new, long-lasting memories in this ballpark that has meant so much to our city – and so much to America, really, when you think about that every single ballpark built after this one was inspired by our great ballpark.”
The Baltimore School for the Arts will be the Orioles’ charitable partner for McCartney’s Baltimore stop on his “Got Back” tour. The tour name is an homage to “Get Back,” the name of the 3-part Disney+ documentary directed by Peter Jackson that rebroadcasts footage shot leading to the Beatle’s final live performance, a London rooftop concert in 1970.
Concert goers will be able to make a monetary donation to benefit the Baltimore School for the Arts, which the Orioles Foundation will match up to $10,000.
Rosiland Cauthen, executive director of the Baltimore School for the Arts, said the school is excited to expand its jazz program and TWIGS program, which teaches grade 2-8 students in music, visual arts, dance, and film.
“This partnership with the Orioles will allow us to train even more students and engage with the community further,” Cauthen said.
