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Paul McCartney Returning to Fenway Park for Summer Tour

Rocker will play July 9th at the home of the Boston Red Sox

Paul McCartney performs at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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April 1, 2013 3:20 PM ET

Paul McCartney already has a few dates lined up for 2013, and the former Beatle will visit Boston's Fenway Park this summer as part of his upcoming tour. McCartney will play at the ballpark on July 9th while the Red Sox play an away game against the Seattle Mariners. McCartney last played at Fenway with two shows in August 2009.

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Tickets will go on sale April 5th at 10 a.m. EST at Live Nation and the Red Sox's website. McCartney has three shows on May 4th, 6th and 9th in Brazil, and will play this year's Bonnaroo, which takes place June 13th-16th. He also has a June 22nd date set in Warsaw, Poland, and will visit Italy on the 22nd and Austria on the 27th to close out the month.

McCartney is also at work on the follow to last year's album of standards, Kisses on the Bottom, having recorded new songs with Mark Ronson, who's worked with Adele and Amy Winehouse, among others.

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