Paul McCartney announces 2019 Freshen Up tour date for San Jose

Paul McCartney is making a stop at the SAP Center in San Jose on his Freshen Up tour next year, the Beatles icon confirmed Tuesday, Dec. 11.  The North American leg of the tour will bring him to the South Bay on July 10. 

The tour is in support of McCartney’s latest release, “Egypt Station,” his first No.  1 charting solo album in 36 years, which follows last year’s One on One world tour. 

Tickets for the San Jose concert will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 17. 

The Beatles arrive in San Francisco for their 1966 concert at Candlestick Park.  Photo: The Chronicle, 1966

McCartney has frequented the Bay Area in recent years, performing marathon sets loaded with hit singles by the Beatles and Wings, as well as material from his solo releases.  He played at AT&T Park in 2010; headlined the opening day of the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in Golden Gate Park in 2013; and played the farewell gig at Candlestick Park in 2014, where the Beatles appeared for their final concert in 1966.