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Paul McCartney to Play Safeco Field in July

The Beatle inaugurates Safeco as a major concert venue; tickets go on sale Friday.

Sir Paul McCartney tours ballparks this summer, from Fenway to Safeco.

Even if the Mariners have a rough season, there’s going to be one guaranteed sell out at Safeco Field. Sir Paul McCartney is coming to town for the first major concert in Safeco’s history.

The Beatle brings his Out There tour to the ballpark on July 19. The career-spanning set—which touches on material from his solo album, Wings, and the Beatles’ catalog—is said to last nearly three hours. McCartney brings along a massive 200-foot-wide stage that will take two days to assemble in center field and features two 60-foot LED screens. A little over 40,000 seats will be available for the show, 8,000 of which will be on the field.

Tickets start at $39.50 and go on sale this Friday, April 12, at 10am via livenation.com and by phone at 800-745-3000. You’ll want to snatch them up quickly. McCartney played the Kingdom in 1990 (with a capacity around 50,000) and tickets sold out in the first day. Just last week, McCartney sold out Fenway Park in Boston in 15 minutes.

Paul McCartney
July 19, Safeco Field, $40–$250











Seth Sommerfeld
Seth Sommerfeld
Assistant Editor (Arts) Seth Sommerfeld runs the arts department at Seattle Met, crafting the magazine's On the Town section, editing the Culture Fiend blog, and contributing to reader service features such as “The Ultimate Seahawks Guide” and the front-of-the-book department, Mudroom. Seth has written about music and culture for Rolling Stone, Spin, Pacific Northwest Inlander, Charleston Post and Courier, Syracuse Post-Standard, and Billings Gazette. He also extensively covered the NBA Draft for years for Fox Sports and NBADraft.net, and was published as part of Myth, Media, and Culture in Star Wars: An Anthology. Originally from Billings, Montana, Seth first lived in Washington while earning an undergraduate degree in journalism and broadcasting at Gonzaga University. He followed up those studies at Syracuse University, where he earned a master’s degree in arts journalism.