Paul McCartney's next world tour will be his last - so he can spend more time wi th daughter Beatrice.

The former Beatle is about to announce plans for a colossal two-year tour. The huge string of dates, starting this autumn, will be one of the biggest rock tours of all time. Macca is expected to make £110million from the planned 100 gigs - more than £1m per show.

It will be his biggest tour since 1989-90 when he played 108 shows in Europe, the US, Japan and Brazil.

The tour will be in stages, taking in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia. The first dates will be announced in the next few weeks.

Beatrice, four, will join her dad - 66 this month - for sections of the tour.

Macca revealed his plan to close friends and family last weekend at his triumphant City Of Culture gig in his home town of Liverpool.

A source said: "Paul explained that this tour will be the last big one. He wants to settle down and enjoy Beatrice's childhood.

"The tour will be the last time he performs in many parts of the world. Beatrice and his family life are going to come first. He does not want to be away for months at a time."

The other woman in Macca's life - his new love, American socialite Nancy Shevell - will join him for much of the tour, aides have been told.

Nancy, 48, will see Paul play a free concert in Kiev, Ukraine, next Saturday.

Paul had long planned to make a final world tour but was waiting to get his divorce from Beatrice's mum Heather Mills out of the way. The two reached a £25million settlement in March.

Macca's last major tour, in 2002, netted him £63million for just 58 shows.

Paul will get more than £1million from each of the planned 100 per formances on one of the biggest rock tours ever.

Four-year-old Beatrice will fly out to join her dad for parts of the tour.

Go-ahead had to wait for end of divorce proceedings.

Wh-wh-WHAT?!?
Paul better come to Boston.

I hope he's coming to Copenhagen again. Didn't catch him last time.

i'm defo not going to miss this, last chance to see him live :O:O

last tour?? i suppose it's getting to that point now where macca's age is catching up
with him and he can possibly get exhusted at times, maybe? i think he'll still do
small venue's but no huge tours. i have noticed he has been struggling with his
voice on live shows recently, hard to keep them high notes right at times.

I wouldn't want to miss it if he comes to Denmark! I really hope he does!

Quoted from popaloptop

I wouldn't want to miss it if he comes to Denmark! I really hope he does!

I have some contacts at Parken, I'll see if anything has been provisionally booked.

Quoted from BlueMeanie

I have some contacts at Parken, I'll see if anything has been provisionally booked.

Any contacts in the UK?? lol
I REALLY need to see Paul before I die, and this is his last tour! mess, I don't care how much the tickets cost.

Quoted from Andy Smith

last tour?? i suppose it's getting to that point now where macca's age is catching up
with him and he can possibly get exhusted at times, maybe? i think he'll still do
small venue's but no huge tours. i have noticed he has been struggling with his
voice on live shows recently, hard to keep them high notes right at times.

Well, the guy's been touring on and off since 1964 so if he wants to stop now, I really wouldn't blame him!  

I saw him at Madison Square Garden on the 2005 tour and I was suprised by good he was.  If he puts his all into this tour he should be kicking serious a**!  

Quoted from BlueMeanie

I have some contacts at Parken, I'll see if anything has been provisionally booked.

Contacts are good Thanks!

i wonder if he'll just put the Frog Chorus into his next set-list?  

2 years out his life is a long time, but I'm sure he is doing the UK!!

and I can't see Paul stopping forever, I think he'd miss it too much, so some small gigs might be on the menu

Of course he's doing the UK!! You all are lucky ones. But me, I live in Argentina, he's not coming here!! So sad. You think it's really gonna be his final tour?? And I was wondering who would be leaving the stages first... Paul or the Stones... I guess the Stones win... Crap.

lol, well it says he is coming to norther AND south america, so theres a good chance he would be coming to you wingsman!! or close enough for you to see him maybe! I really look forward to this tour, I shall waste as much money as I can to see him! lol

Do you think Germany is on the tour list ? I hope so ! I definitly want to see him.

LAST TOUR? well, i knew that i could never see him live but still there was a little hope.

Quoted from yavanna

Do you think Germany is on the tour list ? I hope so ! I definitly want to see him.

He's got to! If he really believes it's his last tour, how could he not play Hamburg.

I've got a spiffy idea for an opening act...

He better come somewhere close to me. Since it is Paul's last tour I estimate my dad will drive me as far as New York to see him.

So I'm a little excited to see the tour dates.

The setlist will determine if I go or not.

Probably wont be.

I'm there  

Quoted from Klang

I've got a spiffy idea for an opening act...

How huge would that be! And how much money would they rake in?! But alas, they're not the Rolling Stones.

Quoted from tkitna

The setlist will determine if I go or not.

Probably wont be.

But it's his last tour!! Not that a rock star would say that it was his last tour and then later on change his mind and have some sort of comeback tour thereby hiking up the price of even the crappiest of tickets enormously. Rock stars would never do that to their fans. So you should definitely run out to catch Paul on his "last" tour!

Oh my god, when I first saw this I'm like "WHAT??!!" But I also noticed that in the article it said that it was his "last big one" and who knows for sure anyways, ya know? Even he could change his mind. This makes me not so upset, 'cause he may at least do some small touring. But then again, he can't do it forever. Unfortunately, everyone gets old, even our cute Paul McCartney who we thought would be 22 forever! It's alright, he's still cute in an old way! I'm still a little worried, though. Just as long as I get to see him at least once, I'm pretty sure that he's coming to Cleveland, Ohio 'cause he always has in the past.

well there goes one life wish.

*sorry future me who has to look back on empty, unfulfilled teen years *

Ah, I love living in small England and knowing that I won't have to embark upon some epic journey to see one of his shows. If it's his "last big tour" I may even visit a few of the dates.

Quoted from Klang

I've got a spiffy idea for an opening act...

We hoped for that in Liverpool last week... I prayed and prayed!

Quoted from thefadedline

Ah, I love living in small England and knowing that I won't have to embark upon some epic journey to see one of his shows. If it's his "last big tour" I may even visit a few of the dates.

don't make me feel worse

Quoted from Sandra

But it's his last tour!! Not that a rock star would say that it was his last tour and then later on change his mind and have some sort of comeback tour thereby hiking up the price of even the crappiest of tickets enormously. Rock stars would never do that to their fans. So you should definitely run out to catch Paul on his "last" tour!

Whats the point though if i've already seen the same concert the last 5 times i've seen him? Just because its his last has no bearing on me.

I just figured it out and i've spent $700 to see Paul 5 times.  

Quoted from popaloptop

Contacts are good Thanks!

Well, the head groundsman is a friend. He has the contacts! We're fortunate in that it's pretty easy to travel to Sweden, Norway, or Germany from Copenhagen, so as long as he plays one of: Copenhagen, Oslo, Gothenburg, Hamburg, it's fine.

anyone want to hide me in the trunk? I would pay for gas!

Quoted from BlueMeanie

Well, the head groundsman is a friend. He has the contacts! We're fortunate in that it's pretty easy to travel to Sweden, Norway, or Germany from Copenhagen, so as long as he plays one of: Copenhagen, Oslo, Gothenburg, Hamburg, it's fine.

Yes, we are lucky in Denmark. But if it's going to be as big as his last world tour, I think he will come to Denmark again.  

is he coming to the U.S?

Quoted from BlueMeanie

as long as he plays one of: Copenhagen, Oslo, Gothenburg, Hamburg, it's fine.

Hamburg would be great ! Just a good hours drive (or 1 1/2 ) for me.

Quoted from PaulieBear

is he coming to the U.S?

for sure!

OH............. MY...................... GOD. THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO UNFAIR!!! i cant believe my Paulie would do this to me! i have NEVER seen him live, and if i dont ever, then it would probably ruin my current life. if someone told me this a couple of years ago, i would have been like, "ok, not cool, but whatever." but now its just not fair! i had the bad luck to be born in the 1990's and not getting to experience Beatlemania. and now, what with John and George gone, and Paulie on his last tour, i never truly will!         

Quoted from fan numero uno

OH............. MY...................... GOD. THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO UNFAIR!!! i cant believe my Paulie would do this to me! i have NEVER seen him live, and if i dont ever, then it would probably ruin my current life. if someone told me this a couple of years ago, i would have been like, "ok, not cool, but whatever." but now its just not fair! i had the bad luck to be born in the 1990's and not getting to experience Beatlemania. and now, what with John and George gone, and Paulie on his last tour, i never truly will!         

CALM DOWN, WOMAN! We'll visit Liverpool during our bombardness at Abbey Road.