Paul McCartney live: State Farm Arena, Atlanta – 2 November 2025

Sunday 2 November 2025 | Live performance | State Farm Arena, Atlanta, Georgia, USA | By Beatles Fabdom

Paul McCartney performed at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on 2 November 2025, opening two consecutive sold-out nights at the venue. The concert began with “Help!” and included Beatles, Wings and solo material before closing with “Golden Slumbers”, “Carry That Weight” and “The End”.

This was the 11th performance in the 2025 Got Back sequence, counting the Santa Barbara preview concert. The wider Got Back itinerary extended across 80 dates from April 2022 to November 2025. Atlanta’s second show followed on 3 November.

Two nights at State Farm Arena

The Atlanta engagement followed the New Orleans concert and the earlier San Antonio performance on 25 October. After two nights in Atlanta, the band continued to Nashville.

State Farm Arena is the building previously known as Philips Arena, where McCartney had performed in 2002, 2005 and 2014. The venue opened in 1999 and was renamed in 2018. It should not be confused with the former Omni, which hosted Wings and earlier McCartney solo concerts.

Paul’s Atlanta history also includes the Beatles’ 1965 appearance at Atlanta Stadium, the 1993 Georgia Dome concert and the 2009 Piedmont Park show. His official 2025 tour diary placed the State Farm Arena engagement within that longer history, including the 2017 appearance in nearby Duluth.

The band and Hot City Horns

McCartney’s core touring band comprised Paul “Wix” Wickens, Brian Ray, Rusty Anderson and Abe Laboriel Jr. The Hot City Horns added saxophone, trumpet and trombone.

Georgia Public Broadcasting’s review highlighted the brass section’s contribution to “Coming Up” and “Got To Get You Into My Life”, alongside the core band’s playing and vocal harmonies.

Soundcheck setlist

1. Instrumental jam
2. Honey Don’t
3. Honey Hush
4. Can’t Buy Me Love
5. Magical Mystery Tour
6. Women And Wives
7. Let ’Em In
8. From Me To You
9. Every Night
10. Ram On
11. Big Barn Bed
12. Midnight Special
13. New
14. Lady Madonna

Concert setlist

1. Help!
2. Coming Up
3. Got To Get You Into My Life
4. Drive My Car
5. Letting Go
6. Come On To Me
7. Let Me Roll It
8. Getting Better
9. Let ’Em In
10. My Valentine
11. Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five
12. Maybe I’m Amazed
13. I’ve Just Seen A Face
14. In Spite Of All The Danger
15. Love Me Do
16. Dance Tonight
17. Blackbird
18. Here Today
19. Now And Then
20. Lady Madonna
21. Jet
22. Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!
23. Something
24. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
25. Band On The Run
26. Get Back
27. Let It Be
28. Live And Let Die
29. Hey Jude

Encore

30. I’ve Got A Feeling
31. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
32. Helter Skelter
33. Golden Slumbers
34. Carry That Weight
35. The End

Help! opens the show

“Help!” led into “Coming Up”, “Got To Get You Into My Life” and “Drive My Car”. The early programme then moved through Wings’ “Letting Go”, the Egypt Station song “Come On To Me”, and “Let Me Roll It”. Paul’s official tour diary noted the “Foxey Lady” instrumental coda following the latter.

The programme covered more than the best-known Beatles singles. “In Spite Of All The Danger” returned to the Quarry Men recording, “Dance Tonight” brought in material from Memory Almost Full, and “My Valentine” represented a later part of McCartney’s solo catalogue.

“Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five”, “Jet”, “Band On The Run”, “Let ’Em In” and “Live And Let Die” supplied further Wings selections. The main set ended with “Hey Jude”; the encore began with “I’ve Got A Feeling” and finished with the closing sequence from Abbey Road.

Now And Then, Lennon and Harrison

“Now And Then” appeared between “Here Today” and “Lady Madonna”. The Atlanta performance took place on the second anniversary of the Beatles’ digital release of Now And Then on 2 November 2023.

“Here Today” was Paul’s tribute to John Lennon. In the encore, “I’ve Got A Feeling” incorporated Lennon’s recorded performance in a virtual duet. These were different uses of the Beatles’ history: one a song Paul had written after John’s death, the other a live performance alongside John’s recorded voice and image.

“Something” honoured George Harrison, with the ukulele forming part of Paul’s tribute. The official tour diary also described Paul remembering George Martin while introducing “Love Me Do”.

Georgia Public Broadcasting reported that “Blackbird” and “Here Today” were performed on an elevated platform with screen imagery of the Earth. Paul’s explanation of “Blackbird” connected the song with the civil-rights era.

Now And Then merchandise

The Now & Then T-shirt links the title on its front with “Love me do” on the back, reflecting the two songs paired on the 2023 single.

Complete Got Back itinerary, 2022–2025

The 80-date itinerary below includes the smaller Frome, Brasília and Santa Barbara performances alongside the main tour dates. Dates sharing a venue are grouped. Existing concert articles are linked; other dates remain plain text.

Paul McCartney and Wings merchandise

The Photo Rose white T-shirt features a McCartney and Wings portrait on the front and Red Rose Speedway lettering and track titles on the back. “Big Barn Bed”, included in the Atlanta soundcheck, appears among those titles.

State Farm Arena location map

State Farm Arena, 1 State Farm Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA. The arena’s official contact information confirms this address. This map identifies the downtown arena used for the 2025 concerts.

Open State Farm Arena in Google Maps · Official venue contact information.

Frequently asked questions

When did Paul McCartney play Atlanta in 2025?

He performed at State Farm Arena on 2 and 3 November 2025.

What opened the 2 November concert?

Help! opened the main show, followed by Coming Up and Got To Get You Into My Life.

Was Now And Then performed?

Yes. It appeared between Here Today and Lady Madonna, on the second anniversary of its digital release.

Were the soundcheck and main set different?

Yes. The 14-entry soundcheck included Women And Wives, Ram On and Big Barn Bed. The main concert contained 35 entries including the encore.

Who played in the brass section?

Kenji Fenton played saxophone, Mike Davis trumpet and Paul Burton trombone as the Hot City Horns.

Is State Farm Arena the former Philips Arena?

Yes. The building opened in 1999 and was renamed State Farm Arena in 2018. It is not the former Omni.

Further contemporary coverage: Paul McCartney’s official tour diary and Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Atlanta review.