Paul McCartney Returns To Japan

It’s a good bet that Macca’s fans in Japan are hoping his April set of dates will come off without a hitch, unlike 2014 when illness forced the former Beatle had to cancel a tour of the country.  At that time RocketNews24 said McCartney had “canceled on the country of Japan 51 percent of the time.”

McCartney has a rather interesting history with Japan. McCartney and his band Wings were scheduled to play concerts in the country in 1975 but those plans fell through when local officials, citing his 1972 citation and fine by a Swedish court for marijuana possession, prohibited him from entering the country.

McCartney and Wings almost played Japan in 1980 but those plans were sidelined upon when local customs officials discovered several ounces of marijuana in his luggage.  Japan eventually deported McCartney after he spent several days in jail.

McCartney toured Japan in 1990 but had to cancel his last concert in the country because of illness.

But those incidents are merely footnotes in the life of one of music’s biggest stars, and fans are sure to fill up the seats for his return.

Here are the dates:

April 21 – Osaka, Kyocera Dome
April 23 – Tokyo, Tokyo Dome
April 25 – Tokyo, Tokyo Dome
April 27 – Tokyo, Tokyo Dome

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