Culture 3 min read By Lauren Baxter
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to Reunite for One-Off Las Vegas Show
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will share a stage again for a single Las Vegas concert in January 2027, part of Joe Walsh's VetsAid festival, as a Prince concert film also arrives in theaters.
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are set to reunite on stage for a one-off concert in Las Vegas on January 27, 2027, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The show is part of VetsAid, a festival created by Joe Walsh, and it arrives alongside a fresh trailer for a concert film built around Prince's live performances in the same city.
The festival lineup also includes The Killers, The War On Drugs, St. Vincent and Lucius. Proceeds from the event will go to veteran charities through the Combined Arms Institute, giving the festival a charitable purpose tied to the veterans it aims to support. Pre-sale tickets for veterans and active-duty military members open November 10, with general sale beginning November 13.
The reunion marks another chapter in the recent collaboration between the two surviving Beatles. McCartney and Starr previously shared a stage at The O2 in London in December 2024, a performance that followed their continued musical partnership. They also recorded «Home To Us» together for McCartney's album «The Boys Of Dungeon Lane». Their last joint work before that was the 2023 track «Now And Then», which drew wide attention among fans and marked one of the most notable Beatles releases in recent years.
The Vegas date is also tied to a separate piece of Prince's catalogue. The concert film «Prince: 3121 Las Vegas Live» is connected to the reissue of Prince's 2006 album «3121», and it is included in the reissue's boxed set. The film opens in more than 500 theaters nationwide, with a limited theatrical run beginning December 3. Tickets are already on sale, and the new trailer, shared exclusively with Variety, previews the performances captured on film. The release gives fans of the late artist a way to see his live work on a large screen while the album returns to shelves in an expanded package.
Beatles fans have another project to anticipate. A Sam Mendes-directed Beatles biopic series is slated for April 2028. It will consist of four films, each told from the perspective of a different member of the band. The structure lets the series revisit the group's story through four separate points of view, pairing a dramatic treatment of the Beatles' history with the continued public appetite for the band's music.
Television programming on the same timeline includes the return of HBO's comedy «It's Florida, Man» for a third season. The new season premieres Friday, December 4, on HBO and will stream on HBO Max, placing a comedy release in the same stretch of holiday entertainment as the film and concert announcements.
Source: variety.com
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