Beatle in a Ballpark

Paul McCartney selects offbeat Dallas-area venue for his spring tour

Paul McCartney at the Frank Erwin Center arms open

Paul McCartney will play at Globe Life Park in Arlington on June 14, 2019.

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Paul McCartney will make one very special stop in Texas on a spring 2019 tour to promote his newest album.

Called The Freshen Up Tour, it's an extremely limited-run engagement with only 10 stops — including a June 14, 2019 date at Globe Life Park in Arlington.

To clarify, the concert will be at Globe Life Park, where Texas Rangers games currently take place — not Globe Life Field, the new ballpark being built across the parking lot, expected to open in spring of 2020.

While Globe Life Park has hosted smaller, post-game events, this is the first major concert to take place at the ballpark.

Sean Decker, Texas Rangers SVP of Operations and Events, says in a release that they're ecstatic to host "Sir Paul."

"This will be a historic event that fans will remember for years to come as the venue approaches its final season as a Major League Baseball park," Decker says.

The tour follows the release of McCartney's new album, Egypt Station, released on September 7. Fans can expect a nearly three-hour-long show featuring dozens of songs from McCartney's solo career, time with Wings, and the Beatles catalog.

This is the only confirmed stop in Texas.

The former Beatle last played in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 2014 at American Airlines Center. Previously, he played at AT&T Stadium in 2009. He appears to be on a once-every-five-years timeline.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday, December 13 at 10 am. American Express Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public, December 10-12.

The full tour is here:

May 23 - New Orleans, LA - Smoothie King Arena
May 27 - Raleigh, NC - PNC Arena
May 30 - Greenville, SC - Bon Secours Wellness Arena
June 1 - Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena
June 3 - Fort Wayne, IN - Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
June 6 - Madison, WI - Kohl Center
June 8 - Green Bay WI - Lambeau Field
June 11 - Moline, IL - TaxSlayer Center
June 14 - Arlington TX - Globe Life Park
June 26 - Phoenix, AZ - Talking Stick Resort Arena

The Freshen Up tour began in September. The Arlington date is the newest addition to the spring leg, along with Lambeau Field in Wisconsin, home to the Green Bay Packers football team.

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Critics' choice

DFW film critics name One Battle After Another best movie of 2025

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Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another.

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association has voted Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller One Battle After Another the best film of 2025, according to the results of its 32nd annual critics’ poll released on Wednesday, December 17.

The top award was one of five wins for the film in the poll, including Leonardo DiCaprio as Best Actor, Teyana Taylor as Best Supporting Actress, and Anderson for both Best Director and Best Screenplay.

After One Battle After Another, the rest of the top 10 films in the poll were, in order, Sinners, Marty Supreme, Hamnet, Sentimental Value, Train Dreams, Frankenstein, Jay Kelly, Bugonia, and It Was Just an Accident.

In addition to DiCaprio and Taylor, other acting awards included Rose Byrne as Best Actress for If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You and Stellan Skarsgård as Best Supporting Actor for Sentimental Value.

The two other behind-the-scenes awards both went to Sinners, including Best Cinematography for Autumn Durald Arkapaw and Best Score for Ludwig Göransson.

Sentimental Value also took home the award for Best Foreign Language Film, while Netflix got double wins with The Perfect Neighbor for Best Documentary and KPop Demon Hunters for Best Animated Film.

The Russell Smith Award, given annually by the DFWFCA to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film, went to It Was Just an Accident.

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association consists of 26 broadcast, print, and online journalists from throughout North Texas. For more information, visit dfwcritics.com.
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Author Alex Bentley is a member of the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association.

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