Paul McCartney

A number of legendary recording artists have played Spokane, such as Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. But McCartney is simply on another level.

The box set is for McCartney obsessives. The 159 songs delivered in a pine box is staggering to consume, but it’s a labor of love. The set is akin to the holy grail for fans of McCartney’s solo work. “The impact of the McCartney show is massive in so many ways,” the Arena director of entertainment Matt Meyer said. “It was an amazing concert but the impact was so huge. “The Paul McCartney concert was awesome in so many ways,” Mayor Woodward said. Fans from Japan, Australia and Sweden flew in for the most intimate McCartney concert of the entire tour. “We literally had people from half of the United States in Spokane,” Meyer said. McCartney was invited to visit the Bing Crosby House Museum on the Gonzaga campus and was offered the key to the city. Clad in a blue blazer and jeans, McCartney pleased diehards with the out-of-left-field “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window.” The highlights were relentless during the two-hour, 41-minute show. And then there was the long-awaited concert, the first since July 2019 for McCartney. However, McCartney did impact the Lilac City in a number of ways.