Paul McCartney’s surprise Bowery Ballroom concert sells out in minutes

Not each of Paul McCartney‘s fans were capable to “come together” Tuesday nighttime for his surprise amusement astatine New York City’s Bowery Ballroom — due to the fact that the performance sold retired wrong specified minutes of being announced.

The Beatles fable took to Instagram Tuesday greeting to uncover he’d instrumentality the signifier aboriginal that nighttime successful a amusement dubbed “Paul McCartney Rocks the Bowery.” Tickets were disposable connected a “first come, archetypal serve” ground done the venue’s container office, with lone 1 summons being sold per person.

Roughly an hr later, McCartney shared an update that tickets had already sold out and would not beryllium disposable astatine the door, asking fans to “refrain from lining up astatine the venue contiguous unless you person a ticket.”

CNN reported the inventory appeared to person sold retired wrong 30 minutes.

The past clip McCartney played the New York City country was successful June 2022 for his Got Back Tour, making a halt astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, N.J. During the show, Garden State autochthonal sons Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi amazed thousands of fans by joining McCartney onstage to observe his 80th birthday.

Tuesday’s gig was acceptable to beryllium a overmuch much intimate matter for the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, considering the maximum capableness astatine the Bowery Ballroom is astir 600.