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"Paul McCartney has announced two surprise end-of-year live shows in England. The ex-Beatle will play London&amp;#039;s HMV Apollo in Hammersmith on December 18 and Liverpool&amp;#039;s O2 Academy on December 20. McCartney said: &amp;quot;I always love playing to a home audience and for me it\u00E2\u20AC\u2122s the perfect way to end the year. We\u00E2\u20AC\u2122ve had great fun with the stadium shows this year and we\u00E2\u20AC\u2122re looking forward to the more intimate vibe of these ones. &amp;quot;Christmas is the perfect excuse for everyone to let their hair down and rock out. We are looking forward to celebrating with the good people of London and Liverpool.&amp;quot; McCartney will play a career-spanning set of almost three hours at both shows, including songs by The Beatles, Wings, solo tracks and material from his 2008 album Electric Arguments, recorded with Youth as The Fireman. Tickets for both dates go on sale tomorrow, December 8 at 9am, priced at \u00C2\u00A350 for Liverpool and \u00C2\u00A350-125 for London. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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