Former Beatle Paul McCartney begins the European leg of his 'Back In The World' tour in Paris tonight.
The series of concerts will include a performance at the RDS on 27 May.
The 2.5 hour Irish show will include 22 Beatles songs - twice the number the original band played at their Dublin concert in 1963.
The show will also feature more than a dozen hits from McCartney's Wings and solo periods.
The American leg of his 'Back in the World' tour began in California last April and broke box office records in 21 cities during its 50 date run, netting more than $120m.
Speaking before the first European date, McCartney said that with the war in Iraq, he wanted to do his best to raise spirits: "what we're here to do is lift people's spirits, so obviously if the times are difficult that identifies our job a little more clearly."
Announcing the tour, the singer told reporters that playing in Dublin will mean a lot to him because his mother was Irish. He was married at Castle Leslie in County Monaghan last June.
