Surviving Beatles to Reunite at Joe Walsh’s Vegas Veteran Benefit

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are getting back … with a little help from their friend, Joe Walsh. The sole surviving Beatles will share a stage Jan. 29, 2027 at MGM Grand Garden Arena as part of Joe Walsh’s 10th annual VetsAid benefit concert, it was announced on Monday, Nov. 19.

This will be only McCartney and Starr’s second public performance together this decade. (Macca brought his old drummer onstage during the final show of his Got Back tour at London’s O2 Arena on Dec. 19, 2024).

McCartney and Starr are scheduled to join Walsh for a collaborative segment billed as “a super-set,” with additional surprise guests expected to participate. The announcement instantly elevates the annual veteran-focused fundraiser — founded by the Eagles guitarist in 2017 to support military veterans — into one of the most anticipated concert events anywhere in 2027.

Over the past decade, Walsh’s nonprofit has raised and distributed more than $5 million in grants to organizations serving veterans and their families throughout the U.S. The Las Vegas edition will have a distinctly local impact. Organizers say its proceeds will be directed exclusively to Nevada-based veteran organizations or groups with operations in the state.

“Having spent the past two years at the Sphere and working with the hardworking people of Las Vegas, I want to show them my gratitude and respect,” Walsh said in a statement. “This city has taken such good care of me and my family that it would be my privilege to give back to the large veteran community here and to their families.”

Veteran support is also a personal cause for Walsh, whose father, a U.S. military pilot, died while on active duty in Okinawa when Walsh was just 20 months old.

Otherwise Star-Studded

Had it not been eclipsed by a Beatles reunion, the concert’s lineup would still have been impressive. Las Vegas natives The Killers will bring hometown star power, while acclaimed alternative-rock acts The War on Drugs, St. Vincent, and Lucius round out a bill that spans multiple generations of music fans.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through AXS, with prices beginning at $200 before taxes and fees. Special ticket opportunities will be available for military veterans.

To further support fundraising efforts, VetsAid is partnering with Fandiem and Bandsintown on a sweepstakes campaign offering fans the chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas. The package includes airfare, hotel accommodations, premium concert seating, backstage lounge access, and a coffee meeting with Walsh before the show.