Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will share a stage again on January 29, 2027, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The two surviving Beatles are special guests for Joe Walsh’s VetsAid benefit, supporting veterans and their families. The appearance follows their last onstage reunion in December 2024, when Starr joined the final London night of the “Got Back” tour.
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have given Beatles fans a new date to look forward to. On January 29, 2027, they will appear with Joe Walsh at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas as part of VetsAid. The announcement concerns one benefit concert with a wider lineup, rather than a new joint tour or a standalone show by the two musicians. Their participation is a special part of an event organised to support veterans and their families.
The rarity of their shared appearances gives the news particular significance. Both have continued to follow their own musical paths, but their personal and creative connection reaches back to the Beatles. A moment together onstage carries that history even when the appearance is brief. The Las Vegas announcement supplies a place and date for another such meeting, while leaving the precise songs and duration of their contribution unannounced.
Their previous stage reunion took place on December 19, 2024, during the closing night of “Got Back” at London’s O2 Arena. Paul McCartney invited Starr to join him, and the drummer played on “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)” and “Helter Skelter.” It was a surprise within an already significant final concert, giving the audience an unexpected encounter between two musicians whose work together remains central to popular music history.
At the end of that London appearance, Starr told the audience how much he had enjoyed playing with his old friend before saying it was time to go home. His farewell included the thought that they would meet again. The VetsAid date now gives fans something concrete to connect with that sentiment. It does not, however, establish that the same songs will return or that the new appearance will reproduce the London moment.
Joe Walsh is the host this time. The Eagles guitarist founded VetsAid to raise money for organisations helping veterans, and he also has personal and musical connections with Starr. Bringing Paul McCartney into the Las Vegas benefit adds to a relationship-based evening whose purpose extends beyond the guest list. The event places familiar artists together in support of local charitable work rather than presenting the reunion as an isolated commercial attraction.
Walsh has explained the choice of city in terms of gratitude for the welcome he has received over the past two years. The Eagles’ extended presence at Sphere forms part of that connection with Las Vegas. He wants to give something back to the area’s veterans and their families, while encouraging fans to support the night. He has also indicated that other guests have yet to be revealed, without supplying names for those additional appearances.
The announced lineup includes The Killers, The War on Drugs, St. Vincent and Lucius. Their presence broadens the musical character of the concert, while the meeting of Paul McCartney and Starr remains one of its distinctive attractions. No detailed running order has been published. It would be premature to turn the guest announcement into a promised list of Beatles songs or to assume that all the artists will perform together in one shared set.
The concert falls on Friday, January 29. The official listing gives doors at 4:30 p.m. and a 6 p.m. start, both local time. General ticket sales begin on Friday, November 13, 2026, at 10 a.m. in Las Vegas through AXS. Those timings refer to the whole VetsAid event, rather than a separate ticketed performance by the two Beatles. Special access and ticket arrangements are also planned for active-duty personnel and veterans.
Net proceeds are intended for charitable organisations supporting veterans in Nevada. That purpose is an essential part of the announcement, rather than simply background to a celebrity reunion. The attention generated by Paul McCartney and Starr can help draw people to a wider programme, but the benefit remains structured around raising support for the community the organisers have identified. Details of any additional guests will need their own confirmation.
That distinction between a confirmed guest appearance and an unknown programme is worth keeping in view. A benefit can include individual performances, collaborations and brief encounters, but none of those possibilities should be presented as a settled plan without an announcement. Paul McCartney and Starr have confirmed their involvement; the organisers have confirmed the venue, date and charitable purpose. The music they choose to bring to the stage will be another part of the story when those details become available.
The appearance also follows a year in which both musicians remain creatively active. McCartney released “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” while Starr issued “Long Long Road.” Starr also appears on “Home to Us” from McCartney’s album, showing that their connection is not limited to occasional public meetings. The Las Vegas set itself is still to be revealed. For now, January 29 marks a confirmed opportunity to see them share a stage again, nearly twenty-five months after the London reunion.
