It’s a rare treat when Paul McCartney comes to town.

His first concert here happened in 1965 with the Beatles at the Atlanta Stadium (later called Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium).

Since that time, he’s performed stints in the city on eight other trips — once with Wings in 1976 at the Omni and two nights there in 1990; a stop at the Georgia Dome in 1993; a stormy evening in Piedmont Park in 2009; his 2002, 2005 and 2014 concerts at Philips Arena; and a 2017 visit to what’s now the Gas South Arena in Duluth.

With back-to-back sold-out gigs underway at State Farm Arena, where he’ll perform again tonight, the 83-year-old drew generations of fans from near and far — and proved energy is ageless.

Hefty ticket prices which ranged into the thousands in the after-market didn’t dampen the levels

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