Fans will be able to hear McCartney’s new album early at a special Liverpool event
18:41, 19 May 2026Updated 19:52, 19 May 2026
A special listening party will be held at The Jacaranda(Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)
Sir Paul McCartney thrilled fans as he announced an exciting “first”. Liverpool is set to be the first place in the world where the public can hear his new album, The Boys of Dungeon. The Jacaranda confirmed the news that a global listening party will be held this week to coincide with the release of his new music.
The Boys of Dungeon Lane is named after a road in Speke and is an ode to Sir Paul’s youth in the city and how he was primed by his upbringing in Liverpool to conquer the world with the Fab Four. Fans now have the opportunity to listen to the album ahead of its official release date.
A special pre-listening party will be held at the Slater Street venue on Friday, May 22. The Boys of Dungeon Lane is set to be released on May, 29.
It is Sir Paul’s most introspective album, reflecting on his early years in Liverpool and the experiences that shaped both his life and The Beatles.
It is no coincidence that the 83-year-old has selected The Jacaranda for the global listening event, as it is where the Fab Four honed their live performing skills.
The venue itself is also closely tied to many of the memories explored throughout the album.
McCartney has selected the Slater Street venue for the special event(Image: The Jacaranda)
While invite-only listening events have already taken place at Abbey Road and in the United States, the Liverpool event at The Jacaranda will be the first publicly available opportunity anywhere in the world to hear the album in full.
Taking place four days before other official listening parties and a full week before the album’s release, tickets are on sale now, priced at just £8.
Like it was in the 1950s, The Jacaranda remains a grassroots music venue and one of the country’s most iconic, hosting live music most nights and acting as a hub for local musicians.
Sir Paul’s most famous performance there was in August 1960, when, following a change of band name and a new drummer, the venue hosted the first performance by The Beatles.
Jack Rowley, marketing, PR and social media manager for Jacaranda Records, said: “I remember seeing Paul McCartney at the Isle of Wight Festival in 2010, standing in the crowd thinking there was nowhere else on earth I’d rather be.
“Hopefully, we’ll have a room full of people feeling that same way as they listen to The Boys of Dungeon Lane before anybody else. Get your tickets, be quick!”
Tickets are on sale now for just £8 via jacarandarecords.com
The first song to be released on the album was titled Days We Left Behind.