Joe Walsh Reunites With Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr For VetsAid 2027

VetsAid will stage its 10th benefit concert at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Friday, January 29, 2027. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will sit in with founder Joe Walsh during a set that will also feature unannounced guests.

Las Vegas natives The Killers will play a full set, as will The War On Drugs, St. Vincent and Lucius. The War On Drugs and Lucius both return after playing VetsAid 2023 in San Diego. Walsh cited the Eagles’ two years at Sphere as a reason to hold the benefit in Las Vegas and direct the proceeds to veterans’ groups serving Nevada.

Walsh and Starr are brothers-in-law and have been bandmates since Walsh joined the first incarnation of Ringo’s All Starr Band in 1989. Starr also guested at the second VetsAid concert in 2018 at the Tacoma Dome in Washington.

Walsh shared the stage with both Beatles at Starr’s 2015 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in Cleveland. McCartney inducted his former bandmate and joined him for the ceremony’s finale, a rendition of “With A Little Help From My Friends” that also featured Walsh. Two years later, McCartney played bass and sang backing vocals alongside Walsh on “We’re On The Road Again,” the opening track on Starr’s Give More Love.

Walsh founded VetsAid in 2017, drawing on his experience as a Gold Star son. His father died on active duty when Walsh was 20 months old. The nonprofit has distributed more than $5 million in grants to date. All net proceeds from the Las Vegas concert will go to veterans’ service organizations based in Nevada or operating in the state.

VetsAid 2027 starts at 6 p.m. PT. Tickets go on sale Friday, November 13 at 10 a.m. PT.