After completing an extensive summer run of North America, Paul McCartney [ tickets ] later this year will embark on his first European tour since 2004.

The seven-date arena outing will take the former Beatle throughout Western Europe, beginning Dec. 2 in Hamburg, Germany, and concluding Dec. 22 in London. The latter show will mark McCartney's first-ever performance at London's O2 Arena. The full schedule is shown below.

"This is my chance to bring our current show home to where it all began," McCartney said in a press release. "I'm very much looking forward to ending the year on a high."

McCartney will unveil "Good Evening New York City," a multi-disc live set, Nov. 17. The live collection, which was culled from his three July performance's at New York's Citi Field, will be available in two formats: a 3-disc (2 CD/1 DVD) standard edition and a 4-disc (2 CD/2 DVD) deluxe version featuring expanded packaging, as well as a bonus DVD including McCartney's July 15 performance atop the Ed Sullivan Theater marquee (including bonus songs not aired during "The Late Show with David Letterman" broadcast). High-quality vinyl editions will also be released.

All versions of the forthcoming set include more than 30 songs that total nearly three hours of music, including material from throughout McCartney's entire career--from The Beatles through Wings and beyond.

McCartney, who earlier this year made his US festival debut at Coachella, released his most recent album of new material, "Memory Almost Full," in 2007. The record marked the legend's 21st studio effort and peaked at No. 3 on The Billboard 200.