Seeing Sir McCartney in Minneapolis is a steal

Yes, but: Hundreds of tickets were still available via Live Nation on Thursday morning — less than 48 hours before McCartney was set to take the stage — with some seats on the secondary market listed for as low as $39.

• That's about the same cost as the forthcoming "The Beatles Anthology 4" two-CD set, once you add shipping and tax to the $29.99 list price.

By Thursday afternoon, prices on several sites had inched up to around $50.

• Plus: There were floor seats left for under $200.

Between the lines: Star Tribune music critic Chris Riemenschneider noted last month that tickets to all the stadium shows on the "Got Back Tour" were selling for lower prices than those in smaller arenas.

• The mammoth Vikings stadium can hold up to 73,000 fans, though concert setups are typically well below that.

Case in point: McCartney's Tuesday performance at Des Moines' 16,000-seat Casey Center was nearly sold out.

Our thought bubble: Twin Cities music lovers of a certain generation may have already blown their concert budgets at the recent Farm Aid festival headlined by McCartney contemporaries Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Willie Nelson.