Paul McCartney [ tickets ] will close out his impending tour with two new dates that have been dubbed his "final" US performances of the summer.

McCartney, who is preparing to kick off the loose 10-gig outing Saturday (7/11) in Halifax, will now conclude the US swing with an Aug. 17 concert in Tulsa, OK, and an Aug. 19 gig in Dallas. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's three shows planned for New York City's CitiField starting July 17 will mark the first concerts at the stadium, while his Aug. 15 gig in Atlanta is a benefit for the Piedmont Park Conservancy. The full schedule is shown below.

The summer performances will include a mix of classics from his solo catalog and by The Beatles, as well as some songs from "Electric Arguments," McCartney's album released last year under the alias The Fireman.

The former Beatle, who made his first US festival appearance earlier this year at Indio, CA's Coachella Festival, released his most recent album, "Memory Almost Full," in 2007.

In related news, McCartney recently responded to speculation regarding Michael Jackson's rights to part of the Beatles catalog in the wake of the icon's recent death.

"Some time ago, the media came up with the idea that Michael Jackson was going to leave his share in the Beatles songs to me in his will, which was completely made up and something I didn't believe for a second," McCartney posted in a message on his website. "Now the [reports claim] that I am devastated to find out that he didn't leave the songs to me. This is completely untrue ... In fact, though Michael and I drifted apart over the years, we never really fell out, and I have fond memories of our time together."

Jackson purchased a large portion of the Beatles catalog in 1985 for a reported $47.5 million, and, a decade later, formed a new publishing venture with Sony Corporation to include the Beatles songs, as well as singles performed by Elvis Presley and Little Richard.