Former Beatle Paul McCartney kicked off a five-date concert tour of Japan on Tuesday in Osaka after canceling his original tour in the country last May due to ill health.

McCartney started the latest tour with the first song "Magical Mystery Tour" at the Kyocera Dome Osaka stadium in front of about 40,000 fans.

He is scheduled to play five concerts in Tokyo and Osaka, including one at Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on April 28. It will be his first concert there since he performed at the Budokan as a member of the Beatles in 1966.