Paul McCartney still not better, postpones US tour dates

En fotografía del 27 de enero de Paul McCartney y Ringo Starr tocan durante el concierto La noche en que Estados Unidos cambió. El cantanye y compositor anunció el miércoles que también suspender su gira por Corea del Sur. (Photo by Zach Cordner/Invision/AP, File) (The Associated Press)

En imagen del 8 de junio de 2013 se ve al músico Paul McCartney durante un concierto en el Barclays Center en Nueva York. McCartney anunció la cancelación de su gira por Japón debido a una enfermedad viral el lunes 19 de mayo de 2014. (Foto de Jason DeCrow/Invision/AP, archivo) (The Associated Press)

May 20, 2014: Beatles fan Hitoshi Sekiguchi, 63, sings a Beatles song in front of a truck decorated with an advertisement for singer Paul McCartney's "Out There" tour, after the cancellation of McCartney's concert at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Reuters)

Paul McCartney is rescheduling U.S. tour dates as he continues to recover from a virus he received treatment for last month.

McCartney, who turns 72 next week, says he's taking his doctor's advice and will take more time to rest. Last month he cancelled his "Out There Japan Tour 2014" because of his illness.

The former Beatles singer announced Monday tour stops scheduled for mid-June will be postponed to October. He was supposed to kick off the U.S. leg of his tour Saturday in Lubbock, Texas, followed by a June 16 date in Dallas. Instead his first show will be July 5 in Albany, New York, with the Lubbock date reset for Oct. 2 and the Dallas date for Oct. 13.

U.S. tickets for the seven original June dates will be honored at the new dates. The tour wraps up Oct. 28 in Louisville, Kentucky.