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Ringo starr talks touring, the magic of the beatles and his friendship with paul mccartney.

Ringo Starr is back touring and he wouldn’t have it any other way.

The two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee recently spoke to CNN about his current tour with his All Star Band.

“We all have a lot of fun. I mean, I love to play, you know, as a drummer it’s pretty awkward to go out just on your stage on your own. You need a few guitars and I call up friends … I had to stop calling people, otherwise we’d been like an orchestra.”

The band is considered a rock supergroup, with a rotating lineup of Starr’s musician buddies that has featured everyone from its current members like Colin Hay to former members Joe Walsh and Billy Preston.

Last year, Starr had to pause his North American tour after testing positive for Covid-19. The tour, which is primarily taking part on the West Coast with dates in states like California, Arizona and Nevada, will wrap up on June 17.

One of Starr’s longest standing friendships is with his fellow Beatles bandmate, Paul McCartney.

“Paul called me the other day … We’re close, close friends. We’re brothers and you know, for me it was great because I’m an only child and suddenly I had three brothers that I could love, I could rely on, I could help out. You know, it was a great moment for me.”

Starr reflected on the success of the Beatles.

“I think it was the spark between the four of us,” he said. ” We understood each other and the music was important. It didn’t matter if we were having a row or whatever, or a laugh, we all gave our best.

“The music to this day, every generation has to listen to us, which is so great,” Starr added. “You don’t have to love us, but you certainly have to have a listen.”

Starr will turn 83 in July. His birthday wish, he said, is for his supporters throughout the world to post “peace and love” on social media.

“I don’t know where it came from, I just said, I’d like everybody at noon to go peace of love. And millions of people are doing it now. How great is that?” he said.

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Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Finally Set to Return to the Road This Spring

By Jon Blistein

Jon Blistein

After two delays, Ringo Starr will finally launch his tour with his All Starr Band this spring.

The trek is set to launch with two nights at the Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, May 27 and 28. From there, Starr will make his way around the East Coast — including three nights at the Beacon Theatre in New York City — then down south. The run wraps on June 26 at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida.  

Tickets for all shows are on sale now. Complete information is available on Starr’s website .

For the 2022 tour, the All Starr Band lineup will boast regulars Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Gregg Bissonette, and Hamish Stuart, while the group will also welcome back previous collaborator Edgar Winter. Starr and Co. were originally slated to tour in 2020 and 2021 , although both runs were postponed because of the pandemic.  

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“I can’t wait to get back out on the road and play,” Starr said in a statement. “This is the longest I’ve been off the road in years — up until 2020 I was touring every year with the All Starrs — and I’ve really missed it. Making music in the studio has been great, and it certainly saved me during the pandemic, but nothing beats playing live with great musicians in front of an audience. I love my fans and they love me and it’s going to be wonderful to be peace and loving and playing for them again.”  

Starr has kept busy during the pandemic, releasing two EPs last year , Zoom In and Change the World . He also taught his own MasterClass course , released a retrospective book, Ringo Rocks: 30 Years of the All Starrs 1989 – 2019 , and has another book on the way, Lifted : Fab Images and Memories In My Life with the Beatles From Across The Universe .  

Ringo Starr and the All Starr Band Tour Dates

May 27 – Rama, Ontario @ Casino Rama May 28 – Rama, Ontario @ Casino Rama May 30 – Canandaigua, NY – CMAC June 2 – Boston, MA @ Wang Theater *With The Avett Brothers June 3 – Worcester, MA @ Hanover Theater June 4 – Gilford, NH @ Bank of NH Pavilion *With The Avett Brothers June 6 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre June 7 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre June 8 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre June 10 – Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Theater June 11 – Easton, PA @ State Theater June 12 – Providence, RI @ PPAC June 14 – Baltimore, MD @ Modell Lyric June 15 – Baltimore, MD @ Modell Lyric June 17 – Lenox, MA @ Tanglewood June 18 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Arena June 19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Metropolitan Theater June 21 – Richmond, VA @ Virginia Credit Union Live June 22 – Atlanta, GA @ Cobb Center June 24 – St Augustine, FL @ The AMP June 25 – Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock June 26 – Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall

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RINGO STARR AND HIS ALL STARR BAND ANNOUNCE SPRING 2023 TOUR

WILL INCLUDE SHOWS AT THE VENETIAN IN LAS VEGAS AND AT THE GREEK THEATRE IN LOS ANGELES

Thursday, January 12, 2023 – Today Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band - Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Edgar Winter, Warren Ham, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Bissonette - announced they will be touring in the Spring. It will be primarily a west coast tour, starting May 19 and concluding June 17. The 20 dates will include shows in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Colorado and Utah. It will also see Ringo return to the Greek Theatre June 15.    “It’s a new year and here are some new tour dates,” Ringo affirmed. “I love playing with the All Starrs and can’t wait to be back out on the road again with this band. I send Peace and Love to you all and we hope to see you out there.”    Here is the list of tour dates:   

• May 19 Temecula, CA Pechanga Resort Casino
• May 20 Phoenix, AZ Celebrity Theatre
• May 21 Phoenix, AZ Celebrity Theatre
• May 24 Las Vegas, NV Venetian Theatre
• May 26 Las Vegas, NV Venetian Theatre
• May 27 Las Vegas, NV Venetian Theatre
• May 28 San Diego, CA Humphreys Concerts
• May 31 San Diego, CA Humphreys Concerts
• June 2 Eugene, OR Cuthbert Amphitheater
• June 3 Bend, OR Hayden Homes Amphitheater
• June 4 Seattle, WA Venue TBD
• June 6 Denver, CO Bellco Theater – Denver Convention Center
• June 7 Colorado Springs, CO Pikes Peak Center
• June 9 Lincoln, CA Thunder Valley Casino
• June 11 San Francisco, CA The Masonic 
• June 13 Salt Lake City, UT Eccles Theater
• June 15 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
• June 16 Paso Robles, CA Vina Robles Amphitheatre
• June 17 San Jose, CA San Jose Civic

Check local listings for on sale dates. For more information please visit:   www.RingoStarr.com   2022 was a busy year for Ringo that included Spring and Fall tour dates with his All Starr band. Ringo also released EP3 on September 16, 2022 and on November 18, 2022 EP3 was issued on 10” vinyl and blue cassette and accompanied with a new music video, “Everyone and Everything.” On November 25, 2022 Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live at the Greek 2019 (Roccabella via BFD/The Orchard) was released on Blu Ray, DVD, CD and a special yellow double vinyl. In addition, Ringo created 500 life sized “Peace and Love” sculptures of his iconic hand symbol. These were sold exclusively through Julien’s Auctions to benefit the Lotus Foundation.

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The news comes even before the start of his spring itinerary with the group, which begins on May 19.

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Ringo Starr has revealed dates and details for his fall tour of America with his All Starr Band. The news comes even before the start of his spring itinerary with the group, which begins on May 19 in Temecula, CA and runs until a June 17 show in Pensacola, also in California.

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The next set of dates begins only three months later in Ontario, CA on September 17. The schedule includes concerts in such cities as St. Louis, Nashville, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Chicago, and Detroit, ending on October 13 in Thackerville, OK. More dates will be added soon, and fans can check local listings for on-sale dates. The 2023 configuration of the All-Starr Band features Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Edgar Winter, Warren Ham, Hamish Stuart, and Gregg Bissonette.

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“Well, I love to play. I love an audience,” Starr told Pollstar executive editor Andy Gensler. “This is a known fact. I love the audience, they love me. We have fun on tour. That’s what it’s all about. I don’t do this to be miserable. I have a lot of joy. I get a lot of joy and I just love doing it…and I’ll be doing a lot of peace and love in your city soon, May, June, look me up!”

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band’s fall 2023 tour dates are:

September 17 Ontario, CA Toyota Arena 19 Tucson, AZ Linda Rondstadt Theater 20 Albuquerque, NM Rio Rancho Center 22 Kansas City, MO The Uptown 23 St Louis, MO The Fox 24 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium 26 Clearwater, FL Coachmen Park 27 Atlanta, GA The Fox 29 Indianapolis, IN The Murat Theatre at Old National Centre 30 Milwaukee, WI Miller High Life Theatre

October 1 Minneapolis, MN Mystic Lake 3 Grand Rapids, MI DeVos Performance Hall 5 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre 6 New Buffalo, MI Four Winds Casino 7 Detroit, MI Masonic Temple 9 Charleston, WV Charleston Coliseum 10 Columbus, OH Mershon Auditorium 12 Little Rock, AK Simmons Bank Arena 13 Thackerville, OK Winstar Casino

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May 9, 2023 at 12:57 am

Little Rock isn’t in Alaska (AK), it’s in AR, lol.

October 13, 2023 at 8:22 am

Thanks Bill-I was just going to say the same thing. Alaska: AK Arkansas: AR Arizona: AZ And as a side note, Simmons Bank Arena, where Ringo & band performed, is in North Little Rock, AR, not Little Rock. Little Rock is a separate city from North Little Rock.

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Ringo Starr still has aspirations at 82: 'My aim is to be Frank Sinatra'

Ringo Starr will tell you with a grin that he’s really good at hanging.

He might go for a walk on the beach with Toto guitarist Steve Lukather , a member of his All-Starr Band for a decade, given the appropriate location. Or engage in some of his other talents, such as painting or photography. Of course, the gym always beckons the Beatles icon, a seemingly ageless 82 .

“I don’t like that word, ‘rest,’ ” he says.

On this day, Starr is checking in from a hotel room in Florida, where the legendary drummer and his All-Starr Band – Colin Hay, Edgar Winter, Hamish Stuart, Warren Ham, Gregg Bissonette and Lukather – are playing a round of shows on the tour that runs through October.

Starr is disappointed that rain and lightning have thwarted his beach strolling plans, but the eternally chipper,  “peace and love” -spouting musician is happy to talk about his third extended play in two years – cleverly titled “EP3” – a four-song release featuring Lukather, Linda Perry and Dave Koz.

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Question: You are in amazing shape. What kind of regimen do you adhere to?

Answer: I go to the gym a lot. I work out to get my heart racing to shift the stuff that gets jammed in your arteries. I’m a vegetarian and I (drum) when we’re on tour. If I’m at home, I’m painting, I’m doing something. I have two ways: I’m busy or I’m not. I can handle both of those; it’s the bit in the between that gets you crazy. ... Just keep moving as much as you can. If you’re in the gym, you’re on the treadmill and lifting weights and you have a program. When I get back to LA, I have my trainer three times a week. I work out nearly every weekday, sometimes six days a week. How hard is it to go and do something good for yourself for an hour?

The four songs on the new EP all have an element of positivity and hope, especially “Let’s Be Friends.” Did you look around at the world at the moment and think, OK, let’s try to find some unity here?

I think I looked around the world many years ago. I think we, as far as I and the band were concerned, started looking in the ’60s in San Francisco with the hippies and we wanted a lot of peace and love. Every song I’ve done on this EP leads to peace and love. I was offered songs that I didn’t like the attitude of the song, so I didn’t (record it).

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I’m not sure people would expect to hear Dave Koz with you. How did it come about to have him on the album?

Dave Koz is getting me a lot of publicity (laughs). He’s America’s premiere sax player. (“Free Your Soul”) is quite a long track and we felt like jamming through it. When Dave came in, it worked perfectly.

Do you think you’ll add any of the new songs to the setlist on this current tour?

No. I used to say (in concert), “I’d like to thank the five of you for buying my CD” (laughs). People are there to see me from the Beatles days and (hear) the Beatles songs and some songs through the rest of my life. This year for the first time, we’re doing “Yellow Submarine” and I put in “Octopus’s Garden.” I never wanted to do two underwater songs. But the audience, thank you, Lord, they love it.

You’ve been doing the All-Starr Band tours for 30-plus years. Did you ever envision it going on this long and with this type of variation in musicians?

It was a good idea in 1989. Someone asked somebody to ask me, would Ringo go on tour? I didn’t have a band but I said yes. Then I said, “What have I said yes to?” So I had to start calling people like Dr. John and Billy Preston and Levon Helm. The first band had three drummers. I was so insecure. … But then everybody was saying yes. I had to close up my phone book. Then I decided we’re going to change the whole band every time. You have to have hits (to be in the All-Starr Band), that’s part of the deal. I’ve had some really incredible players and several who didn’t want to put in 100%.

And they were not invited back?

What’s it like backstage before you all go on? Any rituals?

We all get backstage and the band runs on and then I have 30 seconds of fear.

Really, still?

Still! It’s so far out. It's like, oh, God, it’s not going to work. My brain takes over. That’s why I run on stage. My aim is to be Frank Sinatra and just stroll on, like (affects a smooth-crooner-with-cocked-eyebrow voice), “Hey, how are you doing?” I saw him once and I wish I could do that. He started singing behind the curtain, so relaxed. He was so great. I still haven’t managed to do that. I have a moment of fear and then I run on and as soon as I grab that mic, I’m home. It all just fades away and we’re there to have fun.

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Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band Announces Fall 2023 Tour

Ringo Starr 's All Starr Band will hit the road this fall for a U.S. tour throughout September and October.

The monthlong trek will begin on Sept. 17 in Ontario, California, and run through Oct. 13 in Thackerville, Oklahoma. You can see the full list of dates below.

The current All Starr Band lineup features  Steve Lukather , Colin Hay , Edgar Winter , Warren Ham, Hamish Stuart and Gregg Bissonette. The band had to postpone and cancel several 2022 dates due to various COVID infections — including two for Starr — but the drummer is adamant about keeping the show on the road whenever possible.

"I was in Atlanta in bed with the flu once and had to cancel two gigs, that's the only time," the former Beatle told Pollstar . "I love to play. I love an audience. This is a known fact. I keep telling the band, If only three people turn up, we're playing."

Before the fall trek, Starr will kick off his  spring tour on May 19 in Temecula, California.

Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band, Fall 2023 Tour Sept. 17 - Ontario, CA @ Toyota Arena Sept. 19 - Tucson, AZ @ Linda Ronstadt Music Hall Sept. 20 - Albuquerque, NM @ Rio Rancho Center Sept. 22 - Kansas City, MO @ The Uptown Sept. 23 - St Louis, MO @ The Fox Sept. 24 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium Sept. 26 - Clearwater, FL @ Coachmen Park Sept. 27 - Atlanta, GA @ The Fox Sept. 29 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Murat Theatre at Old National Centre Sept. 30 - Milwaukee, WI @ Miller High Life Theatre Oct. 1 - Minneapolis, MN @ Mystic Lake Oct. 3 - Grand Rapids, MI @ DeVos Performance Hall Oct. 5 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre Oct. 6 - New Buffalo, MI @ Four Winds Casino Oct. 7 - Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Oct. 9 - Charleston, WV @ Charleston Coliseum Oct. 10 - Columbus, OH @ Mershon Auditorium Oct. 12 - Little Rock, AK @ Simmons Bank Arena Oct. 13 - Thackerville, OK @ Winstar Casino

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Ringo Starr discusses new music, resuming tour and "the magic" of an unexpected hobby

By Tori B. Powell

September 20, 2022 / 12:02 PM EDT / CBS News

Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band had only played nine gigs before COVID-19 put the musicians on pause. Now, months later, the group is back on tour with a brand new EP and skills from an unexpected hobby learned while quarantining. 

"You play it safe because then you're keeping other people safe," Starr told CBS News senior culture correspondent Anthony Mason. 

While at home, the 82-year-old former drummer for the Beatles recorded two EP's, and recently released one of them titled EP3. 

But along with creating music during lockdown, Starr said a TikTok video he saw inspired him to delve into spin paint — an art form where paint is poured onto a rotating canvas. He said he's turned his home gym into an art room and transformed a guest house into a home studio so that he can "splash paint around."

"I love it," he said. "That's the magic of painting, you do something and then, 'Wow, look what came out of it.'"

He compared the art form to music but noted that while performing with others, "you all have to play in the same key."

His Band of All-Starrs is currently in its 15th lineup since Starr first assembled the group. He said changing the members "keeps it now." 

The band now includes Edgar Winter, Steve Lukather of the band Toto, Colin Hay of the group Men at Work, Gregg Bissonette of David Lee Roth's band, Hamish Stuart of Average White Band and saxophonist Warren Ham. 

"The rehearsals are always hard the first day," Starr said. 

The musician also discussed the recent Disney+ film, "The Beatles: Get Back," directed by Peter Jackson. The three-part documentary series covers the making of the band's 1970 album "Let It Be." Starr, who was an executive producer for the documentary, praised Jackson. 

"I love what he did," he said. 

The musician's passion for the drums began at the age of 13, when Starr — whose real name is Richard Starkey — was hospitalized with tuberculosis.

"To keep us busy, this woman came in with a lot of triangles, tambourines, drums this big that you hit and I hit that drum and I wanted to be a drummer from that moment," he said.

At 20, Starr quit his job in a factory to play with a band in Liverpool called Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. 

"But every member of our family came to our house to tell me, "Are you crazy?" he recalled. 

Then in 1962, Ringo left the Hurricanes to join the Beatles. In 1989, Starr created Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band.

"It worked out well," he said. 

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Although the weekend’s announcements postponing Ringo Starr ’s two recent tour dates stressed that the 82-year-old singer-drummer did not have COVID, the former Beatle has since tested positive. UPDATE: The entire tour of the legendary former Beatle has been canceled.

Rather than dishonesty or inaccuracy, it seems likely that, as with countless other people in recent months, Starr showed symptoms of the disease before testing positive.

Later that day more news came with Starr addressing his fans on social media writing, “I’m sure you’ll be as surprised as I was I tested positive again for Covid the rest of the tour is off I send you peace and love Ringo.”

I’m sure you’ll be as surprised as I was I tested positive again for Covid the rest of the tour is off I send you peace and love Ringo. 😎✌️🌟❤️🎶🎵🍒🥦🌈☮️ pic.twitter.com/lmniGLE9dZ — #RingoStarr (@ringostarrmusic) October 13, 2022

Starr and his All Starr Band — consisting of Toto’s Steve Lukather, Men at Work’s Colin Hay, Average White Band’s Hamish Stuart and Edgar Winter — were forced to cancel their recent shows at Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo Michigan and at Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake, MN.

The tour has been hampered by COVID since its launch. In June, Starr announced the postponement of several North American dates because both Winter and Lukather were diagnosed with COVID.

As of today all shows have been canceled.

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Ringo Starr Announces 2023 Fall Tour

by Jacob Uitti May 9, 2023, 8:30 am

Ringo Starr, the affable drummer, and former Beatle, has announced a forthcoming 2023 fall tour. The announcement comes mere days before Starr heads out on a 20-stop spring tour with His All-Starr Band.

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His upcoming trek begins on May 19 in Temecula, California, making stops in Phoenix for two nights, Las Vegas for three nights, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City before wrapping in San Jose, California on June 17.

The fall string of dates begins September 17 in Ontario, Canada with stops in Atlanta, Indianapolis, Chicago, and Detroit before concluding on October 13 in Thackerville, Oklahoma.

[RELATED: Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Regroup for Spring 2023 Tour]

“I just love doing it,” Starr told  Pollstar  recently. “I’ll be doing a lot of peace and love in your city soon, May, June, look me up!”

Tickets for the new fall dates will go on sale on Friday (May 12) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster . Live Nation pre-sale begins a day prior for fans who use access code ICONIC.

Starr’s current band includes Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Edgar Winter, Warren Ham, Hamish Stuart, and Gregg Bissonette. Starr, whose most recent release was EP3 in 2022, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 with the rest of the Fab Four.

Check out his upcoming tour dates below.

Ringo Starr 2023 Tour Dates:

05/19 – Temecula, CA @ Pechanga Resort Casino 05/20 – Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theatre 05/21 – Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theatre 05/23 – Long Beach, CA @ Terrace Theatre 05/24 – Las Vegas, NV @ Venetian Theatre 05/26 – Las Vegas, NV @ Venetian Theatre 05/27 – Las Vegas, NV @ Venetian Theatre 05/28 – San Diego, CA @ Humphreys Concerts 05/30 – Prescott Valley, AZ @ Findlay Toyota Center 05/31 – San Diego, CA @ Humphreys Concerts 06/02 – Eugene, OR @ Cuthbert Amphitheater 06/03 – Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater 06/04 – Woodinville, WA @ Chateau Ste Michelle Winery 06/06 – Denver, CO @ Bellco Theater – Denver Convention Center 06/07 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Pikes Peak Center 06/09 – Lincoln, CA @ Thunder Valley Casino 06/10 – Jacksonville, OR @ Britt Festival 06/11 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic 06/13 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Eccles Theater 06/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre 06/16 – Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles Amphitheatre 06/17 – San Jose, CA @ San Jose Civic

09/17 – Ontario, CA @ Toyota Arena 09/19 – Tucson, AZ @ Linda Rondstadt Theater 09/20 – Albuquerque, NM @ Rio Rancho Center 09/22 – Kansas City, MO @The Uptown 09/23 – St Louis, MO @ The Fox 09/24 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium 09/26 – Clearwater, FL @ Coachmen Park 09/27 – Atlanta, GA @ The Fox 09/29 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Murat Theatre at Old National Centre 09/30 – Milwaukee, WI @ Miller High Life Theatre 10/01 – Minneapolis, MN @ Mystic Lake 10/03 – Grand Rapids, MI @ DeVos Performance Hall 10/05 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre 10/06 – New Buffalo, MI @ Four Winds Casino 10/07 – Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple 10/09 – Charleston, WV @ Charleston Coliseum 10/10 – Columbus, OH @ Mershon Auditorium 10/12 – Little Rock, AK @ Simmons Bank Arena 10/13 – Thackerville, OK @ Winstar Casino

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The former Beatle had contracted the coronavirus earlier in October.

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Ringo Starr has tested positive for COVID-19 again. The musician revealed his diagnosis late on Thursday (Oct. 13), and announced that he’s canceling the remainder of his tour.

“I’m sure you’ll be as surprised as I was I tested positive again for Covid the rest of the tour is off I send you peace and love Ringo,” he wrote in an Instagram post alongside a selfie.

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The second leg of the nine-time Grammy winner’s All Starr Band tour kicked off September in Bridgeport, Conn. The tour dates were initially planned for 2020, but when the global coronavirus pandemic hit, the former Beatle’s tour — like many musicians’ around the world — was postponed.

Since touring has resumed, various musicians have had to cancel or postpone shows as they and/or their touring crew contracted COVID-19 while on the road. Drake, The Rolling Stones, Alan Jackson, and Justin Bieber are among those who have delayed shows after testing positive for COVID-19.

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Ringo Starr Shares News About the Lead Single from His Upcoming ‘Crooked Boy’ EP

R ingo Starr has unveiled plans to debut the first single from his previously announced forthcoming Crooked Boy EP, and also has revealed new release details about the four-track collection.

According to a post on Starr’s official website, the first single is titled “February Sky” and will be released via digital formats and streaming this Friday, April 12. Fans can pre-save the track and pre-order the EP now.

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A visualizer video featuring previously unseen film clips from Starr’s archives will premiere alongside the release of the track.

As previously reported, Crooked Boy features four songs written and produced by Linda Perry specifically for Starr.

“Linda made me a great EP—she produced it in her studio and then sent me the tracks and I added the drumming and my vocals,” the former Beatles drummer said in a statement. “‘February Sky’ is great—very moody—but since Linda wrote these specifically for me … it of course has to have a positive peace & love element.”

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Here is a section of the song’s lyrics: “Gonna stand up rise above the rain / Start a revolution in these brighter days / Found the missing pieces / That were vacant to the eye / Well I had enough of February sky.”

Crooked Boy Release Details

As previously reported, Crooked Boy will get its initial release as a limited-edition colored-vinyl disc as part of the 2024 Record Store Day event on April 20.

The EP will be available on black-and-white marble vinyl exclusively at independent record stores. Only 2000 copies of the vinyl disc will be sold.

Crooked Boy then will be released digitally on April 26. After that, black-vinyl and CD versions of the EP will be issued on May 31.

A Special Crooked Boy Playback Event Is Taking Place in April

Fans will be treated to a special early playback of the full EP at Amoeba Music Hollywood in Los Angeles on April 18 at 11 a.m. PT. Attendees also will have the chance to purchase an exclusive seven-inch single pressed on red vinyl that featured “February Sky” and another Crooked Boy track, “Gonna Need Someone.” Visit Amoeba.com for more details about the event.

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The other two songs on Crooked Boy are the title track and “Adeline.” Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi played on all four tracks, while Perry contributed guitar and backing vocals to some of the tunes.

Starr Also Is Working on a New Album Project

Meanwhile, in a February 2024 update Starr , the 83-year-old drummer revealed that also was working on a full-length country album.

The All Starr Band’s 2024 Tour Plans

As previously reported, Ringo and his All Starr Band will be playing a 12-date tour in May and June.

The trek kicks off with a May 22 show at The Venetian theater in Las Vegas, and runs through a June 9 concert in Austin, Texas. The Las Vegas gig is part of a six-show residency at The Venetian. The group also will be playing a couple of shows in California and June 5-6 stand in Mexico City during the trek.

Starr also will be announcing a run of fall 2024 concerts soon. The All Starr Band’s current lineup features Toto guitarist Steve Lukather, Edgar Winter, Men at Work’s Colin Hay, and Average White Band bassist Hamish Stuart, as well as multi-instrumentalist Warren Ham and drummer Gregg Bissonette

You can check out the All Starr Band’s full confirmed itinerary at RingoStarr.com .

Tickets for the shows are available now via various outlets, including StubHub .

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The Beatles: All About the Members of the Legendary Band

The Beatles is one of the biggest rock groups in history thanks to hits like “Here Comes the Sun” and “Yesterday”

Nicole Briese is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in Us Weekly, Brides and MTV News.

Arguably no group in rock history has had a bigger impact than The Beatles .

Paul McCartney , John Lennon , George Harrison and Ringo Starr , a.k.a. The Fab Four, produced 19 No. 1 albums, scored 20 No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the best-selling music artists of all time, per the Recording Industry Association of America .

Founding members McCartney and Lennon met in Liverpool , England, on July 6, 1957. That day, McCartney played with Lennon’s band, The Quarrymen, and they bonded over their love of songwriting.

"I turned round to him right then on first meeting and said, 'Do you want to join the group?' ” Lennon said of his bandmate in The Beatles Anthology . “And he said ‘yes’ the next day as I recall it.”

McCartney brought his school friend, Harrison, into the fold in 1958, according to Far Out Magazine . After The Quarrymen rebranded as The Beatles in 1960, the group went through several more early lineup changes — including the addition of Starr and brief tenures of bass player Stuart Sutcliffe and drummer Pete Best. The Beatles released their debut album, Please Please Me , in 1963.

Proof of the band’s international success came on Feb. 9, 1964, when a record-breaking 73 million viewers tuned in to watch them perform on The Ed Sullivan Show . They went on to release 12 more albums and spawned hit after hit, including “Here Comes the Sun,” “Come Together,” “Let It Be,” “Hey Jude” and “Yesterday.”

The group won seven Grammys and was honored with titles as Members of the Order of the British Empire in 1965. In 2014, The Beatles were recognized with a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy.

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For all its highs, the band also experienced incredible lows. Manager Brian Epstein died of an accidental drug overdose in 1967 and tensions subsequently boiled over the group’s direction. Starr temporarily left the band in August 1968 and Harrison famously stormed out during Get Back recording sessions . The Fab Four reunited for their famous London rooftop concert on Jan. 30, 1969, before calling it quits for good in 1970.

While McCartney was largely blamed for the group’s demise, he later denied initiating the breakup .

“I am not the person who instigated the split,” he told This Cultural Life in 2021. “John walked into a room one day and said ‘I am leaving the Beatles.’ ” In 2020, Howard Stern asked McCartney why they didn’t continue without Lennon. “We’d been through too much and we were just fed up,” he recalled.

Lennon and McCartney became estranged when McCartney filed a lawsuit to dissolve The Beatles’ business affairs and sued his bandmates over legal rights to their work in 1970.

"If I hadn't done that, it would have all belonged to Allan Klein ," McCartney later told British GQ of their manager, who replaced Epstein in 1969.

All four Beatles released solo albums in 1970 and Lennon and McCartney made peace nearly 10 years later — shortly before Lennon was killed outside his apartment by Mark David Chapman on Dec. 8, 1980.

Starr and Harrison reunited with Yoko Ono and Lennon’s sons, Julian and Sean , in 1988 when The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. All three living members also collaborated on The Beatles Anthology , which consisted of a TV documentary, a three-volume set of double albums and a book. In 2001, Harrison died of cancer.

Here is everything to know about the members of The Beatles and their legacies.

John Lennon

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John Lennon was born on Oct. 9, 1940, to Julia and Alfred Lennon, a seaman who left home when the musician was very young. He was raised in Liverpool by his aunt Mimi.

When he was 16, Lennon formed The Quarrymen, which would eventually morph into The Beatles. While he wrote many of the band’s hits with McCartney, Lennon also wrote several songs on his own, including “Help!,” “It Won’t Be Long,” “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Across the Universe.”

Lennon married fellow Liverpool College of Art student Cynthia Powell on Aug. 23, 1962, and on April 8, 1963, the couple welcomed a son, Julian.

Lennon left Powell for Ono in 1968. In a 2022 appearance on Elton John ’s radio show Rocket Hour , Julian shared that the divorce spurred McCartney to write “Hey Jude,” originally titled “Hey Jules,” to comfort him.

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On March 20, 1969, Lennon married Ono . They hit a rough patch in 1973, and Lennon had a relationship with the couple’s assistant, May Pang , but he reconciled with Ono in early 1975. They welcomed a son, Sean , on Oct. 9 of that year.

Between 1968 and 1980, Lennon released 10 albums, including five with Ono. He even recorded “How Do You Sleep?" a song with angry lyrics aimed at McCartney, in 1971, but the men later made peace .

"I was very glad of how we got along in those last few years,” McCartney wrote in his book The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present . 

Lennon was murdered by an obsessed fan outside of his Manhattan apartment on Dec. 8, 1980. The tragedy deeply affected McCartney. “I couldn't really talk about it,” he told SiriusXM’s The Beatles Channel in 2022. “I couldn’t put it into words.”

The Recording Academy posthumously recognized the songwriter with a lifetime achievement award in 1991; three years later, McCartney inducted him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.

Paul McCartney, 81

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Sir James Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool on June 18, 1942. His father, James McCartney, was also musically inclined, according to Encyclopedia Britannica , and played in a band called Jim Mac’s Jazz Band.

McCartney was introduced to Lennon through a mutual friend. "I'd never met anyone who said he'd written a song,” McCartney wrote in his book Lyrics . “The logical extension was, ‘Well, maybe we could write one together.' ”

Though McCartney initially played guitar, he switched to the bass after Sutcliffe departed the band in 1961. He also split main vocal duties with Lennon and played the piano, drums and guitar. McCartney and Lennon became known for their songwriting partnership, but McCartney took the lead for at least 70 Beatles songs, including “All My Loving,” “Yesterday,” “Blackbird” and “Let It Be."

Following the band’s split, McCartney found himself at a crossroads . “It was a hard act — some might say, an impossible act — to follow,” he wrote on his website in 2023. Soon after the band's split, though, he recorded two chart-topping solo albums: McCartney and Ram . He also formed the group Wings with his first wife, Linda McCartney (née Eastman), whom he married in 1969.

Wings was a commercial success; its 1973 single “Band on the Run” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 but the band split up in 1981. The Beatles, meanwhile, became embroiled in legal drama in 1970 when McCartney sued his three bandmates in order to end his contract with Apple Records. After manager Klein left the record company, The Beatles negotiated between themselves, and the group legally dissolved on Dec. 29, 1974.

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McCartney continued to record and tour solo, and in 1994, he rejoined forces with Harrison and Starr for the group’s Anthology project.

His wife Linda died of breast cancer in 1998. “I think I cried for about a year,” McCartney told the BBC in 2019. The couple shared four children : Heather, Mary, Stella and James. McCartney also shares daughter Beatrice with his second wife, Heather Mills, to whom he was married from 2002 to 2008. In 2011, he married Nancy Shevell.

McCartney is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and the recipient of 18 Grammy Awards. He was honored with a lifetime achievement award as a solo musician in 1990 and as a member of The Beatles in 2014. That same year, he and Starr hit the Grammys stage together in a rare performance of the surviving Beatles.

The performer collaborated with Rihanna and Kanye West on the chart-topping hit “FourFiveSeconds” in 2015. Three years later, he earned his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart in more than 36 years with Egypt Station . He released his 18th solo album, McCartney III , in 2020.

He hit the road for the “Got Back” tour starting in April 2022. A year after the tour started, McCartney appeared on The Rolling Stones' album Hackney Diamonds.

George Harrison

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George Harrison, born on Feb. 25, 1943, was introduced to music by his father, Harold Hargreaves Harrison. “He used to go away to sea, and he brought back this big windup gramophone and Jimmie Rodgers records,” the musician told Billboard in 1992.

Harrison bought his first guitar at age 13. "It was such a bad guitar, all the frets buzzed, and you couldn't get certain notes out of it,” he told the publication.

Soon after, the rocker met McCartney at school in Liverpool, and McCartney introduced him to The Quarrymen in 1958. His bandmates wrote the majority of the material for the group, but Harrison penned a number of its biggest hits, including ”Here Comes the Sun.” Harrison also wrote, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and “Something."

On March 6, 1964, he met model Pattie Boyd on the set of A Hard Day’s Night . The couple married less than two years later.

In January 1969, Harrison left The Beatles out of frustration with McCartney and Lennon. “We'd do 14 of their tunes. And then they'd condescend to listen to one of mine,” he explained in a 1989 interview.

Though The Beatles worked things out soon after, the band fell apart within the year after Lennon quit.

After The Beatles’ demise, Harrison released his third solo album, All Things Must Pass , in November 1970. Its hit single, “My Sweet Lord,” made him the first Beatle to have a No. 1 single as a solo artist. He later re-recorded the track in 2000, just months before his death, with his son Dhani on acoustic guitar.

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Harrison earned his first solo Grammy in 1973 for the live album Concert for Bangladesh , which he organized with Ravi Shankar.

Boyd left Harrison for Eric Clapton in 1974 but remained close to the guitarist throughout his life. That same year, he met his second wife, Olivia Harrison , whom he married in 1978. They had one child, Dhani .

Harrison’s 1987 cover of James Ray’s “Got My Mind Set on You” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 , and in 1988, he co-founded the Traveling Wilburys with Bob Dylan , Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty . The group released two albums.

In 1994, Harrison teamed up with McCartney and Starr to create The Beatles Anthology . McCartney saw Harrison for the last time in November 2001. “I sat with him for a few hours when he was in treatment about 10 days from his death,” McCartney told Uncut in 2008. “We held hands.”

On Nov. 29, 2001, Harrison died of lung cancer at the age of 58. He was posthumously recognized for his solo career by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, and he won a Grammy lifetime achievement award as a member of The Beatles in 2014 and as a solo artist in 2015.

His 2002 memorial, Concert for George , which featured performances by McCartney, Starr, Clapton and members of the Traveling Wilburys, was re-released in theaters for its 20th anniversary on Nov. 29, 2022.

Richard “Ringo Starr” Starkey, 83

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Born Richard Starkey on July 7, 1940, Ringo Starr knew early on that he wanted to be a musician. By the time he was 13 Starr had decided on drums, according to his website .

At 17, he joined the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Band, and two years later, he moved on to Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. Starr enjoyed moderate success with the group, telling Modern Drummer in 1981 that it “used to be top of the bill.”

But he was receptive when manager Epstein gave him a call in 1962 to replace drummer Best in The Beatles. “I’d rather starve with a better band, and I felt the Beatles were a better band,” Starr said.

In 1965, the drummer married Maureen Cox, with whom he had three children : Zak, Jason and Lee. The pair divorced in 1975.

Starr remained with The Beatles until August 1968, when he took a brief hiatus. “I left because ... I felt I wasn’t playing great, and I also felt that the other three were really happy and I was an outsider,” he said in Anthology . During that time, he wrote one of his Beatles songwriting credits, “Octopus’s Garden.”

After The Beatles split in 1970, Starr released his first solo album, Sentimental Journey. He became the first member of the group with seven consecutive top 10 singles, including “It Don’t Come Easy” and “Photograph.”

Starr faced a barrage of health issues in 1979 — he underwent intestinal surgery that reportedly nearly killed him. The incident was followed by a house fire in November 1979 and a near-fatal car crash in May 1980.

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Starr became involved in film with roles in Blindman (1971), Son of Dracula (1973) and Caveman (1981). It was on the set of Caveman where he met his second wife, Barbara Bach . They got married on April 27, 1981. 

The couple dealt with addiction and entered rehab together in 1988. "I didn't tour in the '80s,” he once told PEOPLE. “I got involved in a lot of substances and they became more important than anything else.” 

The next year, he formed a new project, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, which continues to tour.

In 2019, Starr released his 20th studio album, What’s My Name . As of 2022, he and McCartney were one Tony Award away from an EGOT, with Starr having won an Oscar with The Beatles in 1971 for the score of Let It Be , an Emmy in 2022 for the documentary The Beatles: Get Back and nine Grammys.

In February 2023, McCartney reunited with Starr at a birthday party for McCartney's daughter Stella; Starr shared a video on X (formerly Twitter) of the former bandmates dancing together.

Pete Best, 82

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Pete Best was born Randolph Peter Scanland in India on Nov. 24, 1941 — his family moved to England when he was 4.

He met The Beatles through his mother, Mona Best, who booked The Quarrymen to open the Casbah Coffee Club, a music venue she ran out of their home. The group circulated through a number of drummers prior to Starr, but Best stuck around longer than most and played with them for two years.

The musician made his Beatles debut in Hamburg, Germany. Executive George Martin wanted to sign the band to Parlophone Records, but he wasn’t a fan of Best’s drumming so he was replaced by Starr in 1962.

“When I got back home and I told my mother what happened, behind the sanctuary of the front door, I cried like a baby,” Best told The Irish Times in 2020.

He played in several bands after his dismissal, including Lee Curtis and the All-Stars; Best and some bandmates later broke off and became Pete Best & the All-Stars (later the Pete Best Four and the Pete Best Combo).

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In 1963, Best married his wife Kathy, whom he met at a Beatles gig. They welcomed two daughters. Five years after he tied the knot, Best changed careers to focus on his family — according to the Australian Financial Review , he worked at a bakery and later at an employment exchange. Best later returned to music, forming the Pete Best Band with his brother Roag in 1988.

The Beatles 1995 album Anthology 1 included seven of Best’s tracks. “It showed the important role I played,” he told The Irish Times .

In 2002, Best and his brother published The Beatles: The True Beginnings , a book chronicling the Casbah Coffee Club and its kickstarting of The Beatles. In 2018, Best made his acting debut in the play Lennon’s Banjo , in which he acted as himself.

“I’m very proud of what I’ve achieved as a person, of the examples I’ve set to people to get on with your life, to pick yourself up,” he told The Irish Times in 2020. “I’m proud of that.”

Stuart Sutcliffe

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Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on June 23, 1940, Stuart Sutcliffe was accepted into the Liverpool College of Art when he was 16 years old. He first became friends with Lennon there, according to The New Yorker .

When Sutcliffe sold a painting at a prestigious art exhibition for £90 in 1959, Lennon talked him into putting the proceeds toward a Höfner 333 bass. Sutcliffe became passionate about music and he joined The Quarrymen in 1960.

Sutcliffe, who was also living with Lennon, joined the group for its overseas debut in Hamburg, where the group played more than 100 shows. There, he met and fell in love with artist Astrid Kirchherr so he stayed in the country when his bandmates returned to England. He returned to the United Kingdom in January 1961 but made plans to come back to Kirchherr.

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Sutcliffe left The Beatles in July 1961 to focus on his art, and he moved to Hamburg to attend art school and be closer to Kirchherr. In Germany, he began to have a host of health problems, including what he reportedly called “a shadow” on his lungs, gastritis and an appendix that required surgery. The New Yorker reported that Sutcliffe also experienced convulsions that left him unable to attend classes.

The musician died of a brain hemorrhage on April 10, 1962, at age 21. “John went into hysterics,” Kirchherr recalled of breaking the news to Lennon. “We couldn’t make out ... whether he was laughing or crying.”

Sutcliffe’s image was included on the album cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band as well as Lennon’s Rock ’n’ Roll in 1975.

The late performer is largely remembered for his art. According to his website , the Guggenheim Museum in New York City displayed two of his pieces from May 2019 to January 2020.

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Ringo Starr is set to return with new single 'February Sky' this week

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Ringo Starr has announced the first single, 'February Sky', from his forthcoming EP, 'Crooked Boy'.

The legendary former Beatles drummer will share the new track, penned by Linda Perry, on Friday (12.04.24).

In fact, all four tracks were written by the renowned songwriter and producer – whose credits include Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Pink and Adele - with the 83-year-old music legend adding his vocals and drums.

After working together on 'Everyone and Everything' from 2022's 'EP3' and 'Coming Undone' from 2021's 'Change the World', Linda, 58, approached Ringo asking if she could write an entire EP for him.

The other songs are: 'Gonna Need Someone', 'Adeline' and the title track.

Ringo said: “Linda made me a great EP – she produced it in her studio and then sent me the tracks and I added the drumming and my vocals.

“'February Sky’ is great – very moody – but since Linda wrote these specifically for me – it of course has to have a positive peace and love element.”

The lyrics include: “Gonna stand up rise above the rain.

"Start a revolution in these brighter days.

"Found the missing pieces.

"That were vacant to the eye.

"Well, I had enough of February sky.”

The EP - his fourth consecutive in a row - will be released on a limited-edition marble vinyl on Record Store Day, April 20, 2024. The following Friday, April 26, it will be released digitally. Fans can pre-order the black vinyl and CD now, releasing May 31.

Meanwhile, Ringo and his All Starr Band are hitting the road this spring for 12 shows, with further dates set to be announced for later this later.

Head to www.ringostarr.com for more information.

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Ringo Starr To Release Another EP In April

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Ringo Starr has announced the first single, ‘February Sky’, from his forthcoming EP, ‘Crooked Boy’.

Ringo will share the new track, penned by Linda Perry, on Friday (12.04.24).

In fact, all four tracks were written by the renowned songwriter and producer – whose credits include Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Pink and Adele – with Ringo adding his vocals and drums.

After working together on ‘Everyone and Everything’ from 2022’s ‘EP3’ and ‘Coming Undone’ from 2021’s ‘Change the World’, Linda, 58, approached Ringo asking if she could write an entire EP for him

The other songs are: ‘Gonna Need Someone’, ‘Adeline’ and the title track.

Ringo said: “Linda made me a great EP – she produced it in her studio and then sent me the tracks and I added the drumming and my vocals.

“’February Sky’ is great – very moody – but since Linda wrote these specifically for me – it of course has to have a positive peace and love element.”

The lyrics include: “Gonna stand up rise above the rain.

“Start a revolution in these brighter days.

“Found the missing pieces.

“That were vacant to the eye.

“Well, I had enough of February sky.”

The EP – his fourth consecutive in a row – will be released on a limited-edition marble vinyl on Record Store Day, April 20, 2024. The following Friday, April 26, it will be released digitally. Fans can pre-order the black vinyl and CD now, releasing May 31.

Meanwhile, Ringo and his All Starr Band are hitting the road this spring for 12 shows, with further dates set to be announced for later this later.

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Ringo Starr Announces New EP

Rewind Forward

To Be Released October 13, 2023 

TITLE TRACK AND LEAD SINGLE OUT THIS FRIDAY AUGUST 25, 2023

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Today Ringo Starr announced details for his 4th EP, Rewind Forward , available to pre-order today, ahead of its release on October 13,  2023  on digital, cassette, CD, and 10” vinyl.  The title track will be available to stream or purchase everywhere this Friday August 25, 2023 HERE .

The EP features 4 new songs: 

1. Shadows On The Wall

2. Feeling The Sunlight

3. Rewind Forward

4. Miss Jean

“Rewind Forward was something I said out of the blue – it’s just one of those lines like a Hard Days Night. It just came to me. But it doesn’t really make sense,” Ringo said with a laugh about the title. “I was trying to explain it to myself and the best I can tell you about what it means is: sometimes when you want to go forward you have to go back first.” 

“Rewind Forward” was written with his engineer and oft co-writer Bruce Sugar. “We’ve been writing a song now for every EP,” said Ringo. The other tracks find Starr collaborating with old and new friends – including longtime All Starr Steve Lukather and his Toto bandmate Joe Williams who wrote the opening track “Shadows on the Wall”; Paul McCartney, who wrote “Feeling the Sunlight”; and for the final track, “Miss Jean,” Heartbreakers Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell, who penned the track, and who also enlisted Ian Hunter, a former All Starr. In addition the EP features contributions from Joe Walsh, Steve Dudas, Lance Morrison, as well as Matt Bissonnette, Torrance Klein, Weston Wilson, Kip Lennon, and Marky Lennon. All songs were recorded at Ringo’s home studio in Los Angeles (except for “Feeling the Sunlight” which was largely recorded in the UK).

All songs were recorded at Ringo’s home studio in Los Angeles (except for “Feeling the Sunlight” which was largely recorded in the UK).

Ringo and his All Starr band will begin their Fall tour on September 17, 2023 at Toyota Arena in Ontario, CA playing shows in the Southwest, Midwest and Southeast before ending on October 13, 2023 in Thackerville, OK.  

Full tour dates listed below. 

RSASB Fall 2023 Tour

15 Stateline, NV Lake Tahoe Arena Outdoors at Harvey’s

16 Modesto, CA The Fruit Yard Ampitheater

17 Ontario, CA Toyota Arena

19 Tuscon, AZ Linda Rondstadt Theater

20 Albuquerque, NM Rio Rancho Center

22 Kansas City, MO The Uptown

23 St Louis, MO The Fox

24 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium

26 Clearwater, FL Coachmen Park

27 Atlanta, GA The Fox

29 Indianapolis, IN The Murat Theater at Old National Centre

30 Milwaukee, WI Miller High Life Theatre

1 Minneapolis, MN Mystic Lake

3 Grand Rapids, MI DeVos Performance Hall

5 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre

6 New Buffalo, MI Four Winds Casino

7 Detroit, MI Masonic Temple

9 Charleston, WV Charleston Coliseum

10 Columbus, OH Mershon Auditorium

12 Little Rock, AR Simmons Bank Arena

13 Thackerville, OK Lucas Oil Live at WinStar World Casino and Resort

2023 has already seen Ringo and his All Starr Band complete a Spring tour. Ringo recently celebrated his birthday on July 7 with his annual Peace & Love celebration in Beverly Hills where he was joined by family, friends and fans and a musical tribute by Silversun Pickups , Blake Mills and King Tuff as well as peace & love celebrations in 25 countries around the globe and into the universe via NASA who spread the message from Barstow California based station in the Deep Space Network. Last year Ringo released EP3 on September 16, 2022 and on November 18, 2022 EP3 was issued on 10” vinyl and blue cassette and accompanied with a new music video, “Everyone and Everything.” On November 25, 2022 Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live at the Greek 2019 (Roccabella via BFD/The Orchard) was released on Blu Ray, DVD, CD and a special yellow double vinyl. Ringo also toured with his All Starr Band with both Spring and Fall tour dates. Additionally, Ringo created 500 life sized “Peace and Love” sculptures of his iconic hand symbol. These were sold exclusively through Julien’s Auctions to benefit the Lotus Foundation.

For more information please visit: www.RingoStarr.com

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