Ringo Starr, who is in the middle of his 11th All Starr Band tour, took time out to support Haiti relief on his recent stop at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida on July 15. Joining World Hunger Year and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Ringo helped present a donation of $197,500 to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Going into the family business is a fine British tradition. It certainly didn’t do ZAK STARKEY any harm. The son of BEATLES drummer RINGO STARR has enjoyed stints behind the kit for both OASIS and THE WHO. And now Zak’s daughter TATIA is taking her first steps in the music world – but she has [...]
Read the rest of this entry »London, July 5 : Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is urging fans to think of him on his 70th birthday later this week and mark the milestone by making the iconic peace hand symbol. The musician will reach the landmark age Wednesday and to celebrate he’s calling for everyone to put two fingers in the air [...]
Read the rest of this entry »If this were the ’60s, you probably wouldn’t call Ringo Starr the strongest link in his band – but this isn’t the ’60s. The past two decades have seen the ex-Beatle grow into a first-class frontman. Alas, the star power in his All-Starr Band just isn’t what it used to be. Hitting the Bank of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Here’s a cute quotes from Ringo Starr about Jellybeans.. Fyi, The Beatles are found of jelly beans, but the English kind.. the ones in the US are hard ones. :) When they performed in Cow Palace, many fans are throwing Jelly beans at them. The performance lated 38 minutes. It was stopped twice because of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Beatles Cartoon, Paperback Writer Ringo Starr turns 68 today, so he and Paul McCartney will presumably be getting together to drop acid and mime about the old times. And what old times they were, when four dirty little scamps in leather bondage gear suddenly took the music world by the throat and declared to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The first time I read this headline on a Yahoo website, that the remaining two Beatles came together after 7 years, I thought they be making music together.. yeah, sure they will. :) Here’s what I read.. Remaining Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr took a trip down memory lane at a press conference on [...]
Read the rest of this entry »That very familiar black and white, simple, plain letters-only Beatles logo for the most famous rock band of all time has perhaps the simplest origin story. It was designed in 1963 by Ivor Arbiter. He is an instrument repairer and drummer… Ivor Arbiter opened Drum City in Shaftesbury Avenue in the heat of the theatre [...]
Read the rest of this entry »When someone mentioned a drum set, most everyone pictures a Ludwig 4-piece drum kit played by non other that Ringo Starr! Ludwig Drum sets have become synonymous to the drummer of the most successful and influential band of all time – The Beatles! But not everyone knows that Ringo didn’t always play Ludwig drums. In [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Drumming Beatle will be touring all over the United States this summer. He, together of course with his All Starr Band will be performing classic Ringo/Beatles hits (and some new tracks on his new CD ‘Liverpool 88′). If you’re somewhere near these areas, catch Ringo Starr! June 2008 19 – Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls, [...]
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