Paul McCartney has inducted fellow surviving Beatle Ringo Starr into the Rock Hall of Fame, completing the deck for Beatles members being welcomed to the esteemed list of musicians as solo performers. At the ceremony on the weekend where Starr, as well as Joan Jett, Lou Reed, Green Day, Bill Withers, Stevie Ray Vaughan and
Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Yoko Ono have each paid tribute to Cynthia Lennon, following her death at age 75 after a brief battle with cancer. Cynthia Lennon was the first wife of Beatle John Lennon. A message on the newly established Cynthia Lennon memorial website said she died “following a short but brave battle
The 2015 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have officially been announced with Lou Reed, Green Day and Joan Jett leading next year’s class as Nine Inch Nails, The Smiths and Sting all missed the cut. 2015 marks the first year of eligibility for pop punkers Green Day, whose debut EP 1,000
With another announcement of performers today for the 56th Grammy Awards comes the news that surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will be appearing together, both to perform and accept a Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of the legendary band. They’ll also be taping The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the
Ringo Starr is headed to Australia next February for a national tour that includes most major cities. Music Feeds reported earlier in the month that the former Beatle had confirmed an Australian tour with his All Starr band, but at the time no specific dates were given. Now the word is out that Ringo will
Ringo Starr will return to Australia for the first time since touring with the Beatles in 1964. Of course this time he won’t be joined by his three former Liverpudlian bandmates, but instead with his “All Starr band” made up of various members of groups including Toto, Journey, Santana, Mr Mister, Peter Gabriel, and Todd
More than 50 years since they were recorded, tunes from Ringo Starr’s first outfit have been unearthed, shedding light on the musician’s life prior to The Beatles. He performed with the band Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. The tunes were found under some dusty old boxes in the basement at the hone of Rory Storm’s
Despite being a bit of a recluse these days, Ringo Starr has proven he still suckles at the teet of human kindness with the news he thrilled a 17-year-old brain cancer survivor and fellow drummer with a meeting and a gift of a pristine set of Ludwig drums. The LA Times reports on the event,
