News about Ringo Starr

The Beatles fans' went wild as Disney+ released their trailer of the band's iconic documentary Let It Be on Tuesday. Released in May 1970, amidst the swirl of the band's breakup and in tandem with their final LP, with the same name, the film has finally been restored to light.  Helmed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the original 1970 film will be on the streaming platform from May 8 after decades of fans struggling to watch it and having to make do with bootleg versions.

Ringo Starr reunited with his former bandmate John Lennon's long-lost acoustic guitar on Thursday ahead of the instrument being auctioned off.  The Framus 12-string Hootenanny guitar used by the late star in making the Beatles' iconic 1965 Help! album is expected to sell for up to $800,000 (£650,000).  In an emotional reunion, the musician, 83, posed for a series of fun photos with the instrument before its sale next month. 

Sir Paul McCartney's international fame has made his brother Mike McCartney and the rest of his family feel inadequate, his comedian relative Ted Robbins claims. Phoenix Nights star Ted's late mother was the first cousin of Sir Paul and Ted, 68, has many happy memories of The Beatles musician attending family parties. But Ted says rock icon Sir Paul's fame meant his younger brother Mike always felt as if he was second best.

Sir Paul McCartney allegedly had a threesome with two female fans for a full three days during The Beatles' heyday. The musician's romp ended when his future wife turned up at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, according to a book. In All You Need Is Love: The End of the Beatles, late record label executive Ron Kass said: 'There was this, bungalow. Paul was just in there for three days and three nights with these girls.'

Sir Paul McCartney has revealed he was left 'so embarrassed' when he tried to play lead guitar with the Beatles as he 'totally froze' on stage.  The music legend, 81, was part of the iconic rock group alongside John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr but explained when he tried playing lead guitar during an early gig instead of bass, he 'could not move my fingers'. Speaking on the Paul McCartney: A Life in Lyrics podcast, he explained: 'Mind you, when I first met John. He didn't play guitar, because I had to show him guitar chords because he'd been taught by his mum [Julia], and she only knew banjo chords.

The gruesome family heirloom was worth a staggering five-figure sum, according to an Antiques Roadshow visitor. The repeat episode of Sefton Park in Liverpool on Sunday unearthed some shocking antiques, including a collection of items that had previously belonged to an executed Earl. Following the Battle of Worcester, James Stanley, the 7th Earl of Derby, came to a tragic conclusion. Despite the fact that the collection of items relating to the Earl's tragic conclusion was expected to be worth between £18,000 and £22,000, the owner believed selling the items would be a "travesty."

The Beatles returned to the BBC on Sunday evening, at least in a demeanor, after the initial pencil drawing of their first band logo appeared on Antiques Roadshow. Mark Hill was ecstatic to learn that the drawings were made for one of Ringo Starr's drums in 1962, just before the band became one of the world's most influential and profitable organizations of all time. Hill, the band's hometown city, was given a fascinating run on the artwork by its owner, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Starr, who signed their first album contract.

According to a recent biography about his band the Beatles, Yoko Ono allegedly told the late John Lennon how to get heroin. The Sunday Times has published a number of new excerpts from the book All You Need Is Love. The book includes interviews with former Beatles members Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, as well as John's widow Yoko.

On Tuesday morning, wings were exchanged for a Eurostar carriage as Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Ringo Starr, and their respective wives returned to London following a brief appearance at Paris Fashion Week. The former Beatles superstars had a ticket to ride from France's capital, where they were on hand to assist Paul's designer daughter Stella as she launched her latest autumn-winter womenswear collection. Onlookers were welcomed with a jolly smile as he passed through a packed Kings Cross St. Pancras station with wife Nancy.

HARDCASTLE: The eyebrows of ROYAL eyebrows are slanted at Queen Camilla's decision to take a week off in the midst of the company's worst labour shortage in history. With both the King and the Princess of Wales hors de combat, there are simply not enough members of the first team to adequately cover the slew of engagements that necessitate a royal appearance. Camilla and William's mischief makers seem to have fallen out, culminating from his no-show at King Constantine's memorial in Windsor, and implying she went on vacation. The sudden absence of working royals has discredited Andrew Andrew's chances of some sort of recovery by assisting William and Princess Anne in filling the voids. However, one courtier predicts the return of Andrew: he has two chances.' There are none and none at all.'

Stella McCartney, 28, wore a statement vest top to watch her father be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1999. The fashion designer, 52, revived the vest, which read "About F**king Time" at her Paris Fashion Week show on Monday morning, 24 years ago. The fashion show had tongues around the world thanks to her incredibly A-list FROW, which also included her Beatles star Paul and his bandmate Ringo Starr.

Stella (inset) was present at her Paris Fashion Week presentation on Monday by the McCartney family banded together to assist Stella (inset). James, Stella's younger brother (left), attended a rare public appearance to see his sibling's new collection. The 46-year-old musician posed dapper in a crisp white shirt and graphic print black blazer he paired with fitted grey trousers. Paul, 81, appeared in good spirits as he spoke with fellow FROW, Paris Jackson, and Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr, and was a member of the American Legion of Engineers. Stella, 52, walked down the runway to rapturous applause, beaming at her family as she sprinted past.

Paul McCartney began a rivalry with late Michael Jackson (top right) in 1985, which went unresolved until the King Of Pop's death in June 2009. However, that didn't stop the Beatles frontman, 81, from appearing next to Michael Jackson, 25, (left) at his daughter Stella's (bottom left) Paris Fashion Week show on Monday. Paul and his Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr, 83, who was there with his wife Barbara Bach, 76, were seated in Paris. James, 46, (bottom right), who bore a striking resemblance to his famous father and his sister Mary, 54, a photographer, was also present.

On their whirlwind February 1964 tour in rare, previously unseen photos, the Beatles were captured enjoying the high life in Miami on a 23-foot speedboat. Paul, Ringo, John, and George were seen enjoying a joyride on a Formula 233 speedboat operated by Dan Aronow in Miami, Florida, six decades ago. Ringo, the Iconic drummer, is seen cruising the boat with ease, dressed in his swimsuit, dark spandex, and a white Cuban shirt. In another, he is holding a fishing reel.

The Beatles' candid photos of them on their first flight to the United States have gone up for auction for £16,000. A Pan Am flight menu is available alongside the ten black and white snaps, assigned by John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr. The photographs were shot at a pivotal point in the legendary bands' careers, right before Beatlemania exploded in the United States following their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in the United States.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Westminster Abbey giants have decided to return a sacred tabot (a symbolic tablet) to the Ethiopian church, which was looted by British troops in 1868. The HRH's vast Royal Collection of art, jewelry, furniture, decorative arts, and costume is the world's biggest private collection of treasures, and it includes several dubiously acquired treasures. Queen Victoria even arranged a special exhibition to commemorate items confiscated from monarchs that had been overthrown by her troops.

Sir Sam Mendes is scheduled to film four separate films about each member of The Beatles. The 59-year-old director will tell the tale of the band from each musician's point-of-view, marking the first time Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon and George Harrison's families receive full life and music rights for a scripted film. The project will be released worldwide in 2027 by Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and Neal Street Productions.

It's been a long and winding road, but a rare bass guitar bought by Sir Paul McCartney before he became well-known has been returned to the former Beatle. In 2023, a worldwide hunt for the missing instrument, bought by McCartney in 1961 for £30, some 54 years since it was last seen, although The Beatles also announced Let It Be, their final album. During his time with the Beatles, the guitar, a uniquely shaped Höfner bass, became synonymous with the performer, and was purchased when the then unknown band toured Hamburg's historic club circuit.

Ministers have been encouraged to contact former Beatles Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr for tips on assisting self-employed touring musicians with their tax forms. The Beatles' early years in Hamburg, Germany, were mentioned as an example of British musicians achieving European tours, as peers expressed reservations about the processing of national insurance certificates. Artists must work on the continent, not to be a slave. The Earl of Clancarty, a crossbench peer, and the Independent Society of Musicians had notified the Treasury with complaints about a backlog in processing A1 tax forms.

Mark Knopfler has assembled what may be the best supergroup in the fight against cancer ever assembled. Guitar Heroes, a band of 54 guitarists who have recorded a new version of Mark's Going Home (Theme of the Local Hero), has formed. Among those on the track were Sting on bass, Ringo Starr on drums, and legends such as Brian May, Cheryl Crow, and Joan Armatrading strumming along.

The Beatles were aboard Pan Am Flight 102 on their way to America for the first time this week, and everyone was cautious about it. However, by the time they returned to the United Kingdom, their numbers had dominated all five top Billboard Hot 100 charts, an achievement never before or since.

David Clarke, 34, said he gave out the money to 'do his bit' to help out in his local Liverpool community of Toxteth and nearby Dingle. Mr Clarke, a writer who also works as a delivery driver, denied that he did not need the money because he already had enough to live on. Last July, he wrote to 600 households in the city's L8 district, but only 40 responded, prompting him to state: 'I think most people thought it was a ripoff.' But he has praised the 12 people he chose at random to decide how to divide the funds, eventually settling on four different local community charity foundations to back.

The silent film of more than three minutes - of which only snippets were released to the public - was shot more than 59 years ago on Salisbury Plain, near Stonehenge, England, while the Beatles were on set of their film Help! In May 1965, he died. Using stills from the film, the band appears in a jovial mood during a break for 'I Need You' sequence, with John Lennon clowning around with director Richard Lester as they interact with the cast and crew. In the'makeshift' outdoor recording studio, they experiment with instruments and mime to a tune. The Beatles are surrounded by fake soldiers from the British Army's 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, with their tanks and weapons. A mystic cult is attempting to murder Ringo Starr in Help!, so the band performs under Royal Artillery watchdog cover, which also accounts for the troop group. The rare behind-the-scenes film, which has not been released by auction house RR Auction in Boston, is up for auction for $10,000 (£8,000).

According to the original's creator, Thomas the Tank Engine's American remake has 'lost the magic' of the original series. The display, based on a series of books published before 1945 by Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher, was based on steam trains' adventures. Ringo Starr narrated the original series, whose dulcet Liverpudlian tones complemented the tale well. It was first broadcast in 1983, when it gained a legion of fans, following Thomas the protagonist's and his train companions' lives on the island of Sodor. According to the Times, Mattel purchased the franchise for $680 million, with its own version of the game, Thomas and Friends: All Engines Go, premiering in 2021.