The drummer and Beatles legend is back out on tour with his All Starr Band heading around America
Ringo Starr has admitted he has not yet watched the new ninth Beatles anthology programme coming out on Disney+ in November 26 – he’s been too busy making new music.
The Beatles legend, 85, heads out on the road again this week with his All Star Band and speaking from rehearsals, he said: “I think the new version of the anthology that’s coming out is great, but I haven’t seen Episode 9, so I can’t tell you anything about it. It’s gonna be a surprise to me, too.”
Ringo also confirmed rumours he has just finished a new album in the studio, his second country LP in a row and third of his career. He is again working with top producer T Bone Burnett. Look Up was Ringo’s acclaimed Country album with T Bone released in January which garnered him his first UK number 1 and saw him chart in the Top 10 on numerous Billboard Charts.
On the follow up drummer RIngo said: “I loved making the record, and T-Bone is great, and musical, and he just knows his stuff, and it was very easy, you know, he made it easy for me. So I’ve just finished my part in, another country album.
“I love country music, so there’s no problems with it. I’ve written two songs on the next one, and we do a cover of a Carl Perkins song. My first recordings with the Beatles were Carl Perkins songs. I love Carl.
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“So anyway, next year, I believe, we’re coming out with, another country album.”
Ringo also has a new art exhibition he will visit in Vegas when he plays at the Venetian this month. It contains giant 8 foot by 10 foot paintings he created by spinning the canvas and throwing paint, a style once adopted by Damien Hirst. Ringo said: “I’ve been doing spin art, because I saw the guys on the computer and there were, like, two kids they had this canvas and then they attach it to a household drill. And it was like, wow! Of course.
“I didn’t go that way. I’ve got a great machine that spins it round. And we started with 10x8s feet.
“Biggies, and yeah, it’s something else I do, you know? I love it, and I do it at home.”
Ringo was speaking from the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee where he has been rehearsing with bandmates Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Hamish Stuart, Warren Ham, Buck Johnson and Gregg Bissonette. They make up Ringo & His All Starr Band who are now on tour, which kicks off tonight (September 10) at the Chicago Theatre before heading out around America including two residencies in Las Vegas.
Ringo also has the art exhibition at Animazing Art Gallery from September-October 15 in the Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas, his first show since 2019.
The full dates for the All Starr Band tour are:
September 2025:
10 The Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL
12 Miller High Life Theater, Milwaukee, WI
13 Bourbon & Beyond, Louisville, KY
17 The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV
19 The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV
20 The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV
21 Ironstone, Murphys, CA
23 Yaamava’ Resort & Casino, Highland, CA
24 The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV
26 The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV
27 The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV
The Beatles’ landmark ‘Anthology’ TV series and albums from 30 years ago have been restored and remastered and will be available for fans around the world in November – with extra unseen footage.
Disney+ announced The Anthology, originally shown on ITV in 1995 and also released as a three part music collection, will now return in its “ultimate form”.
On screen it will become a nine part series, as well as a four volume music collection, and in print there will be a new book.
The Anthology featured John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr candidly telling their own story, with all its complexities and contradictions with new interviews from three of the fab four, with Lennon having died in 1980.
It traces the legendary journey that began in Liverpool and Hamburg and soon captivated the world. Rare archival footage of their live performances and rehearsals also featured in the series.
And it introduced The Beatles to new generations of viewers and listeners and marked the start of a creative and commercial afterlife that continues to this day.
There is now a completely new Episode Nine, including unseen behind-the-scenes footage of Paul, George and Ringo coming together between 1994 and 1995 to work on “The Anthology” and reflecting on their shared life as The Beatles.
Source: Mirror
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