Ringo Starr is officially 80!
20.06.2020 - 01:09 / nme.com
Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Arcade Fire and more will perform as part of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band live-stream tomorrow (June 20).The band will take their ‘Midnight Preserves’ festival jam sessions online this weekend in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.The group will instead host a live-stream from their respective homes on Saturday and are set to be joined by a number of special guests.
Grohl, McCartney and Arcade Fire will appear alongside Elvis Costello, Dave Matthews, Beck, My
.Ringo Starr is officially 80!
Ringo Starr turned the big 8-0 on Tuesday (July 7), and his famous friends flooded social media with birthday wishes for the iconic rocker.
Sir Richard Starkey, celebrated the milestone on Tuesday and some famous names were quick to share some sweet words in his honor.Sir Paul McCartney, the Beatles singer who last reunited with Starr during his July 2019 Los Angeles concert, shared a pic of his former bandmate grinning from ear to ear to celebrate the day.«Happy birthday SIR RICHARD alias RINGO,» McCartney, 78, wrote. «Have a great day my long time buddy!»Yoko Ono, who was famously married to Beatles singer John Lennon before his
The Beatles‘ original drummer Pete Best and singer Paul McCartney have led well-wishes to Ringo Starr on his 80th birthday.Best, who was replaced by Starr in 1962 before the band achieved global fame, wrote on Twitter: “Thought about it and thought why not. Happy Birthday Ringo.
Ringo Starr turned 80 years old today (July 7), and the Beatle is celebrating with a jam-packed birthday celebration.
Dave Grohl has reflected on making Foo Fighters’ self-titled debut album, 25 years after its release.The band’s frontman recorded an initial tape version of the album almost entirely by himself “for fun” before record labels expressed interest in releasing it.Speaking to Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music’s Beats 1, Grohl recalled the process of making the album. “I actually recorded the whole thing in sequence,” he said.
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coronavirus. The Beatles drummer is bringing together his former bandmate, 78, and Sheryl Crow for a star-studded home event.
took to YouTube Tuesday to notify fans that that he’d be holding the annual benefit show online due to coronavirus concerns.“We’re doing something for my birthday — but it’s going to be a little different than usual,” says Starr, who has hosted Peace and Love birthday concerts for over a decade, reports Radio X.He tells Rolling Stone: “There’s no big get-together, there’s no brunch for 100.
Ringo Starr has announced a livestream benefit concert to mark his 80th birthday this week.The star-studded event will consist of exclusive new at-home performances and previously unseen concert footage from former Beatles-bandmate Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Joe Walsh, Ben Harper, Gary Clark Jr and more.Donations during the event will be split between the Black Lives Matter Global Network, MusiCares, The David Lynch Foundation, and WaterAid.
Ringo Starr plans on celebrating online with an all-Starr broadcast benefit called "Ringo's Big Birthday Show" next Tuesday, July 7.Starr traditionally spreads peace and love outside of Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, Calif. for his birthday, but he's not letting the coronavirus pandemic stop him from doing so.
Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis has said she’s planning to combine two festival line-ups for the 2021 event, as well as hoping that Paul McCartney will return to headline once more.The festival’s edition 2020 edition was set to kick off yesterday (June 24), but was cancelled as a direct result of coronavirus.Speaking to BBC 6 Music, Eavis explained that expansive plans for the 2021 event were already underway.“I think because we’re rolling two festivals together for 2021, we’ve got a hell of a
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An all-star group of rock icons banded together on Saturday night (June 20) to support New Orlean's iconic Preservation Hall. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band's "Midnight Preserves" livestream -- with all the musicians perf
Dave Grohl has shared a lengthy tribute to his late father via his ‘Dave’s True Stories’ Instagram account – you can read it in full below.The Foo Fighters frontman launched the page back in March, setting out an aim to post some of the “ridiculous moments” from his past. “Sometimes I play drums.