Ringo Starr remembers drumming in his attic with Charlie Watts and John Bonham

Ringo Starr has opened up about a bizarre reunion offer made to The Beatles in 1973, which they turned down.In a New Yorker profile on Paul McCartney today (October 11), it was revealed that McCartney had flown to Los Angeles to visit John Lennon that year, after his breakup with Yoko Ono.The duo’s brief time together – which reportedly involved studio sessions with Stevie Wonder and Henry Nillsson – sparked rumours of a Beatles reunion.Starr is featured in the profile talking about the band

Dave Grohl has recounted the first time he met the two surviving members of The Beatles, sharing the story to his blog Dave’s True Stories.The latest entry to Grohl’s blog – which evolved from pandemic posts on Instagram, and eventuated into his recent book The Storyteller – titled “Entering Valhalla” (and taken from The Storyteller) is a retelling of when Grohl first met Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in 2002.Grohl recounts being approached by Dhani Harrison (son of the late George Harrison)

The Rolling Stones weren't "allowed" to see Charlie Watts before he died. The group's drummer passed away in August at the age of 80 and his bandmates admitted it came as a shock because they thought he was on the mend after undergoing a medical procedure, only to then experience a "complication or two".

The Rolling Stones have recalled their final meetings with Charlie Watts in a new interview.The longtime Stones drummer died at the age of 80 last month (August 24), prompting a huge outpouring of tributes from the music world and beyond.

died this past August, his legacy will live on.The remaining members of the iconic British rock band — Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood — revealed to the Los Angeles Times that Watts recorded some new music before he passed.While the coronavirus pandemic delayed the group’s upcoming album, the trio said that Watts had worked on several new songs before his death.“If everything hadn’t gotten closed down, we might’ve finished the damn thing,” Richards, 77, said.

Ringo Starr has linked up with a slew of famous drummers, as well as drumming prodigy Nandi Bushell, to perform a cover of The Beatles‘ classic ‘Come Together’.The cover was performed as part of WhyHunger’s ‘Drum Together’ campaign, aiming to end world hunger by providing, per the non-profit’s website, “critical resources to support grassroots movements and fuel community solutions rooted in social, environmental, racial and economic justice.”Alongside Starr and Bushell, other notable drummers

Mick Jagger is remembering life with bandmate Charlie Watts.

Sir Mick Jagger has found it “very cathartic” to get back on stage following the death of Charlie Watts. The Rolling Stones kicked off their North American ‘No Filter’ tour earlier this week, but the shows have been missing the band’s late drummer, who passed away last month.

Mick Jagger has opened up about The Rolling Stones touring without their “heartbeat” Charlie Watts.The longtime Stones drummer died at the age of 80 last month (August 24), prompting a huge outpouring of tributes from the music world and beyond.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Rolling Stones opened the latest leg of their ‘No Filter’ tour in St. Louis on Sunday night, and as expected, the group paid deep tribute to Charlie Watts, their drummer since January of 1963, who passed away last month at the age of 80.The show opened with a video montage of Watts across the years, as an isolated drum track played, sometimes in sync with the video.

ST. LOUIS — The Rolling Stones are touring again, this time without their heartbeat, or at least their backbeat.The legendary rockers launched their pandemic-delayed “No Filter” tour Sunday at the Dome at America’s Center in St.

The Rolling Stones kicked off their ‘No Filter’ tour in St Louis last night (September 26).The band played without their late drummer Charlie Watts for only the second time since his death and paid tribute to him from the outset at the Dome at America’s Center.The show opened with an empty stage and only a drumbeat, with photos of Watts flashing on the giant stage screens.“This is our first-ever tour we’ve ever done without him,” frontman Mick Jagger said during the early part of the show.

The Rolling Stones have reflected on the “huge loss” of Charlie Watts in their first interview since the drummer’s death.Watts died at the age of 80 last month (August 24), prompting a huge outpouring of tributes from the music world and beyond.Earlier this week, the Stones dedicated their first show of 2021 to the late drummer. “We all miss Charlie so much,” Mick Jagger told the crowd.

The Rolling Stones are ready to move forward with a new drummer, Steve Jordan, and the spirit of Charlie Watts flowing through them.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Rolling Stones and much of the rock world were by the death of Charlie Watts, the band’s drummer since 1963, on August 24. While the group had previously announced that Watts (pictured above, right, in 2019) would not be joining them for their upcoming “No Filter” North American tour due to illness, and his role is being filled by veteran drummer Steve Jordan, it is still difficult to imagine them without him.With the tour launching in St.