In terms of teasing musical foreplay, this was downright frustrating. During Paul McCartney's show-closing set for David Lynch's "Change Begins Within" concert at...
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An all-star concert on meditation brought Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr together for their first performance together in seven years. The reunion of McCartney and Starr,...
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Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are still meditative about their trip to India. The two remaining Beatles are sharing the stage Saturday night when McCartney headlines Radio...
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Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are teaming up to headline a benefit concert in New York City. The former Beatles will headline the Radio City Music Hall concert on April 4...
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Ringo Starr doesn't want to hear from you. If you do write, your letter will end up in the trash. That's the message from Richard Starkey, aka Ringo Starr. After 45 years...
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A day in the life of Ringo Starr no longer includes answering fan mail. The former Fab has posted a video on his website asking—nay, practically begging—Beatles...
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Ringo Starr celebrated his 68th birthday in Chicago giving out messages of peace and love, along with dessert. Fans surrounded the former Beatles drummer Monday as he...
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Ringo Starr held a "peace and love" fest on a rainy Chicago sidewalk to mark his 68th birthday on Monday. "What could be wrong? Peace and Love. What a great birthday...
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"Liverpool I left you, but I never
let you down," a jubilant Ringo Starr sang as he performed at
the launch party for his hometown's year as European Capital...
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Don't expect Ringo Starr, who has been collecting Grammys since 1964, to spend a lot of time fussing over his clothes before walking down a red carpet.
"Just put on a...
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Ringo Starr is known for being the amiable Beatle, but the rock star showed his tough side Tuesday when he walked off the set of "Live With Regis and Kelly" rather than cut...
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With a little help from his friends, ex-Beatle Ringo Starr returned home Friday to kickstart Liverpool's year in the spotlight as a European Capital of Culture.
Starr...
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Former Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo
Starr are coming home to celebrate Liverpool's year as European
Capital of Culture in 2008.
McCartney is headlining a concert...
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Forget "When I'm 64." Ringo Starr has that age in his rearview mirror.
But the 67-year-old ex-Beatle still has the musical drive and looks of a rock 'n' roller half his...
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Another Beatle is going digital.
Ringo Starr has agreed for the first time to release his
Capitol/EMI solo catalog online, including 1970's "Beacoups of
Blues" and...
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Two down, the Fab Four to go...
Ringo Starr announced Monday that his early solo albums on Capitol/EMI would finally be released online this summer, joining old pal Paul...
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A group of New York musicians is
planning to do what the Beatles never did -- perform the songs
the Fab Four might have recorded as their final album had they
stayed...
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Apparently, they can work it out.
Ending more than two decades of legal wrangling—and potentially opening up iTunes to the crown jewel of music catalogs—the...
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Apple Inc. has settled its long-running
trademark dispute with The Beatles' company, Apple Corps Ltd,
in a deal that could finally pave the way for the Fab Four's
songs to...
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Are the Beatles finally going
digital?
After decades of legal bickering between the Fab Four's
holding company, Apple Corps, and computer maker Apple Inc.,
the two seem to...
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The Beatles are set to feature on
British postage stamps for the first time, the Royal Mail said
on Thursday.
Some 37 years after the world's most famous pop group...
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"You can knit a sweater by the fireside, Sunday mornings go for a ride." It was an idyllic picture of marriage in the golden years that Paul McCartney sang of in the 1967...
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Ray Charles and Count Basie never
recorded together, but a new CD pairs the two music luminaries
posthumously.
The CD, "Ray Sings, Basie Swings," featuring Charles'
vocals...
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Ray Charles and Count Basie never
recorded together, but a new CD pairs the two music luminaries
posthumously.
The CD, "Ray Sings, Basie Swings," featuring Charles'
vocals...
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The Who kicked off the U.S. leg of
their first world tour for more than 20 years on Tuesday with a
two-hour set that included a full complement of classic hits, a
smattering...
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Barbara Bach, a former Bond girl and wife of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, was hospitalized with a broken leg after being kicked by a horse, a hospital official said Monday.
Bach...
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You may have seen the recent photos
of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his
44th album, "Modern Times," shares a title with Chaplin's 1936
classic about...
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Ringo Starr is a band man. And
while he is best-known for his time spent in a certain other
band from Liverpool, the world's most famous drummer is most
interested in...
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The Zombies are very much alive.
Rod Argent, founder of the seminal British rock group, will
follow up a summer run as a member of Ringo Starr's All-Starr
Band with a U.S....
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The Beatles, "The Beatles: The Capitol Albums Vol. 2" (Capitol)
In 1965, a year after Beatlemania blasted through America, Capitol Records made sure to saturate the market...
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Two legendary companies in the music industry are to meet Wednesday in a London courtroom to fight it out over what might be the world's most recognizable logo: A simple...
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Buck Owens was a different kind of country music star: He played
Carnegie Hall, not the Grand Ole Opry; he lived for Bakersfield, not
Nashville.
Owens, the "Act...
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Country-music innovator Buck Owens, who sold more than 16 million albums and popularized
country entertainment on television as host of "Hee Haw," died
on Saturday at age...
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Some of Buck Owens' hits.
"Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)," 1960
"Foolin' Around," 1961
"Kickin' Our Hearts Around," 1962
"You're for Me," 1962
"Act...
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Singer Buck Owens, the flashy rhinestone cowboy who shaped the sound of country music with hits like "Act Naturally" and brought the genre to TV on the long-running "Hee...
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British pop star Elton John tied the
knot with long-term partner David Furnish on Wednesday, joining
hundreds of gay couples across England taking advantage of a
new law to...
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The Beatles are asking the courts for a little help.
Apple Corps, the company representing Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and
the families of the late George Harrison and...
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Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and relatives of their Beatles' bandmates are suing EMI to recover what they claim is more than $53 million in unpaid royalties, their company...
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Apple Records, the legendary label owned
by The Beatles, has sued record company EMI Group, claiming
that it is owed 30 million pounds ($53.1 million) in...
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Music, activism, vigils.
Things that were so much
a part of John Lennon's life are being used to mark the 25th anniversary
of his death.
In New York City, fans of...
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The song was only six years old, but might just as well have been 60.
Walking out of a college dormitory after visiting a friend one December night 25 years ago, I heard...
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Long before Katrina and tsunami
relief, Live 8 and Live AID, former Beatle George Harrison
assembled an all-star concert that cast the mold for celebrity
charity, and with a...
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Ten hours, 28 minutes. That was the sum of the music recorded and released by the Beatles before breaking up, a volume of work that changed lives, careers and the course of...
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How big of impact did the hurriane-wrought devastation have on
Hollywood? So big even miserly record labels are coming together to help
out hurricane victims.
Like the...
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Fats Domino proved you can go home again. You just might not like
what you see.
The rock 'n' roll pioneer returned to his New
Orleans home Saturday for the first time...
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In the end it wasn't instant karma but bad karma that got
Lennon.
Damned by critics and dissed by theatergoers,
the Broadway musical inspired by the life and songs of...
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A city council committee has approved the demolition of a childhood home of former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, despite protests from opponents of a redevelopment...
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Here, there and everywhere is a pretty good description of
Paul McCartney's schedule over the past months.
At
63, the former Beatle seems to be only gaining momentum in...
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Ringo Starr is reportedly mad at his Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney over last weekend's Live 8 performance in London. According to contactmusic.com, Starr wanted to play...
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Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Maroon 5 and other music acts have donated concert tickets and special experiences in an online auction for Music Clearing Minefields, an...
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"I'm on a small label right
now making some noise," said the brash, dark-haired kid. "But
if I get a recording contract with a major company, I want you
to back me...
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"I'm on a small label right now
making some noise," said the brash, dark-haired kid. "But if I
get a recording contract with a major company, I want you to
back me...
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Richard and Robert Sherman are the authors of the most-played song on Earth, and for that they would like to apologize to some of you.
The song is "It's a Small World...
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It's been a long time coming for T.
Rex fans, but the group's Ringo Starr -directed 1972 film, 'Born
To Boogie,' will make its DVD debut in May via Sanctuary.
Not only...
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Eric Clapton 's ready for some fresh Cream.
Old Slow Hand
revealed to BBC Radio 2 last week that he and his former mates in rock's
first supergroup, singer-bassist Jack...
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The third chart entry proves to
be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "Let Me Love You" (3rd Street/J). The
single moves 3-2,...
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Yoko Ono is in a giving mood these days, especially when it
comes to doling out music from John Lennon's musical archives.
On Tuesday, the day before the 24th...
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Only in Las Vegas: Beatles songs,
as portrayed by the acrobatic troupe Cirque du Soleil, will
replace animal training duo Siegfried and Roy at one of the
city's biggest...
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The Beatles are teaming up with Cirque du Soleil to create a theatrical production that will replace the legendary Siegfried & Roy act at The Mirage hotel-casino.
It is...
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Capitol Records will
issue the first four U.S. albums by the Beatles as a boxed set,
"The Capitol Albums Vol. 1," on Nov. 16.
The release marks the first time the Fab...
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Capitol Records on Tuesday said it
will soon release a new DVD with performances by George
Harrison as well as archival footage featuring the ex-Beatle
talking about his...
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Forty years later, Carrie Mae Snapp is still aglow over her brush with The Beatles. Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' improbable, clandestine arrival in...
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Representatives of the Beatles are
in discussions with various online music services about
licensing their songs for distribution on the Internet, people
familiar with the...
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The son of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr will
drum for the British band Oasis at this year's Glastonbury
Festival, says guitarist Noel Gallagher .
Gallagher said Zac Starkey was...
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David
Bowie wants you to make some ch-ch-changes to his tunes.
The Thin White Duke is giving fans a chance to bootleg his
music by using computer software that allows...
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A High Court judge ruled Wednesday that a trademark battle between Apple Computer Inc. and The Beatles' record company Apple Corps Ltd. should be heard in London.
Judge...
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Janet didn't show. Justin did. Beyonc won--a lot.
The
46th
Annual Grammy Awards, irrevocably shaped by last weekend's 38th
annual Super Bowl, played it safe with a...
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It's going to be a long, bad weekend for Mean Mr. Mustard.
The Beatles,
never exactly a low-profile band, are about to be everywhere again,
celebrated from the...
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It may seem like only yesterday but
the Beatles' much-heralded first visit to America was 40 years
ago, and a group of die-hard fans wants to mark the occasion
for Beatles...
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While the recorded music
business continues to suffer from lackluster sales and Internet
piracy, the music-products business is fighting a different
threat to its business...
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Santa Claus will be traveling to the beat of a different drum this Christmas — Ringo Starr 's.
The former Beatle will be the honorary Santa tracker as the North...
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The quiet Beatle's voice hasn't been forgotten.
Two years after his death,
George
Harrison will become the third Beatle enshrined in the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame as a...
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Two Beatles-oriented DVD
projects that are being released Nov. 18 pay tribute to the
departed members of the Fab Four.
George Harrison and John Lennon are remembered in...
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The world premiere of the George Harrison documentary concert film, Concert For George, was held Wednesday night (September 24) in Los Angeles at the Warner Brothers Studio....
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Ringo Starr appeared Tuesday (March 25) on MTV's TRL show for the release of his latest album Ringo Rama. The program is geared towards young contemporary pop fans, and...
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The underlying theme of Ringo Starr's new album, Ringo Rama, is peace and love. In fact, the back cover art features a sculpture of a hand making the peace sign on a base...
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Ringo Starr has announced the full itinerary for this year's All-Starr Band tour. Things get underway with shows on July 24 and 25 at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, the same...
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Ringo Starr has set the first dates for this year's All-Starr Band tour. Things get underway with shows July 24 and 25 at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, the same place the...
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Ringo Rama, the upcoming solo album from Ringo Starr, is due March 25 from Koch Records. The project features guest appearances from Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd guitarist David...
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Some 500 Beatles recording session tapes stolen in the 1970s were recovered on Friday (January 10) by police in England and the Netherlands, many including never-released...
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Ringo Starr has sent out invitations to the musicians he'd like to take part in the 2003 edition of his All-Starr Band. The greatest-hits collective--which has in the past...
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Ringo Starr has signed a new recording contract and is reportedly at work on a new album. He hopes to release the project next year, to coincide with his next All-Starr Band...
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As he crisscrosses North America with the latest version of his All-Starr Band, former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr tells LAUNCH he's still taken with the audience appetite...
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Will there be a follow-up to 1, the collection of Beatles chart-toppers that hit Number One in 34 countries? According to Ringo Starr, he and his fellow "Fab Four" cohorts...
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Ringo Starr, George Harrison's former bandmate in the Beatles, says that like the rest of the world he's merely a spectator when it comes to recent reports of Harrison's...
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The first dates for the 2001 edition of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band have been released. This year's lineup features Starr, Mott The Hoople leader Ian Hunter, former...
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The Girls Of The Beatles, a play based on several characters from Beatles songs, is continuing to wow Moscow audiences, according to the BBC. The play features the...
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Ringo Starr is breaking with tradition in assembling this year's All-Starr Band, the seventh such outing the former Beatle has assembled. Instead of recruiting some of the...
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Ringo Starr announced the tour dates for and unveiled the latest lineup of his All-Starr Band at a press conference at New York City's Plaza Hotel today (May 1). Starr was...
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Ringo Starr will record a song penned by his old bandmate
John Lennon for the soundtrack to Steal This Movie, a biopic about '60s civil-rights activist Abbie Hoffman due...
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Former
Beatles drummer Ringo Starr can be seen in a new commercial for the Charles Schwab brokerage company. Starr is the first non-sports personality to appear as part...
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Even though his parent company, PolyGram, seems on the verge of being taken over, for Mercury Records president Danny Goldberg it's business as usual.
On May 12th,...
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The City Of Angels soundtrack returns to the top of the Billboard 200 this week with sales of 169,000, according to SoundScan data, while the other soundtrack...
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Ringo Starr told listeners of the nationally syndicated Howard Stern Show on Wednesday morning that there is no truth to rumors that the three surviving Beatles would...
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