The Beatles replace their first drummer with Ringo and then quickly shot to international fame. Coincidence? It doesn’t seem like it. He might have taken a (literal) back seat to Paul McCartney, ...

Ringo Starr songs rarely made the cut on Beatles albums (he wrote two Fab Four tunes). His playing almost never received the credit it deserved, either. Ringo’s drumming — subtle and situated ...

In 1964, when Ringo Starr fell ill, The Beatles recruited drummer Jimmie Nicol for part of their tour. This is the story of ...

Sixty years ago this month, a boy named Gary Astridge knew nothing about The Beatles. The 7-year-old was celebrating his grandmom’s birthday with his family in Buffalo, New York, when someone realized ...

“I don’t wish I’d played differently on any of them,” Starr explained. He then pointed out a rare Beatles on which he purposely approached playing drums in a different way. “‘Rain’ I played ...

Barry Keoghan is drumming up some tea. The actor, 32, who is set to portray Ringo Starr in an upcoming Beatles biopic, got candid on a once in a lifetime hangout with the famed drummer, 84. “I met him ...

Ringo Starr’s drum kit that he used to record some of the Beatles‘ early hits with has sold for $2.2 million at an auction to Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay. The former Beatles drummer used the ...

The Beatles drummer pops into the corner of a livestream titled “Airport Gamble Sesh” and asks the streamer if he’s “on the radio.” At one point, Starr gets right up to the camera, apparently trying ...

They had a record deal with EMI. They had built a reputation as a fierce live act with a gigantic repertoire. The Beatles were toughened by appearances in Hamburg, Germany, playing the Reeperbahn as ...

Original Beatles drummer Pete Best has announced his retirement from the music industry at the age of 83. His brother Roag announced on X this past Saturday that he’s dropping out of the public eye ...