Ringo Starr and Dave Stewart Writing Broadway Musical/Movie

Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr is preparing to work with Eurythmics man and top producer Dave Stewart on a musical.

According to the U.K.’s Daily Express, Ringo collaborated with Stewart on material for his new album, Ringo 2012, and the writing sessions resulted in extra material, enough for stage show.

Starr told Mojo magazine, “Me and Dave wrote a musical, a complete thing – characters, story, a lot of songs. We wrote it for Broadway, but it will more likely end up [as] a movie... and I’m not telling you anything else. It’s about other people.”

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Ringo Starr Calls for Peace on the Anniversary of John Lennon’s Death

Beatles legend Ringo Starr unveiled his self-designed replica “Knotted Gun” statue for the Non-Violence Foundation in the Gibson Guitar Studio in Central London today. He urged others to back the Non-Violence Project campaign.

Thursday, December 8 marks 31 years since John Lennon was murdered and Ringo Starr is aiming to spread Lennon’s famous message of peace.

In an urgent call to action, Ringo urged musicians from across genres and generations to unite behind The Non-Violence Foundation (NVF) and its aim to put a stop to violence affecting young people. Ringo was joined at the “Knotted Gun” unveiling held exclusively in the Gibson Guitar Studio by Bafta’s Rising Star nominee Adam Deacon and MOBO Award-winning hip-hop artist Akala.

Ringo Starr said: “I am doing the best I can – how about you?”

The former Beatle created his own design on the charity’s signature logo of the knotted gun statue “Non-Violence” which was originally created by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reutersward as a memorial tribute to John Lennon.

Founded in 1993, NVP is a Swiss-based, non-profit international youth education and leadership initiative. It promotes social change, with representation on five continents. NVP’s goal is to become the world’s foremost organization for violence prevention education and to create a meeting place for the next generation of leaders.

To learn more about Non-Violence Project, please visit http://www.nonviolence.com/, and to learn more about the Knot Violence art project, please visit http://www.knotviolence.org/.

Photo Credit: Lauren Keogh

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Ringo Starr: Paul McCartney ‘Too Busy’ to Join All-Starrs

In a recent interview with the Daily Mail, former Beatle Ringo Starr said talked about his rotating All-Starr Band, which is now in its 22nd year. The group—which currently features Romantics frontman Wally Palmer, guitar legend Rick Derringer and multi-instrumentalist Edgar Winter, among others—is on tour in Europe. Starr said he keeps the group going out of his love for performing.

“I still love to play,” said the legendary drummer. “I go down the front and sing ‘Photograph’ or whatever, then I get to go back to the drums and play with all these other musicians. It’s a win-win situation. I get the chance to be both the entertainer and the musician. Everyone’s a star, but I’m the big star. The band gets to play 12 numbers between them and I do 12 numbers.”

Starr said he knows that there are certain songs he has to play.

“I have to do ‘With a Little Help from My Friends.’ I have to do ‘Yellow Sub.’ And for myself, I have to do ‘Boys,’ because I’ve done that since I was with Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, the band I was in before the Fabs. People love to see me playing and singing from the drums. There is a responsibility to do stuff that people have come to hear.”

As for Ringo’s All-Starrs, the amiable skinsman said that he always makes a point of asking his old pal Paul McCartney if he would care to join his backing group, just in case.

“Every time I ask him to join the All-Starrs he says he’s too busy,” Starr joked. “I tell him he’ll have his two numbers…”

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Ringo Starr Announcing New Tour Today

Ringo Starr will perform and announce his European tour with a live press conference today at 9 a.m. central time at www.muzu.tv/ringostarr.

Music-news.com reports that Ringo and his All Starr Band (Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Rick Derringer, Richard Page, Wally Palmar and Gregg Bissonette) will perform briefly and then answer questions from the media and fans.

The All Starr Band European tour begins on June 4 , and will go to Ukraine, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Latvia, Poland, U.K., France, Czech Republic, Italy, Holland, Germany and Austria.  

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