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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band \u2013 a rotating supergroup includes (left to right) Men at Work\u2019s Colin Hay, Average White Band\u2019s Hamish Stuart, Starr, Toto\u2019s Steve Lukather, Gregg Bissonette, Warren Ham and Buck Johnson \u2013 make peace on the road.
Photo Credit: Scott Robert Ritchie<\/p>\n
At 85, Ringo Starr finds peace on the road and in the studio. Whether he\u2019s recording new music or creating massive canvases of splattered, swirling paint, Starr is exploring his multi-dimensional creative side.<\/p>\n
Launching a six-date residency of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band at The Venetian in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, Starr is also on display with his solo artistic endeavors at Animazing Gallery in the Grand Canal Shoppes at the resort. Curated by Neal Glaser of ArtCelebs, the \u201cStarr Art\u201d exhibition and sale will run through Oct. 15 and is open to the public.<\/p>\n
The showcase is Starr\u2019s first art show since 2019 and the first time he\u2019s presenting his original paintings in addition to limited edition and signed works \u2013 with 100% of artist proceeds benefiting Starr\u2019s charity, The Lotus Foundation. The organization benefits a variety of causes including substance abuse, cerebral palsy, brain tumors, cancer, battered women and their children, homelessness and animals in need.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just something I love to do,\u201d offers Starr, while the band took a break from rehearsing in Milwaukee for the current tour, which kicked off Sept. 10 at Chicago Theatre in Chicago.<\/p>\n
Starr began painting using acrylic and oil before he started creating art on his computer in the late \u201890s.\u00a0Since his first exhibition in 2005, which he titled \u201cMy Faces,\u201d Starr\u2019s artwork has continued to evolve with different mediums and techniques.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He discovered his passion for spin-style art online.<\/p>\n
\u201cLately, I\u2019ve been doing spin art, because I saw the guys on the computer, and there were, like, two kids and they had this, like, canvas. And they put paint on it, and then they attach it to a household drill. And it was like, wow!\u201d recalls Starr. \u201cOf course, I didn\u2019t go that way. I\u2019ve got a great machine that spins it round. And we started with 10X8s, and now we\u2019re on 8\u00d710 feet biggies\u2026It\u2019s something else I do, you know? I love it, and I do it at home.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Ringo Starr\u2019s whimsical Spin Art.<\/p>\n
Starr embraces the creative process, whatever form it takes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got one little room where I can throw paint around,\u201d he says. \u201cA lot of it\u2019s spin art, and it\u2019s so abstract, because you can\u2019t control it, really. You can make colors, that\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n
Starr\u2019s work in the Pop Art vein is colorful, playful and often includes his trademark message of peace and love. His work is sought by collectors worldwide and has been exhibited in Europe, South America, Australia and the U.S., where his \u201cPeace Sculpture\u201d is on permanent display in the Beverly Hills Park.<\/p>\n
On stage, Starr who was inducted in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame two times \u2013 first as a Beatle and then as a solo artist \u2013 says he\u2019s happiest making music with a band. He has surrounded himself with some of the best since he debuted the All-Starr Band concept in 1989.<\/p>\n
The current All-Starr configuration includes Toto\u2019s Steve Lukather, Men at Work\u2019s Colin Hay, Average White Band\u2019s Hamish Stuart, Warren Ham, Buck Johnson and Gregg Bissonette.<\/p>\n
After 60+ years on the road Starr tells Pollstar he keeps it fresh with his friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I love to tour,\u201d he says. \u201cWell, nobody loves to tour. We have to tour to get the pleasure of playing to people. I love people in\u2026 you know, I just love playing live. And, since 1989, I\u2019ve been doing this, and it works. It\u2019s just works, that\u2019s all I can say.\u201d<\/p>\n
The feeling is mutual<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has been the best 13 years of my life, man,\u201d adds Lukather. \u201cThank you for having me, boss. I mean, you started my musical life, it sort of popped open when I saw you. And all these years later, get to be your friend, be a part of this with all these great cats. I love you, man, thank you for having me. I really\u2026 every day\u2019s a joy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Starr toured with The Beatles from 1962 until the band quit touring after their August 1966 concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. In the \u201870s and \u201880s Starr recorded solo albums and made occasional live appearances until officially launched the All-Starr Band in Dallas Texas.<\/p>\n
When inspiration struck to start a band, he wasn\u2019t sure where to start.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the hell have I done? I\u2019d never put a band together, so\u2026I started just calling friends, you know, who I knew. In my phone book, it was a book in those days,\u201d he recalls. \u201cAnd nobody said no. It was so far out that I had to stop, because there would have been 20 people on stage. But it was a great band, and, you know, from that day, I\u2019ve loved the All-Starrs. All the All-Starrs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adds Stuart, \u201cIf that call comes, you say yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Starr has been performing in Las Vegas since the beginning and enjoys going back.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst time I played was in the \u201860s with the lads, and it was great,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd, then, you know, when the years rolled by, and I put the All-Starrs together, and we played Vegas. It used to drive me mad, because there were, like, tables, they were eating dinner, or there\u2019s some old guy with three girls on the table \u2013 and it\u2019s like the last thing he wanted to listen to was the music. But now it\u2019s so great, it is Music City. I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Starr continues to stretch creatively in other ways. In January, he released his first country record in 50 years, Look Up with T Bone Burnett, which garnered his first UK No. 1 and saw him in the Top 10 on numerous Billboard charts as well as debuting Feb. 21 on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.<\/p>\n
\u201cI loved making the record, and T-Bone is great, and musical, and he just knows his stuff, and it was very easy, you know, he made it easy for me,\u201d says Starr, who released 21 solo studio records between 1970 and 2025 and five consecutive EPs between 2020 and 2024.<\/p>\n
The record features guest appearances from Alison Krauss, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Larkin Poe and Lucius among others. The closing track \u201cThankful\u201d was co-written by Starr and Bruce Sugar and includes Krauss. Starr says he will release another country record with Burnett in 2026 that includes a Carl Perkins cover.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do a cover of a Carl Perkins song, because T Bone sort of likes the idea that my first recordings with the Beatles were Carl Perkins songs,\u201d explains Starr. \u201cI love Carl Perkins.\u201d<\/p>\n
Starr is a prolific writer with nine books, including his latest Beats & Threads (Julien\u2019s Auctions), a chronicle of seven decades of his legendary sonic and sartorial style dedicated solely to his drum kits and era defining wardrobe.<\/p>\n
For the presser from Milwaukee, the fashion-forward trendsetter wore black-rim, blue tinted glasses, a peace-sign T-shirt under black denim with peace pins and a bright yellow 45 RPM adapter over his heart. \u00a0<\/p>\n
A message he reinforced with his final farewell: \u201cThank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Peace and love. Thank you. Goodbye. Peace and love. Peace and love.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band Dates:<\/p>\n
Sept. 19 \u2013 The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV<\/p>\n
Sept. 20 \u2013 The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV<\/p>\n
Sept. 21 \u2013 Ironstone, Murphys, CA<\/p>\n
Sept. 23 \u2013 Yaamava\u2019 Resort & Casino, Highland, CA<\/p>\n
Sept. 24 \u2013 The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV<\/p>\n
Sept. 26 \u2013 The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV<\/p>\n
Sept. 27 \u2013 The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band \u2013 a rotating supergroup includes (left to right) Men at Work\u2019s Colin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-35325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}