The Beatles legend Sir Ringo Starr is set to release his first new album in six years.
And this time around the 84-year-old is going Country with Look Up, which is produced and co-written with T Bone Burnett.
The music icon was at London’s Third Man Records last night to promote the record with a group of famous friends.
Hosted by Jools Holland, the event included the Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood, Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton and Bob Geldof.
Posting an Instagram video of the evening, The Beatles drummer captioned it: “Wow, what a great time I had in London hanging out with all friends promoting my new country album Look Up peace and love Ringo.”
Posting more snaps from the evening on his social media, Ronnie Wood wrote: “Fantastic night catching up with old friends celebrating @ringostarrmusic’s new album! Brilliant to see everyone, including @jimmypage @scarlettzsabet @ericclapton Melia @jools.holland.official Bob and Jeanne Marine! Congratulations Ringo!”
With Sir Paul McCartney performing two nights at the O2 next week, fans will no doubt be hopeful that Ringo will make a cameo appearance during the encore while he’s over from his home in Los Angeles.
On his new Country album, Ringo said: “I’ve always loved country music. And when I asked T Bone to write me a song, I didn’t even think at the time that it would be a country song – but of course it was, and it was so beautiful. I had been making EPs at the time and so I thought we would do a country EP -but when he brought me nine songs I knew we had to make an album! And I am so glad we did. I want to thank, and send Peace & Love, to T Bone and all the great musicians who helped make this record. It was a joy making it and I hope it is a joy to listen to.”
Ringo Starr’s Country album Look Up is released on January 10, 2025 and the first two singles Time On My Hands and Thankful are out now.
