7 h. ago Joseph Quinn says Beatles role is beyond his ‘wildest dreams’

The 31-year old Londoner, best known for playing Eddie Munson in the sci-fi Netflix series, will be portraying the Beatles’ guitarist.

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58 h. ago Ringo Starr reveals what he would say to George Harrison and John Lennon if they were here today

Ringo opened up about what he wished he could tell them exclusively with the Daily Mail during his 'Peace & Love Birthday Celebration' in Beverly Hills, California.

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66 h. ago Statue unveiled in Liverpool to mark Ringo Starr’s 85th birthday

The Beatles drummer shared his annual birthday message of ‘peace and love’

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3 d. ago Ringo Starr celebrates his 85th birthday in Beverly Hills with star

Sir Ringo Starr rang in his milestone 85th birthday on Monday with a star-studded bash in Beverly Hills.

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3 d. ago Paul McCartney wishes ‘very happy’ 85th birthday to Ringo Starr

The Beatles drummer hosts an annual ‘peace and love’ moment on the day of his birthday to promote global unity.

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6 d. ago Ringo Starr says he told Sam Mendes to rewrite parts of Beatles biopic: ‘We would never do that’

Biopic is set to release in April 2028

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7 d. ago ‘We would never do that’: Ringo Starr says he asked for changes in Beatles movie script

The drummer says he met with director Sam Mendes to clarify the depiction of himself and his then wife MaureenFormer Beatles drummer Ringo Starr said that he personally intervened in the script of the forthcoming four-film Beatles biopic directed by Sam Mendes to clarify the depiction of himself and his then wife Maureen.In an interview with the New York Times, Starr said that he had met Mendes in London in April and spent two days discussing the script for the section of the project focusing on him. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Bob Geldof told Freddie Mercury ‘don’t get clever’ before 1985 Live Aid set

Fellow Queen members Roger Taylor and Brian May say Geldoff told Mercury: ‘Just play the hits – you have 17 minutes’Freddie Mercury’s performance with Queen at Live Aid in 1985 is often seen as the crowning glory of one of the greatest showmen the world has ever seen.But he still needed some very clear instructions from Bob Geldof, the festival’s organiser, before going out on stage. “Don’t get clever,” the Boomtown Rats frontman told him, according to fellow Queen members Roger Taylor and Brian May. “Just play the hits – you have 17 minutes.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Drummer Zak Starkey on whether he’s really been sacked by The Who: ‘I don’t know what the f*** is happening’

Known for powering the beats behind Oasis and Johnny Marr, the drumming dynamo and son of Ringo Starr is hitting a new groove. As he tells Mark Beaumont, he’s thriving in cosmic supergroup Mantra of the Cosmos, but there’s a twist: he’s still not entirely sure if he’s in The Who

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1 week ago ‘It was very hard to see myself as a director’: the Australian film

Gabrielle Brady’s docufiction hybrids have earned international recognition even as her home country has been slow to catch up. For her latest, she worked with a Mongolian couple displaced from their farmlandGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email“There are so many hang-ups in the documentary world about this idea of ultimate truth,” says Gabrielle Brady. “There’s only subjectivity in documentary. It’s all a construction.”Ever since Louis Lumière filmed workers leaving his factory in 1895, documentary film has struggled with the idea of authenticity. Lumière’s 17-metre film is regarded as the first ever made, yet even this modest document is a lie: it was filmed not on a work day, but a Sunday. Ethnographer Robert Flaherty staged scenes in his 1922 documentary Nanook of the North, and it was Michael Moore’s crafty editing that made Roger and Me an emotive box office hit. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Pete Townshend fears he will be fired from The Who if he comments about Roger Daltrey

Pete Townshend and Roger Daltery have been performing in The Who since 1964, but following the explosive exit of drummer Zak Starkey, the group could be torn apart further

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2 w. ago Zak Starkey teams up with Paul McCartney and John Lennon's sons as they work on 'The Beatles kids' after he was sacked from The Who again

The son of Ringo Starr , 59, was fired from the band last month, just one month after he was sacked then quickly reinstated.

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3 w. ago Ringo Starr labels Roger Daltrey ‘that little man’ after son’s sacking from the Who

Zak Starkey says his father made the comment after he was fired over a disagreement about his performanceRingo Starr has reportedly criticised the way “that little man” Roger Daltrey runs the Who after Starr’s son was sacked from the band.Zak Starkey, 59, who was sacked as the Who’s drummer over a disagreement about his performance, said he was proud that his father had come to his defence. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ringo Starr called Roger Daltrey ‘that little man’, says son sacked from the Who

Zak Starkey says his father made the comment after he was fired over a disagreement about his performanceRingo Starr has reportedly criticised the way “that little man” Roger Daltrey runs the Who after Starr’s son was sacked from the band.Zak Starkey, 59, who was sacked as the Who’s drummer over a disagreement about his performance, said he was proud that his father had come to his defence. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ringo Starr hits out at ‘little man’ Roger Daltrey for firing drummer son Zak Starkey

Starkey said he was ‘proud’ of his Beatles father for ‘standing up for me’

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3 w. ago Ringo Starr takes scathing swipe at The Who's Roger Daltrey over son's 'insane' firing

Starr’s son, Zak Starkey, was fired from The Who in April after 29 years as the band’s drummer — before being rehired and seemingly axed again

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3 w. ago 'I want to be back in The Who': Zak Starkey on the sacking saga and his wild new band

Zak Starkey talks about the latest on The Who, working with fellow sons The Beatles, and his new band Mantra of the Cosmos with Bez and Shaun Ryder

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3 w. ago John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr’s sons team up to release new song

The trio have collaborated on a new song for Zak Starkey’s band

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4 w. ago Zak Starkey would have joined the Oasis Live '25 Tour 'for nothing'

The lucky sticksman expected to join Liam and Noel Gallagher on the Oasis Live '25 Tour is newcomer Joey Waronker

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4 w. ago Ex Oasis drummer Zak Starkey will Definitely Maybe cry at Liam and Noel Gallagher reunion, and could rejoin The Who after sacking

Former Oasis sticksman Zak Starkey won't attend the reunion tour in case he cries. Drummer could have rejoined the Gallaghers but for misplaced loyalty to The Who who ended up firing him twice anyway. However, he could yet rejoin Roger Daltrey's band for Farewell tour.

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