Beatles legend Ringo Starr has revealed that he is working on a country album along with T Bone Burnett.

“It’s a country one. I’m working on it with someone very special – T. Bone Burnett,” Starr told USA Today. “He’s doing stuff in Nashville and he comes to L.A. and it’s all working out. He came to me with nine songs. It won’t be out until October, at least.”

Meanwhile, Starr is set to embark on a tour with his All Starr Band, which kicks off on May 22 in Las Vegas.

“When I first started this, I was invited to put a band together and go on tour, and I said yes, and then I said: What do you mean, yes? You’re the drummer in other people’s bands!” he shares about how the tour got started in 1989. “But I opened my phone book and called everyone I knew and they all said yes. So I had to close my book.”

The lineup features long-time collaborator Steve Lukather, who’s been Starr’s longest-serving solo bandmate. Lukather has been featured on every All-Starr Band lineup date since 2012.

“I’ll never get rid of Luke. He has a lifelong ticket,” Starr says. “He’s my last best friend. You need time to make best friends. He’s an incredibly good musician and an incredible human being.”

Source: RTT Music News

Duran Duran have announced the reissue of their first five studio albums – 1981’s Duran Duran, 1982’s Rio, 1983’s Seven and the Ragged Tiger, 1986’s Notorious, and 1988’s Big Thing.

Long out of print, this exciting reissue marks the first time this iconic collection will be available in the original 1LP and 1CD format, with remastered audio, since their initial release.

The albums will be available via Warner Music from July 5 and are available to pre-order now.

Both 1LP and 1CD formats will feature the latest album remasters, with vinyl editions cut at Abbey Road Studios. The album artworks have been closely restored to the original sleeve designs.

Duran Duran is still performing many of the songs from their 16 studio albums in packed arenas all over the world.

Duran Duran are listed as headline performer at the U.K.’s Latitude Festival on July 28.

Tracklisting:

Duran Duran

Side 1

Girls on Film
Planet Earth
Anyone Out There
To the Shore
Careless Memories

Side 2

Night Boat
Sound of Thunder
Friends of Mine
Tel Aviv

Rio

Side 1

Rio
My Own Way
Lonely in Your Nightmare
Hungry Like the Wolf
Hold Back the Rain

Side 2

New Religion
Last Chance on the Stairway
Save a Prayer
The Chauffeur

Seven and the Ragged Tiger

Side 1

The Reflex
New Moon on Monday
(I’m Looking For) Cracks in the Pavement
I Take the Dice
Of Crime and Passion

Side 2

Union of the Snake
Shadows on Your Side
Tiger Tiger
The Seventh Stranger

Notorious

Side 1

Notorious
American Science
Skin Trade
A Matter of Feeling
Hold Me

Side 2

Vertigo (Do the Demolition)
So Misled
Meet El Presidente
Winter Marches On
Proposition

Big Thing

Side 1

Big Thing
I Don’t Want Your Love
All She Wants Is
Too Late Marlene
Drug (It’s Just a State of Mind)

Side 2

Do You Believe in Shame?
Palomino
Interlude One
Land
Flute Interlude
The Edge of America
Lake Shore Driving

Source: RTT Music News

Sony Music will commemorate the 40th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s classic album Born In The U.S.A. on June 14 with a special-edition release featuring new colored vinyl and expanded packaging.

Arriving via translucent red LP, this anniversary edition of Born In The U.S.A. will feature a gatefold sleeve and exclusive booklet with archival material from the era, new liner notes penned by Erik Flannigan and a four-color lithograph.

Originally released on June 4, 1984, Born In The U.S.A. had an unprecedented seven Top Ten singles on its tracklist, has sold approximately 25 million copies and captured the pop culture zeitgeist with once-in-a-generation impact.

Pre-order the 40th anniversary edition of Born In The U.S.A. at https://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/BITUSA40

Forty years after the Born In The U.S.A. tour kicked off in Summer 1984, Springsteen and The E Street Band started the European leg of their 2024 run earlier this month.

Source: RTT Music News

Reacting to the newly restored version of The Beatles documentary “Let It Be”, Ringo Starr gave his thumbs up.

When “Let It Be” premiered in 1970, it was met with negative reviews as it painted a bleak portrait of the rock band. However, the restored version of the documentary dropped on Disney+ this week.

“I was always moaning about the original film, because there was no real joy in it,” Starr told the Daily Beast about “Let It Be,” which was released just weeks after news of the Beatles’ split had hit the press.

Overall, the film was impressive, Starr said. “Now it’s got a start, a middle, and a finish. The start is very slow, and then we get into creating, and then we’re at it and then we’re out. I love it. But I’m in it, of course, so six hours is never long enough,” he said.

“Let It Be” was unavailable for public viewing for several decades, but the restored version is now available to watch for the first time in over 50 years.

“Let It Be” was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and was restored by Peter Jackson, who recently combed through 60 hours of footage to create the now-classic docuseries “Get Back.”

“Let It Be” contains footage not featured in the “Get Back” docuseries, bringing viewers into the studio and onto Apple Corps’ London rooftop in January 1969 as The Beatles, joined by Billy Preston, write and record their Grammy Award-winning album Let It Be, with its Academy Award-winning title song, and perform live for the final time as a group.

“All these years, did I wish it to come out? Of course. Did I hope it would? Well, you know, hope is a like a candle: sometimes it flickers and sometimes it’s bright and sometimes it goes out,” Lindsay-Hogg admits.

“The catalyst, really, was Peter Jackson. Right from the beginning, he was very direct and very respectful,” he added.

Source: RTT Music News