Beatles icon Ringo Starr has cancelled the rest of his tour in America after falling ill. The 84-year-old will not perform in the two remaining shows of the tour in the US.
The legend had to scrap his Philadelphia performance on Tuesday. He has since decided to cancel his much-anticipated show at Radio City Music Hall in New York City set for Wednesday evening.
A post shared via social media stated: “Ringo has come down with a cold and after consulting a doctor he was advised to cancel these two remaining shows and get rest. As always, Ringo and the All Starrs send peace and love to their fans and hope to see them soon.”
Ticket holders for the cancelled events are being offered refunds. The legendary drummer, along with his All Starr Band, began their series of concerts on September 7 and managed to perform 10 times across the US, with his last appearance being September 22 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, reports the Mirror.
Speaking about his recent work, Ringo released an EP titled ‘Crooked Boy’ in April – featuring contributions from the Strokes’ Nick Valensi – and discussed with Variety his approach to songwriting, asking Linda Perry to create more positive tracks. Ringo shared: “Even on ‘February Sky,’ it was all about the dark sky everywhere in February, so that’s an emotion in there. But I told her, ‘There’s gotta be a crack – a break in the sky – and the sun is coming out.’ Because all my songs have that. They can be ‘I’m down, I’m this, I’m that… But things are getting better, things are going up.’ They always have a positive upside.”
“‘Rewind Forward’ [the title song of his previous EP, from 2023] was like that. ‘Rewind forward’ meant, sometimes you’re in a mood, and if you just backtrack a little and then find that (previous) space, and then carry on from that moment, it helps sometimes.”
Ringo also wanted more rock songs. He added: “I did. (At first) she wrote ‘Crooked Boy,’ and it was all about the story of my life – you know, I was ill, I was better, I found my own way.
“She sent me a couple of them, and then I called her and I said, ‘Linda, write me a rock song!’ And she says, ‘What’s that?
“I said, ‘I’ll leave it there. Just write me a rock song.
“And she did, of course, and it’s called ‘Gonna Need Need Someone’. And it did rock, and she put the band together, and then we did a video with the song playing and we are popping in and out.”