Local music lovers can get a wallop of rock and roll history with a bona fide Beatle and some serious onstage talent when Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band perform at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre on Sunday, June 22, 2025.
Originally formed in 1989, Ringo Starr has led 14 versions of his All-Starr Band. Previous lineups of this mother of all supergroups have included members of The Band, Cream, The Eagles, James Gang, Mott the Hoople, The Who, and The Zombies, performing a mix of Beatles songs, Starr solo hits, and tunes by the star-studded lineups onstage. The current iteration of the All-Starr Band includes ace session-guitarist Steve Lukather (Toto, Aretha Franklin); singer-guitarist Colin Hay (Men at Work); saxophonist- multi-instrumentalist Warren Ham (Toto, Kansas); guitarist-bassist Hamish Stuart (Average White Band); keyboardist Buck Johnson (Aerosmith, Hollywood Vampires) and drummer Gregg Bissonette (David Lee Roth, Joe Satriani). For the 2025 tour with His All-Starr Band, Starr will be playing a replica of the drums he used on the Beatles legendary February 9, 1964 appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.
The now-84-year-old Starr (or, Sir Richard Starkey OBE if you’re royalty) has won nine Grammy Awards, is a twice-inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has released 20 solo studio albums, published eight books, worked as an actor in 15 films, and is a visual artist. The ever-busy Starr released four consecutive EPs from 2020-2023. Produced by T-Bone Burnett, Starr’s forthcoming studio album Look Up, released on January 10, 2025, is a collection of country music.
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band perform at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 22 at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. this Friday, December 13 and are available here.