Ringo Starr on his love of touring, what New York means to him and the 50th anniversary of 'Abbey ...
It took a half-century, but Ringo’s rockin’ a rooftop again — and he’s doing it in New York.
Fifty years after he and his fellow Beatles played atop London’s Apple Corps headquarters, Ringo Starr will be performing a rooftop concert with his All-Starr Band Sunday at Manhattan’s Pier 17 to wrap up a three-day weekend of Empire State shows.
The drummer-singer, 79, is still getting by with a little help from his friends — and loving New York, where the Beatles introduced themselves to America in 1964 when they touched down at JFK airport.
“No one will understand the emotion of us landing in America,” Starr told the Daily News. “But it was New York, and all of the music we loved came from there. It was just far out.
Source: Peter Sblendorio/nydailynews.com
