Pete Best is putting his drumsticks down for good. The original drummer for The Beatles, 83, is retiring after a long career in the music industry. “Well what an absolutely wonderful ride we ...

Pete Best is stepping away from the spotlight. On Sunday, Best — who was the original Beatles drummer before Ringo Starr — confirmed that he is stepping away from public appearances and ...

Original Beatles drummer Pete Best says he believes the band would have sounded the same had he remained drummer. PA Images via Getty Images Original Beatles drummer Pete Best — best known for ...

Ringo Starr became famous as The Beatles’ drummer, but Pete Best originally held the role. Until 1962, Best drummed for the group. Eventually, though, the band decided that Starr would be a ...

He wasn’t a good enough drummer. His bandmates ... exciting for our band to open for Pete Best almost 60 years since the original Cyrkle opened for The Beatles (in) 1965,” current band member ...

Being original Beatles drummer Pete Best has never been easy, but it was especially tough in 1964 when Beatlemania swept the world and he had to watch from the sidelines. In March of 1964 ...

Magazine. Regis Martin/Getty Pete Best, the original drummer of The Beatles, is retiring. The drummer's brother Roag Best announced the news on X on Saturday, April 5, sharing a picture of them ...

Pete Best performed with The Beatles for two years before being famously replaced by Ringo Starr. By Tyler Jenke Close to 65 years since he rose to fame as the drummer for English rock icons The ...

Pete Best, original drummer for the Beatles, was last seen turning the Casbah Coffee Club — his family’s old Liverpool venue, site of many an early Beatles gig dating back to when they were ...