What Astridge became was an historian on all things related to Starr’s Beatles drum kits, launching a website devoted to them and collaborating with Starr on various drum projects.. Their latest ...

LOS ANGELES: A drum kit used in the recording of The Beatles first single “Love Me Do” on their debut album will be up for auction on Thursday in Los Angeles, Nate D. Sanders Auctions said.

Beatles drummer Ringo Starr on his Ludwig Downbeat drum kit made in Monroe North Carolina near Charlotte. What drums does Ringo Starr play?

Starr wanted the Ludwig drum kit. ... On Sept. 5, 1964, ahead of a Beatles concert in Chicago, Ludwig Drums gave Ringo Starr a gold-plated snare drum as thanks for choosing the brand.

As he turns 85, one of the last surviving Beatles is still musically curious, dispensing his signature wisdom, and preaching ...

Beatles drummer Ringo Starr on his Ludwig Downbeat drum kit made in Monroe North Carolina near Charlotte. What drums does Ringo Starr play?

Starkey has arguably been the most musically successful of all the Beatles’ offspring. He’s played all over the world, on the biggest stages, not only with Oasis, but also with The Who - indeed it was ...

Barry Keoghan finally got to meet Ringo Starr, who he is set to portray in the upcoming Beatles biopics, and the two “just sat in the garden chatting away” during the meeting.

Those drums also meant something to Ludwig, especially after 73 million people tuned in to “The Ed Sullivan Show” on Feb. 9, 1964, and saw the Beatles in America with Starr on his Ludwig ...