Live: Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band at the Winstar World Casino, Oklahoma, 5/7/2014

"I'm Ringo and I play the Drums..."

Last night I fulfilled a lifelong dream. A dream that I had since I was about 8 years old. To see Ringo Starr play his drums live.

Ringo was performing at the Winstar World Casino and Resort just over the Texas border in Oklahoma with his All Star Band, which was comprised of Todd Rundgren on Rhythm Guitar, Steve Lukather (Toto) on Lead guitar, Gregg Rolie (Santana & Journey) on Hammond Organ, Richard Page (Mr. Mister) on Bass, Mark Rivera on Sax and Greg Bissonette on the drums.

Ringo usually has a second drummer to play while he gets up front to sing and the 2 hour show is not only made up of Ringo's material from his solo career and that huge band he was in back in Liverpool (Rory Storm & The Hurricanes) :-P

Steve Lukather, Todd Rundgren, Richard Page and Greg Rolie all performed hits from their respective bands ('Rosanna', 'Bang On The Drum', 'Broken Wings' and 'Africa' were among the non-Ringo songs played).

If you haven't seen Ringo and his All Starr Band yet, you are missing out on a treat. The Winstar Global Event Center which is attached to their Casino and Hotel, was the perfect venue, quite intimate yet big enough for Ringo and the band to rock out.

 All pictures taken by Dominic Williams.

Paul McCartney 'Save Us' Fan Video.

Paul has just released his video for his song 'Save Us' with lyrics from the fans. A couple of months back, Paul asked his fans to take pictures of themselves with a lyric from the song and send it in to be included in the video. Unfortunately, not everyone could be included and the submissions were, I imagine, numbering in the millions. I am shocked and stunned that they decided to include one of my submissions as I never thought I would get picked when there are much more talented fan art submissions out there. I am also delighted that a couple of other people I know are included in the video, besides Paul himself of course! If you are in the video, let me know!

Dominic

Get Well Soon Paul!

Getting Better: Paul is extremely sorry that he's had to cancel his shows due to illness.

As you've probably all heard, Paul is not very well. Shortly after arriving in Japan to start the Asian leg of his 2014 Out There tour, Paul came down with a virus, the full extent of which is not yet known. Paul has had to cancel all his Japan dates and his first ever concert in South Korea and, according to some reports, he has been hospitalized in Japan so doctors can run some tests.

This will be worrying many fans and especially since there are some wild, unsubstantiated rumours flying around about what state he's in. Paul has released a statement which can be found on his website and reads as follows:

"Since contracting a virus last week that led to the postponement of tour dates, Paul received successful medical treatment at a hospital in Tokyo.

He will make a complete recovery and has been ordered to take a few days rest.
Paul has been extremely moved by all the messages and well wishes he has received from fans all over the world."

So you see? Paul will be back to doing what he loves in no time. I am going to see him in Dallas on June 16 and am very much looking forward to it so I'm taking this opportunity to wish Paul a speedy recovery and hope he can get back to wowing audiences with his precocious talent soon.

Get Well Soon Paul!