Ringo Starr will release a new live album on May 8th. The still-untitled set, which features Starr backed by his former studio band the Roundheads, will be the soundtrack to the 2005 Soundstage concert aired on PBS. The show, which was taped on June 24th, 2005 in the Chicago suburb of Waukegan, Illinois, features such Beatles classics as "With A Little Help From My Friends," "Act Naturally," "Octopus' Garden," "I Wanna Be Your Man," "Don't Pass Me By," and "Yellow Submarine."
Also featured on the set are solo favorites including "Photograph," "It Don't Come Easy," "Back Off Boogaloo," "I'm The Greatest," and more recent material such as "Choose Love," "Give Me Back The Beat," and "Memphis In Your Mind." The album also features a cameo by Men At Work frontman and All Starr Band alumnus Colin Hay, who performs "Who Can It Be Now."
In other Beatles-related news:
The Beatles' fan website Abbey Road Best (abbeyrd.best.vwh.net) reported that Paul McCartney and band might be heading back on the road this year. According to a source nothing has been set yet, but McCartney is eying hitting Europe over the summer before heading to the U.S. in the fall.
