| Happy Birthday to the BEST drummer in the whole world XD ♥ Ringo Starr! |
Jul. 8th, 2010|01:07 am |
"Dear Ringo,
We are your fans from Moscow, Russia!
On the eve of your anniversary and with all of our hearts we?d like to express our
endless love to you and to your creative activity that has always been a source of inspiration for us.
On July, 7 we are going to arrange a special concert dedicated to your 70th birthday.
Our city rock-musicians will take part in it and every song will be a tribute and
a present to you on the occasion.
We believe that you are the best drummer in the world and the person who has influenced
the development of the 20th century music on the whole and our musical taste in particular.
We believe that you?ll feel our love on July, 7 though we are far apart from each other.
Happy birthday Ringo! Be healthy and creatively wealthy!"
When Ringo Starr turns 70 on July 7, the party will resonate all over the world.
Celebrations that day will include gatherings at Ringo’s star on the Walk of Fame at Capitol Records in Los Angeles, Abbey Road, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland and a gathering with "Love" cast members at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas.
Ringo himself will be at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City to join in a simple "peace and love" salute. He started this tradition in 2008 when asked in a TV interview what he wanted for his birthday, he said, "more peace and love." He encouraged everyone everywhere to say "peace and love" at noon their local time.
The Abbey Road event is being organized by Richard Porter, who leads Beatles walking tours in London and is author of the third edition of "Guide to The Beatles London" (available from http://www.beatlesinlondon.com/Beatles_London_Guide.htm). Porter is organizer of the event at Abbey Road Studios.
"Fans will be gathering outside Abbey Road Studios to wish Ringo 'peace and love' at noon," he said. Members of the 60s band the Overtures will lead a Ringo/Beatles singalong. A mass crossing of Abbey Road will follow. He says everyone is welcome. Fans should meet at Abbey Road by 11.45 a.m. or at the Beatles Coffee Shop, St John's Wood Underground Station at 11.30 a.m.
Fans can also gather at the Ringo Starr star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame near Hollywood and Vine at the Capitol Records tower in Los Angeles at noon July 7 for a birthday celebration.
And this year, you can also say it, tweet it, sing it or simply think it. You can send messages and photos to Facebook.com/Beatles. Videos can be sent to http://www.youtube.com/RingoLove2010. (RingoLove2010 is the official YouTube channel for his birthday videos.) Send also tweets using the hashmark #ringolove2010 to Twitter.com/thebeatles. Fab4radio.com is also suggesting tweeting "peace and love" to all your tweetpeeps and your friends on Facebook.
Ringo Starr's 70th birthday to be celebrated with a little help from friends around the world
RINGO STARR is urging fans to think of him on his 70th birthday later this week (beg05Jul10) and mark the milestone by making the iconic peace hand symbol. The musician will reach the landmark age on Wednesday (07Jul10) and to celebrate he's calling for everyone to put two fingers in the air to make a V-shaped peace sign at midday, which he famously used during his Beatles days. He says, "Wherever you are at 12 noon put your fingers in the air and say 'peace and love' for me. It's sort of caught on, it's worldwide now."
RINGO'S PEACE AND LOVE CELEBRATION IN NEW YORK:
We have photos from the Associated Press of the birthday celebration at
the Hard Rock Cafe in New York. They're in the slideshow at the bottom of the page.
Ringo talks about celebrating his 70th birthday. (Artisian News Service)
Another report on Ringo's birthday from the Associated Press.
Ringo Starr's ABC News interview with Diane Sawyer this morning. |
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