Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band continued their tour at Atlanta, GA’s Cobb Energy Centre on Monday night. The band featuring Steve Lukather (Toto), Colin Hay (Men at Work), Edgar Winter, Warren Ham, Gregg Bissonette, and Hamish Stuart (Average White Band) played a mix of Beatles classics, Ringo solo tunes, hit songs from the band members’ respective catalogs, and other fan favorites.
The former Beatle helmed his All Starr band both from behind the kit and from center stage throughout the night, with the renowned Gregg Bissonette holding down drum duties, freeing the bandleader to move unrestricted from his elevated drum platform. The two drummers played simultaneously at times, showcasing their impeccable timing with complementary rhythms.
The setlist remained identical to previous stops on the tour, featuring mostly Ringo-penned Beatles songs and crowd-pleasers culled from the band members’ repertoires including The Edgar Winter Group‘s “Free Ride”, Toto‘s”Rosanna”, Average White Band‘s “Pick Up the Pieces”, and Men at Work‘s “Down Under”.
Ringo briefly left the stage in the middle of the show to give his bandmates time to shine on Average White Band’s “Cut the Cake” and The Edgar Winter Group’s “Frankenstein”, which featured a monster drum solo medley by Gregg Bissonette, but the bandleader soon returned, interpolating a couple Ringo tunes before completing the second sequence of the song’s from his band members’ catalogs with Men at Work’s “Overkill” and Toto’s “Africa”.
The band wrapped up the evening with a few more good time jams—The Isley Brothers‘ “Work to Do”, The Beatles’ “I Wanna Be Your Man”, Chuck Berry‘s “Johnny B. Goode” among them—before closing the show with the highly appropriate “With a Little Help From My Friends”, which had a chorus borrowed from “Give Peace a Chance” tacked onto the end.
View fan-shot videos and a gallery of photos from Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band at Cobb Energy Centre courtesy of photographer Emily Butler below.
Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band continue their tour tonight, Tuesday, September 20th in Richmond, VA, with additional dates in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico through the end of October. Visit Ringo’s website for a full list of upcoming shows and tickets. Ringo also just released a new four-song EP, EP3, which is now available on all streaming platforms.
Setlist: Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band | Cobb Energy Centre | Atlanta, GA | 9/19/22
Set: Matchbox (Carl Perkins), It Don’t Come Easy (Ringo Starr), What Goes On (The Beatles), Free Ride (The Edgar Winter Group) (with Edgar Winter), Rosanna (Toto) (with Steve Lukather), Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band) (with Hamish Stuart), Down Under (Men at Work) (with Colin Hay), Boys (The Shirelles), I’m the Greatest (Ringo Starr), Yellow Submarine (The Beatles)
Solo Set: Cut the Cake (Average White Band) (with Hamish Stuart), Frankenstein (The Edgar Winter Group) (with Edgar Winter),
Set: Octopus’s Garden (The Beatles), Back Off Boogaloo (Ringo Starr), Overkill (Men at Work) (with Colin Hay), Africa (Toto) (with Steve Lukather), Work to Do (The Isley Brothers) (with Hamish Stuart), I Wanna Be Your Man (The Beatles), Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry) (with Edgar Winter), Who Can It Be Now? (Men at Work) (with Colin Hay), Hold the Line (Toto) (with Steve Lukather), Photograph (Ringo Starr), Act Naturally (Johnny Russell), With a Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles) (with ‘Give Peace a Chance’ by Plastic Ono Band chorus at the end)
Notes: Ringo left the stage during solo set.
