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Zara Woodcock

Beatles' Ringo Starr, 82, cancels concert after suddenly falling ill

The Beatles' Ringo Starr and his band, All-Starr, were forced to cancel a concert after the drummer fell ill.

Ringo's band All-Starr were due to perform in New Buffalo, Michigan, on Saturday a couple of hours after the cancellation was announced.

A spokesperson for the band revealed the 82-year-old's illness is not related to Covid-19 but they did not confirm his diagnosis.

His mystery illness has affected his voice.

The band is due to perform on Sunday evening in Prior Lake, Minnesota, but with Ringo's condition, it is unsure whether they will continue.

Mirror have contacted his reps for comment.

They were due to perform on Saturday (Getty Images)


As reported by TMZ, a concertgoer went to Four Winds Casino's management and asked about the cancellation.

However, they were only told Ringo was ill and weren't given any more information.

Ringo celebrated his 82nd birthday in early July and held his annual Peace and Love party.

He has had a busy year as he and his band finished the first part of their Spring Tour 2022 at the end of June in Florida.

The tour was postponed from 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The second part of their tour will end on October 20 in Mexico City.

It is not known what's wrong with Ringo (Getty Images for The Recording A)
He recently discussed his bandmates and the... gas issues (Popperfoto via Getty Images)

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Meanwhile, drummer Ringo recently told how the pop legends used to accuse each other of passing wind while they performed together.

Ringo let rip – verbally – about it after being shown a clip from Peter Jackson’s Apple TV documentary Let It Be.

Back in 1969 Ringo, was shown admitting that he had let one fly in a band meeting.

After watching his confession replayed on American TV, Ringo confided: “We learned that when we were in a band, when we started out, if anybody let a silent one go, they would try and get away with it.”

Ringo recalled: “It caused terrible trouble. (Each of us would say) ‘it wasn’t me – it was you!’ It came to blows”.

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