Ringo Starr

Macca, Ringo Starr reunite for meditation charity concert

Macca, Ringo Starr reunite for meditation charity concertLondon, Apr 6 : Former `The Beatles' members Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited for a concert on April 4, to raise money for a meditation charity.

McCartney headlined the show at New York City''s Radio City Music Hall as part of The David Lynch Foundation's `Change Begins Within' concert in aid of Transcendental Meditation.

Both stars became avid meditators in 1967 after The Beatles'' trip to India, where they sought spiritual guidance from guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Ringo Starr did not like being in India

Ringo Starr did not like being in IndiaNew York, Apr 5 : Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has revealed that he did not like being in India much during 1968.

Starr, 68, and the other Beatles members had at the time been followers of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

"There were lepers without fingers and noses," the New York Post quoted the drummer as saying at a press conference promoting Radio City concert to benefit meditation training for kids.

Starr said he left the ashram after 10 days because "the food was too spicy".

Macca, Ringo Starr reunite to teach youngsters meditation

Macca, Ringo Starr reunite to teach youngsters meditationLondon, April 2 : Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will come together on stage to teach meditation to youngsters.

The surviving Beatles will be seen in a live Internet broadcast from New York on April 3 to promote the spiritual method amongst young people.

The legendary musicians had journeyed to India with their band mates in 1967 to learn transcendental meditation from their then guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Macca, Ringo Starr to play charity gig

Macca, Ringo Starr to play charity gigLondon, Mar 05: Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are set to reunite for a charity concert in New York.

Although the two Beatle stars will reunite for the charity gig, they’ll not perform together.

McCartney will headline the concert at the Radio City Music Hall on April 4, while Starr has been named among a string of special guests.

A spokesman for McCartney said a collaboration had not been confirmed and a spokeswoman for Starr said he would perform "a few songs on his own".

Ringo Starr takes vow of silence on the Internet

Ringo Starr takes vow of silence on the InternetLondon, Jan 12 : Ex-Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has taken a vow of silence on the Internet following a public backlash, after he declared on his website that he would no longer autograph merchandise three months ago.

Starr had grumpily announced in October that he would no longer sign autographs, and now he has removed himself from the net where he has been updating his fans with short films on his official site.