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Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Ringo Starr admits 'I didn't practice' on drums but still improved as musician
Beatle Ringo Starr admits he only likes to be on drums when there is an audience Ringo Starr has insisted he got by with help from his friends when it comes to drumming. The Beatle says he didn't become a top drummer through practice, but simply by constant performing with pals. The Fab Four beat man described prepping moves at his home alone as 'boring" and never took lessons. Ringo, 84, admitted that his work behind the kit improved because he just went out and played shows. And at that started as a teenager working in a school equipment factory playing with pals to workers during lunch breaks. Asked whether he spent hours in his bedroom or having lessons to become so good behind the kit, Ringo confessed: 'I didn't. I hate practicing. 'I hated sitting there. I tried it when I first got the kit upstairs in the back room like in all those movies that were made. And it was the most boring thing ever. "I did all my learning with other musicians, other bands. I was lucky because there were a lot of us around and we weren't all great players. We were all learning. 'So I learned everything with everyone else at that time in Liverpool." Ringo got lucky by having pals who loved to do jam sessions during lunchtimes at their local factory. 'But I was lucky in the factory. The guy who lived next door to me in the street worked in the factory. He was Eddie Miles, a great guitarist. He's just one of those guys, who could play anything. And my best friend Roy had made a tea chest bass and I had a snare drum and brushes. 'And we used to play to the men at lunchtime in the basement. And that's how I started. And now look at me.' Ringo recalled to AXS TV in the US how he had a great well respected role as a drummer with a bigger band than The Beatles in the early 1960s. Ringo did the rhythms for Rory Storm And The Hurricanes, who were Liverpool's top act with bigger audiences and respect than John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best. But Ringo boasted that he adored their work and would always be in the audience cheering them at gig. "I loved them from Germany where we met really. We were playing as Rory and Hurricanes and the Beatles on the same club. And I loved John, Paul and George. I just loved that front line and I'd be there for the last gig just sitting there watching the front line requesting songs. "So when they asked me to join I had no hesitation, but people did say, 'are you going to leave Rory?; I said, 'yeah, yeah, I'm going to leave and make a step up' Ringo and his All Starr Band have announced a run of autumn tour dates, built around a six date residency at The Venetian in Las Vegas.
USA Today
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Happy Birthday, Willie Nelson: An American icon turns 92
USA TODAY Happy Birthday, Willie Nelson! The country music icon turned 92 on April 29 (though Nelson celebrates two birthdays: he was born April 29, just before midnight, but his birth was recorded on April 30). His storied career from a young musician in Abbott, Texas, to American staple has been marked by a wide discography, having released an astounding 154 albums both solo and collaboratively – the most recent of which, "Oh What a Beautiful World," was released April 25 and reinterprets songs by fellow country musician and Texan Rodney Crowell. The outlaw country star is also known for his activism, as one of the leading celebrity voices in support of marijuana legalization and biofuels, and is a continued advocate of American farmers. Willie Nelson photos: From young country music star to American legend Willie Nelson health: Country musician still touring, wife blasts report on son caring for them Despite a number of health concerns over the years – including battles with emphysema, pneumonia and COVID-19 – Nelson has also continued to perform live, most recently at his annual Luck Reunion on his ranch outside of Austin. Nelson is again set to host his annual Fourth of July picnic concert this summer. Willie Nelson expected back on road for Outlaw Music Festival concert tour Nelson's wife, Annie D'Angelo, recently responded to a report stating their son Lukas Nelson was "taking care" of them. In a post from cable TV channel AXS TV on Instagram, the outlet posted a photo of the three and wrote that Lukas "makes sure mom & dad are comfortable," but incorrectly stated D'Angelo's age. "Hey @axstv why would you take a photo from someone else's feed (my friend @marthacasselbodell ) & then make stuff up?" she commented April 18. "I still take care of my husband (Lukas has always been there for us as has his brother @particlekid ) and love it. Then you claim our incorrect ages. Don't do that Just ask." D'Angelo, 68, and Nelson have been married since 1991.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
2 Nights Only: TNA wrestling coming to Pittsburgh for the first time in 14 years
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WTAJ) — 'Say their name and they appear…' That's right, TNA Wrestling is coming to Pittsburgh for the first time in 14 years. TNA, formerly IMPACT, will be coming to the UPMC Event Center at Robert Morris University for two nights of action-packed television tapings to air on AXS TV Thursday nights. The two-night event will take place June 20 and 21 (Friday and Saturday). Tickets go on sale Friday, April 18, at 10 a.m. TNA boasts stars such as TNA Heavyweight Champion Joe Hendry (clap clap), Knockout Champion Masha Slammovich, and the legendary Tag Team Champions — The Hardy Boys. In addition to other superstars such as Moose and Pittsburgh's own Elijah (formerly WWE's Elias/Ezekiel), surprise appearances from select WWE NXT stars are expected to happen. This is the first time the company has come to Pittsburgh since 2011, when they had superstars such as Kurt Angle and Sting on their roster. According to its website, TNA will have a meet and greet after the show where fans can meet some of their favorites for an autograph and photo confirmed that these are TV tapings that will air on AXS TV leading up to one of their biggest shows of the year, Slammiversary, so you can expect to see some talent in multiple segments and matches. For more information or to find tickets, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
USA Today
11-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Luke Combs shares why his form of OCD is a 'particularly wicked' mental health condition
Luke Combs shares why his form of OCD is a 'particularly wicked' mental health condition Show Caption Hide Caption Luke Combs wins Single of the Year at the 2023 CMA Awards Luke Combs wins Single of the Year at the 2023 CMA Awards Luke Combs said he recently experienced one of the most intense anxiety flare-ups in the past few years due to a rare mental illness. The 35-year-old country star has previously discussed his lifelong struggle with purely obsessional OCD, a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder that he called "particularly wicked." While many people associate OCD with a compulsive need to flicker lights, Combs said in a recent 60 Minutes interview that there's no outward manifestation or visible behavior but rather a debilitating anxiety. "The craziness of the particular disorder that I have, it's the way to get out of it," Combs told interviewer Adam Hegarty in the video posted last month. "Like, it doesn't matter what the thoughts even are. You giving any credence to what the thoughts are is irrelevant and only fuels you having more of them." The "When It Rains It Pours" singer said when experiencing a flare-up, he would fixate on a thought for 45 seconds of every minute for weeks. The fixations would s range from intrusively violent thoughts or ideas of religion to self-reflective questions like who is he as a person. But over time, Combs said he has learned how to better navigate his OCD by accepting the thoughts circling his mind. "It held me back so many times in my life where you're trying to accomplish something, you're doing really great, and then you have a flare-up, and it just like ruins your whole life for six months," he said. "When it happens now, I'm not afraid of it because I'm not like, 'What if I'm like this forever?' I know I'm not going to be like this forever now." What is OCD? Obsessive-compulsive disorder, more commonly known as OCD, is a mental health disorder that causes people to obsess over thoughts or fears that can be unwanted, intrusive, and irrational. The disorder causes people to engage in repetitive behaviors that are difficult to break and cause distress. Juanita Guerra, a New York clinical psychologist practicing meditation, previously told USA TODAY that the disorder can trap someone in "a vicious cycle of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors." "It's hard to describe the mindset that's going on in the OCD. So it's like, whenever you're having one of those situations come up, you truly – whatever it may be – you think the worst possible situation's going to come of it," Guerra said. "It could be the most unrealistic, crazy, unimaginable thing." When did Combs first experience OCD and anxiety? Combs first experienced anxiety from his OCD when he was in middle school, the North Carolina native said in a 2021 episode of AXS TV's "The Big Interview." "I know when you see people that have OCD you think of them like messing with the blinds or straightening the carpet," Combs said. "Essentially my version of fixing the blinds or straightening the carpet is kind of thoughts that I play over and over in my head." "For example ... it'll be something about my health," he said. "Like I'll be worried that I'm about to have a heart attack or a stroke and it becomes this very obsessive thing that you can never have an answer to. That's kind of the awful part of it. You have to teach yourself to be comfortable with the fact you'll never get an answer." Contributing: David Oliver and Gary Dinges, USA TODAY
