Ringo Starr revealed that for his latest album, Y Not, he actually recorded the songs from the ground up by creating the tracks alone on synthesizer. Ringo mainly recorded the new collection at his home in L.A. taking a more active production role than in recent years.We asked him what prompted the welcomed twist on record making: “Y’know the creative brief was that I was sitting at home with nothing better to do in L.A., and I had Pro-Tools and I had a few synthesizers in one of the bedrooms we sort of transffered into a studio — ’cause you can do ‘em anywhere now. I just started putting stuff down. Playing the synthesizer to get rhythm pattern and notes, of course, and I would play drums to whatever I did. And that would give it the color through the verses and the choruses. It would just sort of split it up into — ‘this could be a song.’ But I had no words, I had no melody.”
Y Not — which is Ringo’s highest-charting album since 1976 — features Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh, Benmont Tench, Billy Squier, Joss Stone, Van Dyke Parks, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Richard Marx, Dave Stewart, and Ben Harper.

Ringo Starr and his All Star Band 2010 tour dates (subject to change):
June 24, 25 - Niagara Falls, ON - Fallsview Casino
June 26 - Bethel, NY - Bethel Woods Center
June 27 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
June 30 - Westbury, NY - Westbury Theatre
July 2 - Easton, PA - State Theatre
July 3 - Atlantic City, NY - Caesar’s Circus Maximus
July 5 - New Brunswick, NJ - State Theatre
July 6 - Lancaster, PA - American Music Theatre
July 7 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall — Ringo’s 70th Birthday
July 8 - Lancaster, PA - American Theatre
July 10 - Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park
July 11 - Durham NC - Durham Performing Arts Center
July 13 - Clearwater, Fl - Ruth Eckerd Hall
July 15 - Hollywood, Fl - Hard Rock Arena
July 17 - Saint Augustine, FL - St Augustine Amphitheatre
July 20 - Cleveland, OH - City Lights Pavilion
July 21 - Canandaigua NY - Sands PAC
July 23 - Windsor, ON - Caesars
July 24 - Hammond, IN - Horseshoe Casino
July 28 - Calgary, AB - Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
July 31 - Woodinville, WA - Chateau St Michelle
August 5 - Rancho Mirage, CA - The Show At Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa
August 6 - San Diego, CA - Humphrey’s Concerts By The Bay
August 7 - Los Angeles, Greek Theatre

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