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Six new dates have been announced for the 2010 Ringo Starr All Starr Band tour.

The new dates are: 07/05/2010 New Brunswick, NJ 07/06/2010 Lancaster, PA 07/28/2010 Calgary, AB 07/30/2010 Airway Heights, WA 08/05/2010 Rancho Mirage, CA 08/06/2010 San Diego, CA .

The following dates were already announced:

06/24/10 Niagra Falls, ON Fallsview Casino
06/25/10 Niagra Falls, ON Fallsview Casino
06/26/10 Bethel, NY Bethel Woods Center
06/30/10 Westbury, NY Westbury Theatre
07/02/10 Easton, PA State Theatre
07/03/10 Atlantic City, NJ Ceasar’s Circus Maximus
07/07/10 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall
07/08/10 Lancaster, PA American Theatre
07/10/10 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park
07/11/10 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center
07/13/10 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall
07/15/10 Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Arena
07/17/10 Saint Augustine, FL St/ Augustine Amphitheatre
07/20/10 Cleveland, OH City Lights Pavillion
07/21/10 Canandaigua, NY CMAC
07/23/10 Windsor, ON Caesars
07/24/10 Hammond, IN Horseshoe Casino
07/31/10 Woodinville, WA Chateau St/ Michelle
08/07/10 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre

Ticket information is available here

Ringo Starr receives Hollywood Walk of Fame Star - Feb 8, 2010

On the forthcoming tour, Ringo will be playing tracks from his fifteenth studio album, Y Not, which was released last month. The first single from the album, “Walk With You”, released 22 December 2009, featured shared vocals with fellow former Beatle Paul McCartney. Y Not also includes collaborations with Joe Walsh, Joss Stone, Van Dyke Parks, Ben Harper and Richard Marx.

Ringo Starr/Paul McCartney duet - “Walk with You”

Ringo Starr will become the final Beatle to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a ceremony tonight. The Star is located at 1750 N. Vine Street in front of the historic Capitol Records Building. Ringo receives his Star on the 50th anniversary of the day construction first began on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His will be the 2,401st Star.

You can view the Hollywood Walk of Fame induction ceremony via a webcast beginning at 7pm PT. There is also a pre-show commencing at PT. The webcast can be watched at www.ringostarr.com or www.fabfourum.com/video-gallery.html

Congratulations to Ringo.

Stars who joined Harrison’s widow, Olivia, and their son, Dhani, at the ceremony on April 14 included Paul McCartney, Tom Hanks, Tom Petty, Eric Idle, Jeff Lynne, Joe Walsh, and T-Bone Burnett.

Watch some clips of the ceremony below:

Coinciding with the ceremony, Capitol-EMI Records announced that a new compilation of Harrison’s post-Beatles recordings will be released June 16. ‘Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison’ will include solo work as well as three of his Beatles songs - ‘Something’, ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ and ‘Here Comes the Sun.’