Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr announces new album and releases new single

The upcoming record was co-written by Starr and American producer T Bone Burnett.

Ringo Starr is releasing a new album (PA)

The former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has announced a new album and releases a new single.

The 85-year old musician announced the release of a 10-track record Long Long Road which will feature collaborations with Billy Strings, Sheryl Crow and St Vincent.

It comes after he released the album’s first single, It’s Been Too Long, featuring Sarah Jarosz and Molly Tuttle, on Tuesday.

The upcoming record, which is due to hit shelves on April 24, was co-written by Starr and American producer T Bone Burnett.

It follows on from Starr’s 2025 album Look Up which marked his first number one album on the UK’s official country chart.

Sir Ringo is back with a new single and album (Peter Byrne/PA)

Starr said: “I’m blessed to have T Bone in my life right now and working with me on these records.

“After we did the last record, which I love listening to, this one just sort of happened.

“I like to say sometimes I make the right moves, like you can go left or right at any point, and one of the right moves was hooking up with T Bone for Look Up, and now for this one, which I’m calling Long Long Road, because I’ve been on a long long road.”

Recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles, the album has a country and Americana sound and features much of the same bandmembers from Look Up.

Starr added that the album includes musical influences from guitarist Carl Perkins and said: “I recorded two Carl Perkins songs with The Beatles, and both T Bone and I wanted one on this record and he found this beautiful track I’d never heard before, I Don’t See Me In Your Eyes Anymore.”

T Bone said the pair decided to write a song together after attending a poetry reading together, praising the musician for being of the “highest calibre”.

The ex-Beatle is again working with producer T Bone Burnett (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

He said: “I’ve loved Ringo’s playing and his singing for my whole life.

“I wrote him a Gene Autry type song because I always heard Ringo as a Texas artist, the way he played felt just like Texas music to me.

“Ringo Starr is a recording artist of the highest calibre, and I wanted to surround him with these young masters, bringing in some of this extraordinary young energy that’s happening around Nashville for both of these records.”

Starr– real name Richard Starkey – rose to fame as part of The Beatles which was formed in 1960 and made up of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and George Harrison.

The Beatles are the best-selling musical act of all time and one of the most influential groups in the world, having achieved 18 UK number one singles and 16 UK number one albums.

Long Long Road will be released on April 24.