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Ringo Starr is heading to North American with his All Starr Band for a string of summer 2026 shows. READ MORE: ‘Let It Be’ review: The Beatles dust off their spellbinding 1970 break-up doc The Beatles legend will be joined by his regular bandmates – Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Bissonette and Buck Johnson – for all of the 12 dates next May and June. The tour kicks off in Temecula, California on May 28, before taking in cities including San Diego, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque, Denver and Phoenix, eventually wrapping things up with a date at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre on June 14. Tickets for all shows go on general sale next Friday (November 21) and you will be able to find yours here. Starr has said: “I am happy to be touring again in the Spring. See you all in June. Peace and love.” View this post on Instagram Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band will play: MAY 2026 28 – Temecula, CA, Pechanga Resort Casino 29 – San Diego, CA, Humphreys Concerts By The Bay 31 – Prescott, AZ, Findlay Toyota Center JUNE 2026 1 – Salt Lake City, UT, Eccles Theater 3 – Tucson, AZ, Linda Ronstadt Music Hall 5 – Lincoln, CA, Thunder Valley Casino 6 – Paso Robles, CA, Vina Robles Amphitheatre 8 – Albuquerque, NM, Kiva Auditorium 9 – Denver, CO, Bellco Theatre 11 – San Jose, CA, San Jose Civic 12 – Phoenix, AZ, Gammage Auditorium 14 – Los Angeles, CA, Greek Theatre Elsewhere, it has been confirmed that Barry Keoghan (Saltburn, The Banshees Of Inisherin) will be playing Ringo in Sam Mendes’ upcoming quartet of Beatles biopics, each of which will focus on a different band member. The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event is currently slated for an April 2028 release. Harrison Dickinson and Paul Mescal will play Lennon and McCartney respectively, while Joseph Quinn is taking on the role of George Harrison. The respective partners have also been cast, with Mia McKenna-Bruce (How To Have Sex) set to play Ringo’s wife Maureen Starkey. In July, it was reported that Ringo had met Mendes and asked him to change parts of the scripts of the films, offering “extensive notes”, saying the original screenplay “had nothing to do with Maureen and I”. In September, meanwhile, Jack White joined Ringo on stage in Louisiana to play The Beatles’ ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’. He also described Roger Daltrey as a “little man” after Ringo’s son Zak Starkey was fired from The Who. The post Ringo Starr announces 2026 North American tour with his All Starr Band appeared first on NME.

Donald Trump has said he still intends to sue the BBC for “between $1bn and $5bn”, despite their apology over an edit of his speech. Last week, reports emerged that an episode of Panorama that aired in 2024 had spliced together comments from Trump’s January 6, 2021 speech at the US Capitol that some believed made it appear he had actively encouraged the attacks on US Congress on the same day. The BBC later issued a formal apology to Trump, admitting that the edits gave “the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action”, and the controversy led to the shock resignation of the BBC Director General Tim Davie and the BBC News CEO Deborah Turness last Sunday (November 9). Trump’s lawyers had initially threatened to sue the BBC for $1billion (£759million) in damages unless they issued a retraction, an apology and compensated him, but after issuing the apology, the corporation said they “strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim”. View this post on Instagram Now, however, Trump has confirmed that he still intends to sue the broadcaster. Speaking to reporters on board Air Force One yesterday (November 14), he said: “We’ll sue them for anywhere between $1bn [£759million] and $5bn, probably sometime next week.” “I think I have to do it,” he added. “They cheated. They changed the words coming out of my mouth.” Trump also said he plans to speak to Prime Minister Keir Starmer this weekend about the issue. The BBC have argued that the legal charges against them should not apply because the Panorama show was not broadcast in the US and it did not harm Trump’s 2024 election campaign. They also said the clip was not designed to mislead, but was edited to shorten a longer speech. In his resignation letter, Davie said: “In these increasingly polarised times, the BBC is of unique value and speaks to the very best of us. It helps make the UK a special place; overwhelmingly kind, tolerant and curious.” “Like all public organisations, the BBC is not perfect, and we must always be open, transparent and accountable. “While not being the only reason, the current debate around BBC News has understandably contributed to my decision. Overall, the BBC is delivering well, but there have been some mistakes made and as Director-General I have to take ultimate responsibility.” In July, Paramount Global agreed to pay Trump $16million (£13.5million) to settle a legal dispute over the edit of a 60 Minutes interview with his presidential opponent Kamala Harris. The post Donald Trump will still sue BBC for “between $1bn and $5bn” despite apology over ‘Panorama’ edit appeared first on NME.

Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon has said he would be “very surprised” if he ever makes another full-length album. READ MORE: Bon Iver – ‘SABLE fABLE’ review: a creative rebirth The fifth Bon Iver record, ‘SABLE, fABLE’, was released in April via Jagjaguwar, which Vernon produced with Jim-E Stack at his own April Base Studio in Wisonsin, and it has gone on to pick up a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album. Despite its success, Vernon has now strongly hinted that the LP may prove to be the final Bon Iver album, as he has stopped writing songs for the first time in his life. In an interview with The Times, he spoke about how his music has managed to move so many people. “I’m tapped into the emotion of music – the blue part,” he said. “I have that in me thanks to the thousands of musicians I’ve absorbed, and they’re just in there.” However, he added: “But I don’t know how much is left. I’ve expelled a lot of it.” When asked directly if that meant there would be no more Bon Iver albums, he responded: “I would be very surprised. For the first time since I was 12, I’m not writing songs.” “There aren’t any in here,” he added, pointing at his heart. “I have been writing since puberty and this is unfamiliar territory – but I am accepting it. It’s scary sometimes, but I’m just letting it happen …” Bon Iver made a major splash with the debut album ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ in 2007, which Vernon recorded in isolation in a cabin in Wisconsin. A 2011 self-titled album, 2016’s ‘22, A Million’ and 2019’s ‘i, i’ followed, as did collaborations with major names such as Taylor Swift, Kanye West and Charli xcx. In a four-star review of ‘SABLE, fABLE’, NME commended the album which was feared to be the departure of the Bon Iver project, but instead is being seen as a “rebirth”. It reads: “Though this is not Bon Iver’s answer to ‘Brat’ summer by any stretch of the imagination, many of these same existential questions also linger on ‘SABLE, fABLE’ – a record that grapples with his own identity as much as it does the twists and turns of life. Though some fans feared this might well be an epilogue to the Bon Iver project, it comes across as more of a rebirth.” Last month, Bon Iver featured on the new Haim song ‘Tie You Down’, from the group’s deluxe edition of their latest album ‘I Quit’. Among Bon Iver’s fans is Tom Hiddleston, who told NME earlier this year: “He just has this ability to write joyful music that has a strain of melancholy, and it sounds like he’s discovered a secret that we all knew but forgot about. He’s got an extraordinary gift.” The post Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon would be “very surprised” if he makes another album appeared first on NME.

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