Twenty-six celebrations will be held throughout the world
This July 7th, Ringo Starr and his wife Barbara Starkey will be joined on his birthday by family and friends for his annual Peace & Love Birthday event. This year’s event includes current All Starrs Steve Lukather, Edgar Winter, Colin Hay, Warren Ham and Gregg Bissonette, as well as friends Benmont Tench, Jim Keltner, Richard Marx, Matt Sorum, Ed Begley Jr, Linda Perry, Diane Warren, Roy Jr and Alex Orbison.
They will gather together at the Capitol Records Tower in Los Angeles, and at noon give the traditional “Peace and Love” exclamation. This year Artemis Music Space Network, through the International Space Station (ISS) will amplify that message not only to the entire planet but up into Earth’s orbit and to the stars.
At noon, Starr will signal the Artemis Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas to beam his message and music, Starr’s 2021 single release “Let’s Change The World” and his “Star Song” to the International Space Station (ISS), where it will orbit around the Earth, passing over many countries and much of the Earth’s population and beaming back down messages of peace and love while also traveling out to distant stars.
Prior to this, musicians, including Langhorne Slim and Sawyer Fredericks, will celebrate Starr’s music with tribute performances.
The global celebrations continue to be confirmed and so far include 26, beginning in Sydney, Australia, where Today’s Karl Stefanovic has the first noon “Peace & Love” event of the day. It then continues with events in Tokyo and Osaka Japan, Moscow, Russia, Athens, Greece, Ticino Switzerland, Halle, Germany, Barcelona and Madrid Spain, Venice, Italy, London, England, Buenos Aires and Chascomús Argentina, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Lima, Peru, Panama City, Panama, San Salvador, El Salvador, Guatemala City, Guatemala, San Jose Costa Rica, and Stateside in New York City, New York, Interlochen, MI at Interlochen Center for the Arts, Cleveland, OH at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Fairfield, IA at Marharshi University and Los Angeles, California where Starr usually invites fans to join him in person. However, this year’s gathering could not be made public to adhere to city ordinances. 2022 also sees the first “Peace and Love” celebration in South Africa, where people in Yeoville, Johannesburg will gather at noon and participate at the Friday Hartley Shelter.
In advance of July 7th, and continuing through July 10th, The Beatles Channel on SiriusXM will air special programming celebrating Starr’s birthday. Starbucks, one of the events amplifiers, will be playing a special Ringo Playlist in over 10,000 Starbucks stores, and share with customers a special Peace & Love message from Ringo at noon local time at participating locations.
