Sir Ringo reveals he has only left home eight times in the last year
SIR RINGO Starr has spoken of his relief after having his second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
The former Beatle, 80, lives in Los Angeles with his wife – actress and model Barbara Bach – and said he had left the house only eight times in the last year due to the threat of coronavirus.
The beloved star joins fellow musicians including Dolly Parton and The Who’s Roger Daltrey in receiving the jab.
Sir Ringo, who is releasing an EP titled Zoom In recorded at home during lockdown, described the lack of social contact as “far out”.
Speaking about the recording process during an online Q&A, he said: “It unfolded as we went along. I just got in here one day thinking, ‘I am going to make an EP’.
“I called Bruce (Sugar, his producer) to come over and turn on the system – I don’t know how
you do that – and I started thinking about people and calling people. And changing my mind, I don’t have to be that guy who is usually at least one of the writers on the track. It just sort of unfolded as we went along.
“We were in no rush. There wasn’t a date where we had to get it finished. We just went along, we played, we went and did other things. Well we didn’t do anything else. I left the house eight times in a year. It’s far out.”
The veteran rocker also revealed plans for another EP of music, adding: “Don’t tell anyone but I have started EP two.”
Sir Ringo, who is a great-grandfather, said being apart from his family in England had been “really tough”.
“What big plans we had for 2020,” he said.
“I was 80, we were going to have a big celebration, all the kids and the grandkids. Everybody was coming into LA and we were going to have a great time. It didn’t happen.
“This is the longest I haven’t seen the kids or the grandkids. Though my granddaughter sent me a little video today of my greatgrandson singing away to my song, because the BBC are playing it, thank you very much. But yeah, it is hard.
“I smile because they only want to go back to school. They are all back in school in England now.”