Ringo Starr Tests Positive For Covid, Forcing Postponement Of Current Tour
deadline.comRingo Starr has tested positive for Covid, a day after the former Beatle was forced to postpone a concert in Minnesota because of illness. “Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band were forced to cancel their recent shows due to illness,” the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, which was to host Starr’s next concert, tweeted Monday. “It has been confirmed today that Ringo has Covid and the tour will be on hold while Ringo recuperates.” Starr, who is 82, is in the middle of a North American tour with his “All-Starr Band,” featuring a rotating group of musicians.
The current incarnation features Toto’s Steve Lukather, Men at Work’s Colin Hay, Edgar Winter, the Average White Band’s Hamish Stewart, drummer Gregg Bissonette and Kansas’ Warren Ham.
Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band were forced to cancel their recent shows due to illness. It has been confirmed today that Ringo has Covid and the tour will be on hold while Ringo recuperates.
As of today the Canada Life Centre show on October 4 has been canceled. pic.twitter.com/8Kvap9EQQW The tour has five Canadian dates scheduled through Sunday that was to begin Tuesday in Winnipeg before kicking off a U.S.
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