July 7 saw Ringo Starr celebrate his birthday at Capitol Records. Family, friends and fans joined Starr in front of the Capitol Records Tower in a Noon “Peace & Love” salute, while there were satellite salutes and events happening all over the world. Ringo also revealed details of his 19th solo album, Give More Love.

Recorded at his home studio in Los Angeles, Give More Love has 10 new tracks featuring collaborations with friends including: ‘We’re On The Road Again’ featuring Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh, Edgar Winter, Steve Lukather; ‘Laughable’ co-written and performed with Peter Frampton as well as Benmont Tench, Timothy B Schmidt, Richard Page and Amy Keys; ‘Show Me The Way’ co-written and performed with Steve Lukather and with Paul McCartney; ‘Speed of Sound’ co-written with Richard Marx and featuring Steve Lukather, Peter Frampton and Nathan East; ‘Standing Still’ co- written with Gary Burr; ‘King of the Kingdom’ including performances by Dave Stewart and Edgar Winter; ‘Electricity’ co-written with Glen Ballard and featuring Joe Walsh and Don Was; ‘So Wrong For So Long’ co written and performed with Dave Stewart; ‘Shake It Up’ co written and performed with Gary Nicholson and including Don Was and Edgar Winter; and ‘Give More Love’ co-written with Gary Nicholson including Timothy B Schmidt and All Starrs Richard Page and Gregg Bissonette.

Give More Love also has 4 bonus tracks: ‘Back Off Boogaloo’, ‘You Can’t Fight Lightning’, ‘Photograph’ and ‘Don’t Pass Me By’. This version of ‘Back Off Booglaloo’ is based on the original recording Ringo made when he wrote the song. He recently discovered the tape when he moved houses. The other three bonus tracks are collaborations based on performances from Starr’s 2016 Peace & Love Birthday event. Alberta Cross performed ‘You Can’t Fight Lightning’ and Vandaveer performed ‘Photograph’ and ‘Don’t Pass Me By’. Starr loved their renditions and asked them to each record them for his new album, also adding his own vocals.