Battling COVID again, Ringo Starr cancels rest of tour, including upcoming L.A. show
LA TimesRingo Starr, after contracting COVID-19 for a second time in a month, has canceled his tour with his band. The former Beatles drummer, 82, announced Thursday that he tested positive for COVID-19 again and will cancel the rest of his tour, which also included upcoming shows at the San Jose Civic on Friday and the Vina Robles Amphitheatre in Paso Robles on Saturday. “the rest off the tour is off I send you peace and love Ringo.” The tour cancellation comes less than two weeks after he contracted the illness on Oct. 3, forcing him and his All Starr Band to postpone their show at the Canada Life Centre. The Grammy winner resumed his tour on Monday, tweeting that he is “on the road again.” “I am negative peace and love everybody thanks for waiting,” he wrote, while posing with his negative COVID-19 test. In June, Starr announced that he would push back the summer tour after two All Starr Band members, keyboardist Edgar Winter and guitarist Steve Lukather, tested positive for COVID.
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