{"id":11151,"date":"2015-10-09T11:30:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T18:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=11151"},"modified":"2015-10-13T11:20:02","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T18:20:02","slug":"ringo-starrs-band-shines-just-as-bright-as-the-former-beatle-at-victoria-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2015\/10\/09\/ringo-starrs-band-shines-just-as-bright-as-the-former-beatle-at-victoria-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Ringo Starr\u2019s band shines just as bright as the former Beatle at Victoria concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

The legendary Ringo Starr rocked Victoria (with a little help from his friends, the All Starr Band) on October 8 at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre. Starr and his bandmates (former Journey keyboardist Gregg Rolie, Todd Rundgren, former Bread saxophonist Warren Ham, Mr. Mister singer Richard Page, and Toto guitarist Steve Lukather) stepped out onto a stage to perform for a full house. Tickets were sold out and the arena was a sea of baby boomers.<\/p>\n

The stage was decorated like something from a children\u2019s book, complete with illuminating, Goodnight Moon<\/em>-esque stars and a crescent moon. Dancing over the backdrop of moon and stars were peace signs and flowers with regular colour changes. Starr wore his signature sunglasses, and a wardrobe circa 1962 (unfortunately, the famed Beatles cut is history).<\/p>\n

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Ringo Starr, and his band, helped the Victoria audience relive their youth on October 8, 2015 (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The concert itself was a blast from the past. The 26-song set included a few Beatles classics, like \u201cYellow Submarine\u201d and \u201cWith a Little Help From My Friends,\u201d just to name a few. They also played Toto hits \u201cRosanna\u201d and \u201cAfrica.\u201d The atmosphere of the arena was thick with the excitement of relived youth; the air smelled of cheap beer and marijuana. This is probably the closest I\u2019ll ever come to actually experiencing the \u201960s.<\/p>\n

The dynamic of the band members made for a raw and authentic performance. The musical reciprocity was phenomenal, and the musicians seemed to be having as much fun as the audience (if not more). It was like watching a private jam session for world-class musicians. The performance was energetic and the transitions between songs were smooth and timely.<\/p>\n

The concert was a huge hit among the crowd of grown-up hippies. When the band played \u201cGive Peace a Chance\u201d the whole arena erupted into a field of peace signs. There were several standing ovations between songs and a whole lot of energy; the enthusiasm was contagious.<\/p>\n

I came expecting a solo performance from Starr with support from his band but instead was treated to a solo performance from each of the All Starr band members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The legendary Ringo Starr rocked Victoria (with a little help from his friends, the All Starr Band) on October 8 at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre. Starr and his bandmates (former Journey keyboardist Gregg Rolie, Todd Rundgren, former Bread saxophonist Warren Ham, Mr. Mister singer Richard Page, and Toto guitarist Steve Lukather) stepped out onto a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11151"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11154,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11151\/revisions\/11154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}