{"id":156834,"date":"2025-03-19T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/19\/ringo-starrs-children-are-fed-up-of-him-threatening-to-retire\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T16:00:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:00:38","slug":"ringo-starrs-children-are-fed-up-of-him-threatening-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/19\/ringo-starrs-children-are-fed-up-of-him-threatening-to-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Ringo Starr&#8217;s children are &#8216;fed up&#8217; of him threatening to retire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-03-19\" datetime=\"1742400038\" pubdate=\"\">19 March 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Ringo Star&#8217;s children are &#8220;fed up&#8221; with him threatening to retire.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Ringo Starr&#8217;s children are &#8216;fed up&#8217; of him threatening to retire<\/p>\n<p>The 84-year-old musician &#8211; who has Zak, 59, and Jason, 57, and daughter Lee, 54, with late ex-wife Maureen &#8211; admitted that every time he comes off a tour, he tells his kids that he is going to throw in the towel but then something else always comes up to entice him back to the stage. <\/p>\n<p>He told this week&#8217;s edition of People magazine: &#8220;Sometimes when I finish a tour, I\u2019m like, \u2018That\u2019s the end for me.\u2019 And all my children say, \u2018Oh, Dad, you\u2019ve told us that for the last 10 years.\u2019 And they get fed up with me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do feel, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s got to be enough,\u2019 and then I get a phone call: \u2018We\u2019ve got a few gigs if you\u2019re interested.\u2019 Okay, we\u2019re off again!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Beatles legend &#8211; who shot to fame alongside Sir Paul McCartney, as well as the late John Lennon and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/george-harrison\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,george-harrison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Harrison<\/a> in the 1960s as part of the &#8216;Hey Jude&#8217; hitmakers &#8211; has now been playing with the All Starr Band for over 30 years, and ahead of their tour later this year, fondly recalled that their first performance was in a field. <\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: &#8220;In those days, I had a phone book, so I found guys who were musicians and I\u2019d call them.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;We opened in Texas in a field and it was great. And we\u2019ve been doing it ever since because I love to play live. I love the audience, I know they love me and we have a great time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nRingo also released his chart-topping album &#8216;Look Up&#8217; earlier this year and it was an exploration of the country genre.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: &#8220;It sort of took its own way. We can make the right turns sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;It\u2019s working out really well. 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