The Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band 30th Anniversary Tour was a concert tour by the rock supergroup Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band that began on 21 March 2019 at Harrah's Resort Southern California in Valley Center, California, and concluded on 1 September 2019 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California. With concerts in the United States and Japan, as well as one show in Canada, the tour celebrated the anniversary of frontman Ringo Starr's first All-Starr Band tour in 1989.
The setlist for the tour included songs by Starr—both by his former band the Beatles and from his career as a solo artist—as well as songs by All-Starr band members and their associated bands, including Steve Lukather and Warren Ham of Toto, Gregg Rolie (formerly of Santana and Journey), Colin Hay of Men at Work, and Hamish Stuart (formerly of Average White Band). Drummer Gregg Bissonette also played on the tour.
Reception Matthew Leimkuehler of The Tennessean, reviewing the 7 August show at Nashville, Tennessee's Ryman Auditorium, characterized Starr's stage presence as modest yet playful, and commended the "jukebox format [that] keeps the 130-minute show moving quickly." He concluded that, "There's a carefree, no-nonsense quality to the show that's easy to embrace; it's plain-and-simple fun."
Dan DeLuca, in his review of 14 August show at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's Metropolitan Opera House, called Hay "the standout vocalist of the show", but noted that, "By the third go-round of non-Starr tunes, the show started to drag and became something to endure more than enjoy, with the crowd impatiently calling for 'Ringo!' between songs." However, DeLuca concluded that "all was well once the Beatle came down off his drum throne and back into the spotlight [...] That Beatles magic was in the air, and everyone in the room was Ringo's friend."
Setlist This is the setlist that was performed at the 7 August show at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, and may not represent the setlist of every show on the tour. "Matchbox" "It Don't Come Easy" "What Goes On" "Evil Ways" (with Gregg Rolie) "Rosanna" (with Steve Lukather) "Pick Up the Pieces" (with Hamish Stuart) "Down Under" (with Colin Hay) "Boys" "Don't Pass Me By" "Yellow Submarine" "Cut the Cake" (with Hamish Stuart) "Black Magic Woman" (with Gregg Rolie) "You're Sixteen" "Anthem" "Overkill" (with Colin Hay) "Africa" (with Steve Lukather) "Work to Do" (with Hamish Stuart) "Oye Como Va" (with Gregg Rolie) "I Wanna Be Your Man" "Who Can It Be Now?" (with Colin Hay) "Hold the Line" (with Steve Lukather) "Photograph" "Act Naturally" "With a Little Help from My Friends" / "Give Peace a Chance"
Tour dates Date City Country Venue North America 21 March 2019 Valley Center United States Harrah's Resort Southern California Asia 27 March 2019 Fukuoka Japan Fukuoka Sunpalace Hall 29 March 2019 Hiroshima Ueno Gakuen Hall 1 April 2019 Sendai Tokyo Electron Hall Miyagi 2 April 2019 Kōriyama Shimin Center 3 April 2019 Tokyo Hitomi Kinen Kodo 5 April 2019 Tokyo Dome City Hall 9 April 2019 Nagoya Zepp Nagoya 10 April 2019 Osaka Archaic Hall 11 April 2019 Orix Theater North America 1 August 2019 Windsor Canada Caesars Windsor 3 August 2019 Highland Park United States Ravinia Festival 4 August 2019 6 August 2019 Durham Durham Performing Arts Center 7 August 2019 Nashville Ryman Auditorium 8 August 2019 10 August 2019 Vienna Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts 11 August 2019 13 August 2019 Roanoke Berglund Center Coliseum 14 August 2019 Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera House 20 August 2019 Champaign State Farm Center 22 August 2019 Prior Lake Mystic Lake Casino Hotel 23 August 2019 Council Bluffs Harrah's Council Bluffs 25 August 2019 Sante Fe Santa Fe Opera House 26 August 2019 Phoenix Celebrity Theatre 28 August 2019 Oakland Paramount Theatre 30 August 2019 Lincoln Thunder Valley Casino Resort 31 August 2019 Paso Robles Vina Robles Amphitheatre 1 September 2019 Los Angeles Greek Theatre
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