Classic Rock
Ringo Starr announces new album “Long Long Road” and releases first single
The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr will celebrate his 86th birthday in 2026 and has just announced his 22nd solo studio album, titled “Long Long Road,” which will be released on April 24 next year. It marks his second collaboration with producer T Bone Burnett, following the success of his 2025 album “Look Up,” his first Country record in more than five decades. The new record features 10 tracks and includes special guest appearances by Billy Strings, Sheryl Crow, and St. Vincent.
What Ringo Starr said about his new album
“I’m blessed to have T Bone in my life right now and working with me on these records,” Ringo stated. “After we did the last record, which I love listening to, this one just sort of happened. I like to say sometimes I make the right moves, like you can go left or right at any point, and one of the right moves was hooking up with T Bone for Look Up, and now for this one, which I’m calling Long Long Road, because I’ve been on a long long road.”
“Long Long Road” tracklist
- “Returning Without Tears”
- “Baby Don’t Go”
- “I Don’t See Me in Your Eyes Anymore”
- “It’s Been Too Long”
- “Why
- “You and I (Wave of Love)”
- “My Baby Don’t Want Nothing”
- “Choose Live”
- “She’s Gone”
- “Long Long Road”
The producer T Bone Burnett also talked about the new album, saying: “I’ve loved Ringo’s playing and his singing for my whole life,” T Bone stated. “And then one night we were at a poetry reading together and he said, why don’t you write a song for me?”
“So I wrote him a Gene Autry type song because I always heard Ringo as a Texas artist, the way he played felt just like Texas music to me. Ringo Starr is a recording artist of the highest caliber, and I wanted to surround him with these young masters, bringing in some of this extraordinary young energy that’s happening around Nashville for both of these records,” he said.
