Ringo Starr recorded an edition of the TV series Soundstage on 24 June 2005.
The recording took place at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, Illinois, USA. Starr’s band was The Roundheads:
Gary Burr: electric guitar, mandolin, vocals
Mark Hudson: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals
Steve Dudas: electric guitar
Matt Bissonette: bass guitar, vocals
Mark Hart: keyboards, vocals
Gregg Bissonette: drums, vocals
They performed fifteen songs:
- ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’/‘It Don’t Come Easy’
- ‘Octopus’s Garden’
- ‘Choose Love’
- ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’
- ‘Don’t Pass Me By’
- ‘I’m The Greatest’
- ‘Memphis In Your Mind’
- ‘Photograph’
- ‘Never Without You’
- ‘Back Off Boogaloo’
- ‘Boys’
- ‘Yellow Submarine’
- ‘Act Naturally’
- ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’
Colin Hay and his wife Cecilia Noël joined the musicians for the final song, ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’.
The audio was produced by Starr and Mark Hudson. It was released on 23 October 2007 as Ringo Starr: Live At Soundstage, Starr’s ninth live album.
A DVD of the full performance was also made available in 2009, titled Live or Soundstage depending on the country of release.