Paul McCartney Joins Ringo Starr Onstage in New York (Meet The Twotles at Ringo's 70th birthday)

Billboard ^ | July 08, 2010 1:40 EDT | Courtney Baldasare

[a fool in paradise]

Ringo Starr kept his 70th birthday celebration going on Tuesday night (July 7) with a concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall that was positively star-studded, thanks in part to "a little help from his friend," Paul McCartney.

The former Beatles bandmates topped off the show by surprising audience members with a performance of "Birthday" from "The Beatles [White Album]," and appropriately so. With McCartney on lead vocals and Starr behind the drum kit, the duo performed with classic rock 'n' roll flair.

"Birthday" was preceded by another all-star collaboration, when Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band played "With a Little Help From My Friends" and were joined by a few extra notable faces, including Yoko Ono, Joe Walsh, Angus Young and Steven Van Zandt, to name a few.

[a fool in paradise]

I’d be more surprised with Paul joinging Pete Best onstage.

[Ev Reeman]

They would have to PAY ME to see those two assholes. I certainly wouldn’t waste my own money.

[a fool in paradise]

What about Angus Young with Yoko Ono?!

[DJ MacWoW]

Yeah. That would be hysterical. I mean historical.

[Revolting cat!]

Get Tony Sheridan there!

[a fool in paradise]

It's too late, that ship has sailed. Bert Kaempfert can't make the reunion.

[a fool in paradise]

[Argus]

Or Stu Sutcliffe.

BTW, I do not look forward to hearing any of these tunes piped into the nursing home.

[albie]

Yoko Ono is star studded?! Did Pee Wee Herman make it? Was Mr. Spacely there? The robot from “Lost in Space” is a bigger star than Ono.

[Ev Reeman]

Hell, ALF is even a bugger star than Yoko Ono.

[Ev Reeman]

Hell, ALF is even a bigger star than Yoko Ono.

[a fool in paradise]

Alf Bicknell was the Beatles' chauffeur for three years. From 1964 to 1966.

[norraad]

"Not that there's anything wrong with that!"

[massgopguy]

You will NEVER see HELP! on British TV because of the “filthy Eastern people with filthy Eastern ways” comment by JOhn.

[a fool in paradise]

And then John got on a heroin habit anyway.

[Revolting cat!]

Replace the two dead ones and go on tour, the Drifters could do it, so can you!

[a fool in paradise]

Paul has long said that he doesn’t want to compromise that legacy they got in the can decades ago (another reason that Let It Be is maintained in the vault but the film will not be officially released to home video since it’s ~1980 video release).

He needs to stop spouting political BS if he wants to “protect” his legacy.

Meanwhile the Beatles’ kids and some other musicians kids are jamming together.

[beelzepug]

“Meet the Twotles...”

Paul(y) is building choppers now?

[IronJack]

Does Mark Chapman have any brothers who own firearms?

[Gator113]

I recognize that I’m in a minority, but I never did like the Beatles or their music.

[Slings and Arrows]

Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band played "With a Little Help From My Friends" and were joined by a few extra notable faces, including Yoko Ono, Joe Walsh, Angus Young and Steven Van Zandt, to name a few.

My goodness, all that talent! (Plus Yoko.)

[unkus]

Miss Piggy outclasses Yoko Ono. Yoko Ono is a real pig in my book.

[sushiman]

She is a “ buta “ ( Japanese for pig ) !

[unkus]

Thank you for the appropriate word, sushiman. She is a very obnoxious and nasty person.

[TheOldLady]

Be still my heart. Oh, I’m so impressed. Excuse me while I swoon and maybe scream, you never know. Catch me, Slings.

[Pan_Yan]

A few years ago some magazine made a list of the worst 100 rock songs of all time. Two of them were McCartney’s. In the middle of the article was this little gem:

“One of the remaining Beetles wrote two of the worst songs ever and the other is Ringo.”

[Slings and Arrows]

Baka buta?

Buta bacon?

[dfwgator]

To quote Dennis Leary:

“What kind of country is this where John Lennon gets six bullets in the chest, and Yoko is standing right next to him, and not one f’ing bullet? Explain THAT to me.”

[Slings and Arrows]

I can’t believe it’s not buta?

[Slings and Arrows]

Actually, I wouldn’t mind hearing Joe Walsh and Angus Young trading riffs. Wouldn’t mind at all.

[unkus]

LOL That’s good. Thanks for sharing. Dennis Leary was right.

[Richard Kimball]

I'm surprised after the way Paul treated Ringo.

[sushiman]

LOL ...it’s BOO TA .

[Slings and Arrows]

Why let facts get in the way of a good wisecrack?

[martin_fierro]

"Birthday" was preceded by another all-star collaboration, when Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band played "With a Little Help From My Friends"

The old farts forgot to play "When I'm 64"

[TheOldLady]

I wouldn’t mind hearing Joe Walsh and Angus Young trading riffs.

Yes, but the twotles plus Ohno... Well, I don't want to be cruel.

[a fool in paradise]

“When I was 64...”

[Mr_Moonlight]

Are you sure this is Alf Bicknell in the picture? Could be Mal Evans instead ... although both had the same build, Mal was very often photographed with the Beatles whereas as far as I know, Alf was not.

The picture above is from the set of the "HELP!" movie, which Mal Evans appeared in as the 'swimmer' who pokes up thru a hole in the ice after it had been blown open by a bomb (disguised as a 'curling' pot), so it makes sense that it would be Mal in this picture.

BTW - I met and hung out with Alf Bicknell several years ago at a BeatleFest convention, and he was one of the nicest guys, just a regular person without pretense. RIP Alf (and Mal)

-- MM

[a fool in paradise]

I make no further claims as to the identity, I just googled “Beatles” and “Alf” and this came up with the “tag”.

[dfwgator]

If the could get the two remaining Who member with the remaining Beatles, they could be “The Whotles.”

[MikeD]

Looks more like Alf than Mal to me — Mal was clean shaven at the time.

[bannie]

Whenever I see the name “Yoko Ono,” I have a “stinky nose” reflex.