Set list: Ringo Starr revamps set for first show on 13th All-Starr Band tour

Steve Marinucci, 

Beatles Examiner,

June 14, 2012

Ringo Starr made several changes from the songs he sang from his most recent tour in Brazil for the first show on the 13th All-Starr Band at Fallsview Casino Resort Thursday. Six songs, which amounted to half of what he sang in Brazilia at his most recent show last November were changed. The show opened with the Carl Perkins song “Matchbox, instead of “It Don't Come Easy,” as it did in South America. That song was played second. Third was another new-to-the-tour song, Wings” from his latest album“Ringo 2012.”

Next came the first songs by members of the band. In order, it was Todd Rundgren's “Hello It's Me,” “Gregg Rolie with “Evil Ways,” Steve Lukather with “Rosanna” and Richard Page with “Kyrie.” Ringo Starr came back next with “Don't Pass Me By,” then Rundgren sang “Bang the Drum All Day.” Then, it was Starr's turn next again with “Boys” and “Yellow Submarine.” Rolie's stepped forward again with “Black Magic Woman,” then Ringo with “Anthem,” another song from “Ringo 2012,” then “I'm the Greatest” and “You're Sixteen.” Back to the All-Starrs again with Steve Lukather doing “Africa,” Gregg Rolie singing “Everybody's Everything,” Todd Rundgren with “I Saw the Light,” Richard Page with “Broken Wings,” and Lukather again with “Hold the Line.”

Starr closed out the show with the same three that ended his shows in South America: “Photograph,” “Act Naturally” and “With A Little Help From My Friends.” So Starr's songs on the new tour, at least for the first night, are “Matchbox,” “It Don't Come Easy,” “Wings,” “Don't Pass Me By,” “Boys,” “Yellow Submarine,” “Anthem,” “I'm the Greatest,” “You're Sixteen,” “Photograph,” “Act Naturally” and “With a Little Help From My Friends.”

By comparison, in Brazil on the 2010 tour, they were “It Don't Come Easy,” “Honey Don't,” “Choose Love,” “I Wanna Be Your Man,” “The Other Side of Liverpool,” “Yellow Submarine,” “Back Off Boogaloo,” “Boys,” “Photograph,” “Act Naturally” and “With a Little Help From My Friends.”

In talking about the band Wednesday at the press conference to kick off the tour, Starr said, "I'm surrounded here with incredible musicians and incredible writers and incredible songs. And everyone knows that comes to see the All-Starrs that we are the best 1-800 band in the land. We are the band."

The full set list (new songs in bold): (Ringo) Matchbox, It Don't Come Easy, Wings, (Todd Rundgren) Hello It's Me, (Gregg Rolie) Evil Ways, (Steve Lukather) Rosanna, (Richard Page) Kyrie, (Ringo) Don't Pass Me By, (Rundgren) Bang the Drum All Day, (Ringo) Boys,, Yellow Submarine, (Rolie) Black Magic Woman, (Ringo) Anthem, I'm the Greatest, You're Sixteen, (Lukather) Africa, (Rolie) Everybody's Everything, (Rundgren) I Saw the Light, (Page) Broken Wings, (Lukather) Hold the Line, (Ringo) Photograph, Act Naturally, With a Little Help From My Friends.