Ringo Starr redoubles nostalgia and energy in Mexico

Ringo Starr He jumps to the rhythm of an intense blue electric guitar and the lucky ones who watch him shout and have fun, they laugh. You can’t believe it: an ex-Beatle so close and so far. But he is the accessible Beatle, the universal friend, the one with the harmonious spirit.

So, during the evening that is about to begin in the National Auditoriummakes them a promise that he will more than keep: “Welcome, Mexico, are you ready to have fun?” Ringo asks as he begins with “It don’t come easy”, one of his first hits, from 1971.

His voice is serious and yet harmonizes with the sharp and aggressive, accelerated guitar. The musician of 83 years He doesn’t look his age: he dances, clapping with short but rhythmic, precise movements.

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“Matchbox”, a cover of Carl Perkins to whom he gave voice, opens the night and lifts everyone from their seats. Then everyone envies the lucky fan in the front rows who Ringo points to and smiles at.

“Love and peace, Mexico, thank you very much for being here,” adds the British, who provokes the euphoric public the “i love you, Ringo”.

The musician rises to his environment in a battery that is above all the instruments. It is a joy for your followers to perceive the percussions, his specialty, even if they sacrifice a little to look at him closely, like when he sings.

From there he also performs “Rosanna”, a cover by the band Toto, followed by another cover, now by the group Average White Band, “Pick up the pieces”, an instrumental song of more than four minutes where Ringo shines on the drums.

Although 83 years of age takes its toll, so along with the musician, another drummer reinforces every movement of the exbeatlethe same sounds, at the same beat, to keep the drums strong.

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Even some quick punchlines Ringo prefers to hand over to the drummer who accompanies him. That’s something the public didn’t care about: he’s a living legend.

He proves it instantly, when, with the snare drums and cymbals, he relives his times with the Beatles; People applaud and appreciate the gesture.

It continues with “Boys” which Ringo performed in the band’s early years. Then, shouting “Ringo, Ringo, Ringo!”, he conquers with “I’m the greatestl”, a song composed for him by John Lennon, followed by the iconic “Yellow submarine”, one of his great classics with The Beatles, as well like “Octopus’s garden”.

Thus, alternating between the microphone and the drums, between his own songs and covers, Ringo enjoyed his first of two nights at the National Auditorium, before an audience that did not stop dancing and applauding the ex-Beatle, who accompanied him by inflating yellow balloons during the interpretation of its most representative songs.

During the evening, Ringo was also surrounded by musicians from his All Star Bandwho presented some songs.

Multigenerational fever

The fan experience began hours after Ringo took the stage. Families complete groups and groups of friends, whose passion for The Beatles unites them, made the surroundings Colossus of Reform a festive atmosphere.

Like Laura Pérez, Rocío Castillo and María de la Luz, friends between 65 and 70 years old, who decided to see Ringo in the pink outfit like the one he wears in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

“Beatles are my life, I listen to them thanks to my father,” said Rocío.