Ringo Starr Announces New T Bone Burnett-Produced Album 'Long Long Road'
Tuesday, 03 March 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Ringo Starr has announced a new album.
'Long Long Road' is set for release on April 24 and marks the former Beatles drummer's second collaborative project with producer T Bone Burnett, following last year's 'Look Up'. Like its predecessor, the 10-track album is rooted in country and Americana.
Co-produced by Daniel Tashian and Bruce Sugar, it was recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles with many of the same backing musicians who played on 'Look Up' — Paul Franklin, David Mansfield, Dennis Crouch, Daniel Tashian, Rory Hoffman, Patrick Warren and Colin Linden, a group Burnett affectionately calls The Texans, after the Liverpool band Starr played with in the late '50s.
Six songs were written or co-written by Burnett, two by Starr and Sugar, one by Starr, Mark Hudson and Gary Burr, and another by Bernie Benjamin and George David Weiss, originally recorded by Carl Perkins. The record also features several high-profile guest appearances, including collaborations with Billy Strings, Sheryl Crow and St Vincent. Starr said:
"I’m blessed to have T Bone in my life right now and working with me on these records. 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."
Burnett shared: "I've loved Ringo’s playing and his singing for my whole life. 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."
Alongside the announcement, Starr has shared a new single, It's Been Too Long, a rootsy country-rock offering built on strummed guitars and a steady beat, with backing harmonies from both Molly Tuttle and Sarah Jarosz.
Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band will take the album on tour across the US this spring. Tickets are on sale now.
In February last year, Starr made his Grand Ole Opry debut after being invited by Emmylou Harris during the first of his two star-studded shows at the Ryman Auditorium, which was recorded for a two-hour special currently streaming on CBS/Paramount Plus. A month later, Starr released a digital single of the Beatles classic With a Little Help From My Friends, recorded live at the Ryman as each night's closing performance.
'Long Long Road' tracklist:
Side One
1. Returning Without Tears
2. Baby Don’t Go
3. I Don’t See Me In Your Eyes Anymore
4. It’s Been Too Long
5. Why
Side Two
1. You And I (Wave Of Love)
2. My Baby Don’t Want Nothing
3. Choose Love
4. She’s Gone
5. Long Long Road
Ringo Starr Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Thu May 28 2026 - TEMECULA California - Pechanga Theater at Pechanga Resort Casino - Complex (USA)
Fri May 29 2026 - SAN DIEGO California - Humphreys Concerts By the Bay (USA)
Sun May 31 2026 - PRESCOTT VALLEY Arizona - Findlay Toyota Center (USA)
Mon June 01 2026 - SALT LAKE CITY Utah - Delta Performance Hall at George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Theater - Complex (USA)
Wed June 03 2026 - TUCSON Arizona - Linda Ronstadt Music Hall (Formerly Tucson Music Hall) (USA)
Fri June 05 2026 - LINCOLN California - Venue at Thunder Valley Casino - Complex (USA)
Sat June 06 2026 - PASO ROBLES California - Vina Robles Amphitheatre (USA)
Mon June 08 2026 - ALBUQUERQUE New Mexico - Kiva Auditorium at Albuquerque Convention Center (USA)
Tue June 09 2026 - DENVER Colorado - Bellco Theatre (USA)
Thu June 11 2026 - SAN JOSE California - San Jose Civic (USA)
Fri June 12 2026 - TEMPE Arizona - ASU Gammage (USA)
Sun June 14 2026 - LOS ANGELES California - Greek Theatre Los Angeles (USA)
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