Ringo Starr’s eventful and remarkable life is the subject of a new biography. Ringo: A Fab Life, from author Tom Doyle, employs an episodic, mosaic format that takes readers from Starr’s brushes with death as a child brought up in poverty, through to dizzying heights of fame and success with the Beatles and beyond. The title will be published on May 12, 2026, via ECW Press. It’s available to order in the U.S. here and in Canada here. It was published in October 2025 in the U.K., where it’s available here.

From the publisher’s announcement: Often overshadowed by his former bandmates, Starr has his own remarkable story that is no less compelling.

By examining pivotal moments, anecdotes, and cautionary tales, we see Starr soar as part of the biggest band in the world — and then try to cope with life outside of it with a film career, misadventures with friends, children’s TV narration, furniture designing, and marriage to a Bond girl, before eventually finding peace and sobriety as one of the elder statesmen of rock.

So much more than another Beatles biography, Ringo: A Fab Life follows Starr’s career far beyond the rose-tinted ’60s, through the various addictions and career left turns in the ’70s and ’80s, before reaching the ’90s, his legacy and reputation intact.

In its review, The Observer wrote, “Tom Doyle’s biography shows how Ringo used his light entertainer charm and instinctive talent to become the engine of the Beatles sound. Mojo writer and McCartney biographer Doyle seeks to tease out the lesser known stories from Starr’s extraordinary life. A wide ranging biography, a thoroughly researched book.”

The life of Richard Starkey is long overdue for a proper inspection, and this book — with exclusive new interviews conducted by Doyle with Starr himself, among others — provides a never-before-seen level of detail that will delight hardcore fans and curious readers alike.

Doyle is the critically acclaimed author of numerous music books, including Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s, and most recently Running Up That Hill, the award-winning 2022 study of Kate Bush. He is also a musician and songwriter and has written for Smash Hits, Q, and Mojo. He lives in London, England.

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