Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Poplar Creek Music Theatre, Hoffman Estates

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band performed at the Poplar Creek Music Theatre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA, on 25 July 1989.

It was the second show by the first All-Starr Band. The North American tour lasted for 30 dates between July and September 1989, followed by a seven-date Japanese tour in October and November.

Starr returned to the Poplar Creek Music Theatre on 13 June 1992.

The first All-Starr Band

• Ringo Starr: vocals, drums, percussion, piano
• Joe Walsh: guitar, piano, maracas, vocals
• Nils Lofgren: guitar, accordion, vocals
• Rick Danko: bass guitar, guitar, vocals
• Dr John: piano, bass guitar, vocals
• Billy Preston: keyboards, melodica, cowbell, vocals
• Clarence Clemons: saxophone, tambourine, cowbell, vocals
• Levon Helm: drums, mandolin, harmonica, vocals
• Jim Keltner: drums

Concert setlist

• ‘It Don’t Come Easy’
• ‘No No Song’
• ‘Yellow Submarine’
• ‘New Island Midnight’ (Dr John)
• ‘Such A Night’ (Dr John)
• ‘Big Mac’ (Dr John)
• ‘The Weight’ (Levon Helm)
• ‘Shine Silently’ (Nils Lofgren)
• ‘Will It Go Round In Circles’ (Billy Preston)
• ‘Act Naturally’
• ‘Honey Don’t’
• ‘You’re A Friend Of Mine’ (Clarence Clemons)
• ‘The Shape I’m In’ (Rick Danko)
• ‘Life In The Fast Lane’ (Joe Walsh)
• ‘You’re Sixteen’
• ‘Desperado’ (Joe Walsh)
• ‘Raining In My Heart’ (Rick Danko)
• ‘Up On Cripple Creek’ (Levon Helm)
• ‘Boys’
• ‘Bein’ Angry’ (Nils Lofgren)
• ‘Candy’ (Dr John)
• ‘Right Place Wrong Time’ (Dr John)
• ‘Quarter To Three’ (Clarence Clemons)
• ‘Amazing Grace’ (Joe Walsh)
• ‘Rocky Mountain Way’ (Joe Walsh)
• ‘Nothing From Nothing’ (Billy Preston)
• ‘Photograph’

• ‘Back Off Boogaloo’
• ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’

1989 All-Starr Band tour dates

• 23 July 1989: Park Central Amphitheatre, Dallas, USA
• 25 July 1989: Poplar Creek Music Theatre, Hoffman Estates, USA
• 26 July 1989: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, USA
• 28 July 1989: Riverfest, Saint Paul, USA
• 29 July 1989: Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, USA
• 30 July 1989: Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, USA
• 31 July 1989: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, USA
• 2 August 1989: Lake Compounce, Bristol, USA
• 4 August 1989: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, USA
• 5 August 1989: Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, USA
• 6 August 1989: Bally’s Grand Hotel, Atlantic City, USA
• 8 August 1989: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, USA
• 9 August 1989: Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, USA
• 11 August 1989: Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, USA
• 12 August 1989: Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, USA
• 13 August 1989: Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, USA
• 15 August 1989: Great Woods Centre for the Performing Arts, Mansfield, USA
• 16 August 1989: Kingston Fairgrounds, Kingston, USA
• 18 August 1989: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, USA
• 19 August 1989: CNE Grandstand, Toronto, Canada
• 20 August 1989: Castle Farms, Charlevoix, USA
• 24 August 1989: Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, Canada
• 25 August 1989: Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, Canada
• 27 August 1989: Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada
• 29 August 1989: Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, USA
• 30 August 1989: Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, USA
• 1 September 1989: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, USA
• 2 September 1989: Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, USA
• 3 September 1989: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, USA
• 4 September 1989: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, USA
• 30 October 1989: Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan
• 31 October 1989: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan
• 2 November 1989: Sun Plaza, Hiroshima, Japan
• 3 November 1989: Kyūshū Kousei Nenkin Kaikan, Fukuoka, Japan
• 6 November 1989: Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
• 7 November 1989: Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan
• 8 November 1989: Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan