Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Salle Des Etoiles, Monte Carlo

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band performed at the Salle Des Etoiles Sporting Club in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on 30 August 1998.

It was the 14th show of the fourth All-Starr Band’s European tour, which lasted for 18 dates in August and September 1998, and the last of three consecutive nights in Monaco.

Starr returned to the Salle Des Etoiles on 6 July 2018.

And so we arrived (eventually) in the very fleshpot of Europe, the tax haven Monaco. The three gigs here are among the strangest I have ever had playing as we are for billionaires in a sort of lounge. I have to play so quietly in front of these old fogeys and you just can’t do ‘White Room’ under these conditions. As far as I can see most of Monte Carlo is covered in poodle crap! Weird…

It was really a great relief to get to Germany after the vicissitudes of playing three nights for the burgers (yes I did say burgers) of Monaco. The last night there were 900 lawyers in the audience. ’nuff sed. (Sorry to any lawyers reading this!)

The fourth All-Starr Band

• Ringo Starr: vocals, drums, percussion
• Peter Frampton: guitar, vocals
• Jack Bruce: bass guitar, keyboards, guitar, vocals
• Gary Brooker: keyboards, organ, vocals
• Mark Rivera: saxophone, guitar, organ, keyboards, percussion, vocals
• Simon Kirke: vocals, drums

Concert setlist

• ‘It Don’t Come Easy’
• ‘Act Naturally’
• ‘Whisky Train’ (Gary Brooker)
• ‘Show Me The Way’ (Peter Frampton)
• ‘Sunshine Of Your Love’ (Jack Bruce)
• ‘Shooting Star’ (Simon Kirke)
• ‘Boys’
• ‘Baby, I Love Your Way’ (Peter Frampton)
• ‘Love Me Do’
• ‘Yellow Submarine’
• ‘Conquistador’ (Gary Brooker)
• ‘I’m The Greatest’
• ‘No No Song’
• ‘La De Da’
• ‘I Feel Free’ (Jack Bruce)
• ‘All Right Now’ (Simon Kirke)
• ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’
• ‘Do You Feel Like We Do’ (Peter Frampton)
• ‘White Room’ (Jack Bruce)
• ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’ (Gary Brooker)
• ‘Photograph’

• ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’

1998 All-Starr Band tour dates

• 7 August 1998: Helsingin Jäähalli, Helsinki, Finland
• 8 August 1998: Heitere Open Air, Zofingen, Switzerland
• 9 August 1998: Smukfest, Skanderborg, Denmark
• 12 August 1998: Freilichtbühne, Stuttgart, Germany
• 13 August 1998: Theaterplatz, Chemnitz, Germany
• 16 August 1998: Marktrock, Leuven, Belgium
• 18 August 1998: Expo 98, Lisbon, Portugal
• 20 August 1998: The Point, Dublin, Ireland
• 21 August 1998: Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, England
• 25 August 1998: State Central Concert Hall Rossiya, Moscow, Russia
• 26 August 1998: Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, Saint Petersburg, Russia
• 28 August 1998: Salle Des Etoiles, Monte Carlo
• 29 August 1998: Salle Des Etoiles, Monte Carlo
• 30 August 1998: Salle Des Etoiles, Monte Carlo
• 1 September 1998: Grugahalle, Essen, Germany
• 2 September 1998: Stadtpark Freilichtbühne, Hamburg, Germany
• 3 September 1998: Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
• 5 September 1998: Wintershall Estate, Bramley, England