Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited on stage at the 2014 Grammy Awards.
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and were hosted by LL Cool J.
Backstage at the #GRAMMYs! Watch now @CBS http://t.co/qaxLtGT7Gk with Ringo Starr @ringostarrmusic pic.twitter.com/0FXFq2HHHi
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) January 27, 2014
Backstage at the #GRAMMYs! watch now @CBS http://t.co/rJ1OC0m5v4 with @PaulMcCartney @ringostarrmusic pic.twitter.com/eGtFuYzdm5
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) January 27, 2014
Photo of Paul rehearsing on stage with Abe, Ringo and Brian ahead of their @TheGRAMMYs performance. #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/y1VOIwPrNr
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) January 27, 2014
Just after 10pm ET actress Julia Roberts made a speech in which she spoke of The Beatles’ arrival in America in February 1964, before introducing McCartney and “a special guest”. Starr joined McCartney’s band on drums for a performance of ‘Queenie Eye’, from McCartney’s 2013 album New.
The former Beatles’ wives, Nancy Shevell and Barbara Bach, were in the audience, as was Yoko Ono.
Ringo Starr!!! @ringostarrmusic giving love to the fans! #grammys #ET pic.twitter.com/cirRGCuyNH
— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) January 26, 2014
At the end of ‘Queenie Eye’, Starr and McCartney embraced at the front of the stage and waved to the audience. Starr also performed Photograph with several former members of his All-Starr Band.
Hanging out at the Grammys with some of my all-time heroes peace and love R***????? pic.twitter.com/UCDkIDrMQM
— #RingoStarr (@ringostarrmusic) January 26, 2014
McCartney won each of the five Grammy Awards for which he was nominated. They included a lifetime achievement award for The Beatles, which had been accepted by Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison on Saturday 25 January at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles.
Beatles got lifetime achievement awards from the Grammys well done peace and loveR***?????????? pic.twitter.com/CfWTRu5lrQ
— #RingoStarr (@ringostarrmusic) January 26, 2014
The awards for best surround sound album and best music film went to Live Kisses, a live studio performance of McCartney’s 2012 album Kisses On The Bottom.
Paul won 5 awards at @TheGRAMMYs last night. Here's a photo from rehearsals. More at http://t.co/85tljeyZh8 #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/UvPEDBN8vZ
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) January 27, 2014
The deluxe edition reissue of Wings Over America won the best boxed or special limited edition package.
The best rock song award went to McCartney and former Nirvana members Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear, for ‘Cut Me Some Slack’, with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear. The album from whence it came, Sound City: Real To Reel, also won an award for best compilation soundtrack album.
Backstage at the #GRAMMYs! Watch now @CBS http://t.co/qaxLtGT7Gk with Paul McCartney @paulmccartney and Dave Grohl pic.twitter.com/Pck8JtTuZa
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) January 27, 2014
The guys behind "Cut Me Some Slack" – @FooFightersDave, @PaulMcCartney, @KristNovoselic, #PatSmear #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/qmxABX1D6k
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) January 27, 2014
During Queenie Eye, I also saw Joe Walsh & Sean Lennon standing to Yoko’s left, looking ALMOST like his dad in 1969 (with a thinner beard, though).
Why do I think there’s a concert in the works for Paul and Ringo? Perhaps with Julian and Ringo’s son Zak who is also a drummer. I’d go. Good to see them back together after all the animosity.
Man, Ringo looks well !! 73 years old .. get away. Looks 20yrs younger than Paul.
Too bad that when Paul and Ringo played in the show, there was another drummer playing, it killed Ringo’s performance.
Ringo doesn’t hardly need a “back-up.”
To be honest, “that other drummer” (Abe Laboriel Jr.) was the one that you ACTUALLY heard. Ringo was sticking to the beat (he probably didn’t know “Queenie Eye” enough) & was looking around as if to say “What the hell am I supposed to do?” So, with all due respect for Ringo, that back-up WAS needed more than anything, otherwise it would be more of a flop.