Pete Best is stepping away from the spotlight. On Sunday, Best — who was the original Beatles’ drummer before Ringo Starr — confirmed that he is stepping away from public appearances and performances.

The drummer, whose real name is Randolph Peter Scanland, reposted the message, writing: “I had a blast. Thank you.” Best ...

Pete Best, the original Beatles drummer before Ringo Starr, announced his retirement on April 6. He performed with the ...

John Lennon and Paul McCartney were each other’s favorite audience. That was plainly clear as the besotted Beatles bantered, bickered and obsessed over the 23 years they were friends and rivals.

For many years he has run his own group, The Pete Best Band and they had been pencilled in to play the Beatles Museum in Liverpool this coming August. However, his bandmate (and half-brother) Roag ...

The Beatles’ 1967-1970 compilation hits two years on the U.K.’s Official Albums chart, while both it and 1962-1966 rise again ...

For some of the world's most elite musicians, they create songs so good, they garner over one billion streams. This shows the reach music has, and why some of the most famous people, including actors ...

Pete Best has retired from music a whopping 60 years after he was sacked from The Beatles and replaced with Sir Ringo Starr.

As reported by Far Out magazine, the Oasis star previously named the top 10 artists that he hates the most. The list includes ...