4:13PM Jess McGuire | Ladies and gentlemen, we
welcome Ringo Starr from some little known Liverpudlian indie band called The Beatles (that name’ll never work) to the illustrious group of folk who admire HAPPY HAPPY FUN TIME BAND The Cat Empire.
(Starr) says he is loving music again: playing and listening. The recent 40th anniversary of the release of Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band passed him by: it was never his favourite album, too many “effects and horses and dogs on it”.
Instead, he likes contemporary bands like the Magic Numbers and Australia’s Cat Empire. “They’re like Madness except they’re Australian and they record in Cuba. And the brass is great, and the rhythm is great …”
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