RINGO Starr yesterday spoke of his “love” for Liverpool, three years after he made a TV swipe at his hometown.
The former Beatle told Jonathan Ross on his chat show in 2008 there was “nothing” he missed about the city.
But the 70-year-old Fab Four drummer yesterday tried to draw a line under the comments, which were not well received in the city.
Speaking after a performance ahead of a European tour – which includes a date in Liverpool – he said: “There’s lots I miss, of course.
“I did that joke with Jonathan Ross and I’m still paying for it, it seems – where three people from the Wirral complained.
“But of course I love Liverpool.”
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band played the intimate gig for a handful of fans an well as journalists from around the world in a huge aircraft hangar, best known for being the studio for Top Gear.
The group is formed of Ringo, Rick Derringer on guitar, Richard Page on bass, Edgar Winter on saxophone, Gary Wright on keyboards, Wally Palmer on guitar and harmonica, and Gregg Bissonette also on drums. They performed four tracks for the audience, who sang along and clapped.
For the first number, they played Boys with Ringo playing the drums and singing.
The next track was Free Ride, which Winter sang, followed by Page singing Broken Wings.
They finished the short set with a rendition of the Beatles Sgt Pepper classic With A Little Help From My Friends, for which Ringo stood down from his drums and clapped his hands over his head.
