Overview
- Ringo Starr led his signature “Peace and Love” chant at high noon on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, posed beside an 800-pound stainless steel sculpture he donated to Beverly Hills, and cut a large cake while hundreds of fans watched.
- The celebration in Beverly Gardens Park featured performances by The Texans with Molly Tuttle and a birthday serenade from friends including Barbara Bach, T-Bone Burnett, Jim Keltner, and Ed Begley Jr.
- At the same time in Liverpool, more than 100 people gathered at the Royal Albert Dock where pupils from Starr’s primary school and The Beatles Story museum joined songs and local witnesses recalled the band’s 1960 trip to Hamburg.
- The event traces back to a modest 2008 Chicago gathering and now invites people worldwide to pause at noon local time to say, think, or post “Peace and Love,” a ritual amplified each year on Ringo’s social channels.
- The dual observances highlighted how a simple birthday ritual has grown into a public tradition that fuels tourism, museum engagement, and ongoing public memory of The Beatles’ beginnings.