We mark Ringo Starr's 70th birthday with a special package of articles, including tributes by Al Sussman and Brad Hundt, and Rick Glover's overview of all the All Starr Band tours. The front cover photo was chosen expecially for the issue by Ringo's former fiancée, Nancy Lee Andrews.

Also in this issue is the second part of our look at Paul McCartney's two one-man-band solo albums, with Howie Edelson's examination of "McCartney II." Plus we have the first part of our conversation with onetime Apple Corps staffer Chris O'Dell, immortalized in song as George Harrison's "Miss O'Dell," and we wind up our look at the Beatle events of the first decade of the 21st century.

We also have Beatles author Richard Rodriguez's look at some of the artists who covered the former Beatles early in the solo era, including Leon Russell, Billy Preston, Olivia Newton-John, Ronnie Spector and Keith Moon.

Plus we recap McCartney's visit to the White House, continue to follow the Up and Coming Tour and report on the flood of McCartney outtakes that have shown up on the Internet. And we have reviews of a new John Lennon DVD and two new Beatles books: "Liddypool: Birthplace of The Beatles" and "Beatles Deeper Undercover."

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Paul McCartney was awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by President Obama and performed at the White House . . . . McCartney and Ringo Starr are on tour at the same time this summer, with both playing U.S. dates. Ringo marks his 70th birthday onstage at Radio City Music Hall in New York on July 7. . . . Hollywood film director Martin Scorsese hopes to have his documentary on George Harrison out in 2011. The film makes use of previously unreleased recordings, photos and footage. . . . Badfinger's Joey Molland reports that the non-Beatles Apple Records recordings are being remastered. . . . For the latest Beatles news, subscribe to Beatlefan/EXTRA! . . . Bill King offers commentary on The Beatles (and much more) at Quick Cuts, an Internet journal on pop culture. Click here to read it. For the latest Beatles news, subscribe to Beatlefan/EXTRA! . . . Bill King offers commentary on The Beatles (and much more) at Quick Cuts, the new Internet journal on pop culture. Click here to read it.

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