Guardian Music — Grant Shapps urges Liverpool city council to scrap plans to demolish birthplace of Beatles drummerThe terrace house where former Beatle Ringo Starr was born could be saved from demolition after the intervention of a government minister.The house at 9... more info

NME — Grant Shapps says people of Liverpool must on demolition plans more info

ContactMusic — RINGO STARR and his actress/model wife BARBARA BACH are reducing their assets - they've put one of their luxury homes up for sale.The former Beatle and his wife own property in Los Angeles, Colorado, and the U.K., in addition to their main home in Mo... more info

ContactMusic — BEATLES fans have blasted a decision by English Heritage bosses not to save RINGO STARR's birthplace from demolition - branding the ruling "a joke".Earlier this month (Dec10), a preservation order was placed on the famous pedestrian crossing in Londo... more info

ContactMusic — Officials at English Heritage turned down the chance to save RINGO STARR's birthplace from demolition after branding the house an "unremarkable building".The organisation works to preserve areas of historical significance in Britain, and earlier this... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Another year, another endless supply of quips from music stars with special shout outs to Katy Perry, Ringo Starr, Slash and Ke$ha. more info

Big Apple Music Scene — We can't tell if Willow Smith's new 'do is more Justin Bieber or Ringo Starr. Although bizarrely, if you combined the musical stylings of those two you might get something akin to a Willow Smith song. Willow's set to go on tour with the Biebs, so it'... more info

Guardian Music — Motörhead's singer on the best tour diets, American cheese and food fightsMy mother made this upside-down cake that went horribly wrong. I made her make it again and again, for years, because I liked it so much. It never worked, yet it always worked... more info

ContactMusic — A legal letter which is said to have led to the break-up of THE BEATLES is up for sale.The document, signed by John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison, is addressed... more info

Guardian Music — As jazz giant Dave Brubeck turns 90, Jamie Cullum salutes the man who was the soundtrack to his childhoodMy brother Ben and I were musical kids; not Rachmaninov-toting prodigies, just kids enthralled by music. Before we had Walkmans, car journeys wo... more info