After years apart, two of the most familiar faces in music will once again share the same stage. Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney — the last living Beatles — have announced The Long and Winding Road Tour 2026, a series of concerts that will bring together not only their voices and instruments but also six decades of friendship, faith, and farewell.
For fans across the world, this is more than a reunion. It is the return of a bond that shaped modern music and changed the way generations listened, dreamed, and loved. What began in the smoky clubs of Liverpool will find its echo in packed stadiums from London to Los Angeles, Tokyo to São Paulo — one final journey down the road they began together so long ago.
The announcement comes with special weight. It marks the first time Paul and Ringo will tour together in over four years, and the first since Ringo faced his quiet battle with health and voice fatigue — a struggle he endured privately, leaving fans to wonder whether they would ever see the beloved drummer perform again. Those fears have now turned to joy. Ringo is back, stronger, calmer, and — as always — radiating the peace and humor that made him rock’s most unlikely philosopher.
💬 “We’ve still got songs to sing,” Paul said softly during the press conference, his eyes glimmering with a mix of joy and memory. Beside him, Ringo smiled, nodding in silent agreement — a rhythm of gratitude, a heartbeat of history.
The tour’s title, The Long and Winding Road, could not be more fitting. It is both a song and a sentiment, the perfect summation of their shared journey: from the innocent chaos of Beatlemania to the reflective peace of later years. Each show promises to weave together the anthems that built The Beatles’ legacy — Hey Jude, Let It Be, Yellow Submarine, Here Comes the Sun — alongside songs from their solo careers, unified by the chemistry that time could never erode.
But what makes this tour truly extraordinary is the intimacy behind it. Paul and Ringo will not perform as icons, but as brothers returning home. Between songs, they plan to share stories — some funny, some heartbreaking — about John and George, about the days when four boys from Liverpool unknowingly changed the world. Each show will carry an emotional throughline: remembrance.
Special guests are expected to join along the way, including Dhani Harrison and Stella McCartney — the next generation carrying forward the music that once defined their fathers’ dreams. Visual tributes to John Lennon and George Harrison will appear on massive LED screens, their images blending seamlessly with live performances. The result will be part concert, part communion — a meeting of past and present where music becomes memory.
When the lights rise and the familiar warmth of their harmony fills the air, the world will not just hear The Beatles. It will feel them. The laughter, the loss, the hope, the love — all of it will be there, echoing through each note like a heartbeat refusing to fade.
It won’t just be a concert. It will be a pilgrimage — a reminder that friendship, once forged in melody, can outlast everything: time, distance, and even death.
The long and winding road may finally be nearing its end, but as Paul and Ringo have proven time and again, the music always finds its way home.