Pete Best is putting his drumsticks down for good. The original drummer for The Beatles, 83, is retiring after a long career in the music industry. “Well what an absolutely wonderful ride we ...

Pete Best is putting his drumsticks down for good. The original drummer for The Beatles, 83, is retiring after a decades-long career in the music industry. “Well what an absolutely wonderful ...

Pete Best attends The Beatles Exhibition during the 080 Barcelona Fashion S/S 2010 show on Sept. 2, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain. Miquel Benitez/WireImage.

The Beatles fired him in 1962, now Pete Best ends his music career. Before retiring, he revealed whether he's still angry at his former colleagues including Paul McCartney.

Original Beatles drummer Pete Best has announced his retirement from the music industry at the age of 83.. His brother Roag announced on X this past Saturday that he’s dropping out of the public ...

The Liverpool venue most synonymous with The Beatles is The Cavern Club, where the band performed 292 times between 1961 and ...

Pete Best, the original Beatles drummer before Ringo Starr, announced his retirement on April 6. He performed with the legendary rock band, which includes Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George ...

Pete Best, original drummer for the Beatles, was last seen turning the Casbah Coffee Club — his family’s old Liverpool venue, site of many an early Beatles gig dating back to when they were ...

Pete Best – the original drummer in the Beatles – has announced that he has officially retired. For many years he has run his own group, The Pete Best Band and they had been pencilled in to ...

Pete Best is stepping away from the spotlight. On Sunday, Best — who was the original Beatles drummer before Ringo Starr — confirmed that he is stepping away from public appearances and ...

Best stopped performing live music for 20 years but in 1988 he returned, forming the Pete Best Band. The Guardian reports Best said in 2024 he had no ill will toward the Beatles despite what happened.