Ringo Starr will make his Grand Ole Opry debut next month. The former Beatles drummer was invited to perform on the long-running country-music radio show by Emmylou Harris, herself an Opry member.

31 at 11 a.m. “We’re pleased to partner with our Grand Ole Opry members to create a truly unforgettable evening as we kick off the Opry’s 100th year,” said Patrick Moore, CEO of Opry ...

Matthew Leimkuehler is a music journalist from Nashville, Tennessee. Ringo Starr, a Grand Ole Opry star? That’s a new one. Starr makes his debut Feb. 21 on the famed country music broadcast ...

Kellie Walton The Grand Ole Opry began as a radio show in 1925, and it put Nashville on the map as the "Country Music Capital of the World." Throughout its history, the Grand Ole Opry has called ...

The musician and former Beatle will be taking the stage at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on February ... “I did love country music before I was in the band,” Starr recalled of his pre ...

Opry member Emmylou Harris surprises Ringo Starr onstage at his first of two sold-out headlining shows at the Ryman Auditorium to invite him to make his Grand Ole Opry debut on Feb. 21 ...

Many music industry folks refer to The Whites as the “new first family of country music,” a tag line that harkens back to the musical purity of Mother Maybelle and the venerable Carter family. The ...

Grand Ole Opry member and Country Music Hall of Famer Emmylou Harris surprised Starr onstage to ask if he would play the Opry for the first time. When Harris asked, Starr paused, laughed and ...

Buck White, patriarch of country music group The Whites and Grand Ole Opry member, died on January 13, 2025 (Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images ... "He was a great dad who taught us by example to put Jesus ...

The music icon, who just released his country album “Look Up,” was surprised by Grand Ole Opry member Emmylou Harris with an official invitation during a recent performance, per Taste of Country.