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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band &#8212; featuring Todd Rundgren, Gregg Rolie, Steve Lukather, Richard Page, Warren Ham and Gregg Bissonette &#8212; has announced another string of North American shows, including a stop at the F.M. Kirby Center on June 14 at 7:30 p.m.</p><p>The concert, featuring the former Beatle, marks the first event in the Kirby Center&#8217;s new PNC Celebrity Series.</p><p>Tickets go on sale Friday, April 1 at 10 a.m. and will be available online at kirbycenter.org, at the Kirby Box Office and charge by phone at 570-826-1100. A special Kirby Members Pre-Sale will begin this Wednesday at 10 a.m. Members buy first, so join today at (570) 823-4599, ext. 225.</p><p>Ticket prices are $165, $125 and $85, plus fees</p><p>The tour kicks off on June 3 in Syracuse, New York, and wraps up with two dates in California &#8212; July 1 in San Diego and July 2 in Los Angeles.</p><p>This current All Starr line up is the 12th and longest running, and as Ringo recently told The Boston Globe, &#8220;I love this band &#8212; we have a lot of fun together on and offstage, so here we come again.&#8221;</p><p>That love is evident in their performances, exemplified by this review in the Sarasota Tribune-Herald: &#8220;This latest incarnation of Starr&#8217;s travelling show has been together now going on three years and watching them interact as an actual band, rather than a supergroup taking turns out front, is almost as fun as watching and screaming &#8220;I love you&#8221; at the front man who will forever be part of the biggest rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll band of all time.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Bill O&#8217;Boyle</p><p>boboyle@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Bill O&#8217;Boyle at 570-991-6118 or on Twitter @TLBillOBoyle.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band coming to the F.M. Kirby Center in June