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’ve had,” ...

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 play the ...

In 1962, The Beatles fired their drummer, Best, and hired Ringo Starr. They were too afraid to tell Best themselves, so they had their manager, Brian Epstein, let him go. Lennon admitted this was ...

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 eye ...

Pete Best just announced his retirement. We offer a nod to his career with this review from the past summer… To say the Pete Best Band exceeded expectations is to say the Beatles wrote some decent ...

In 1962, The Beatles auditioned for producer George Martin. While Martin saw potential in the band, he didn’t see a path forward for them with Best. He asked them to consider finding a new drummer.