'It’s Been Too Long,' the new studio album by Ringo Starr, arrives next month

Molly Tuttle and Sarah Jarosz guest on the title track to “It’s Been Too Long,” the new studio album by Ringo Starr, which is scheduled for April 24 via UMe. Produced by T Bone Burnett, co-produced by Daniel Tashian (Kacey Musgraves) and longtime associate Bruce Sugar, the album is the follow-up to last year’s Look Up.

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“I’m blessed to have T Bone in my life right now and working with me on these records,” Ringo stated. “After we did the last record, which I love listening to, this one just sort of happened. I like to say sometimes I make the right moves, like you can go left or right at any point, and one of the right moves was hooking up with T Bone for Look Up, and now for this one, which I’m calling Long Long Road, because I’ve been on a long long road.”

As the title implies, and like Ringo’s own journey, Long Long Road has roots in country and Americana, and evolved into a mosaic of Starr’s musical legacy and influences, including Carl Perkins. 

“I recorded two Carl Perkins songs with The Beatles, and both T Bone and I wanted one on this record,” Ringo explained, “and he found this beautiful track I’d never heard before, ‘I Don’t See Me In Your Eyes Anymore’.”

Recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles, this record sees the return of many of the Look Up musicians including the core band of Paul Franklin, David Mansfield, Dennis Crouch, Daniel Tashian, Rory Hoffman, Patrick Warren and Colin Linden.

“I've loved Ringo’s playing and his singing for my whole life,” T Bone stated. “And then one night we were at a poetry reading together and he said, why don't you write a song for me? So I wrote him a Gene Autry type song because I always heard Ringo as a Texas artist, the way he played felt just like Texas music to me. Ringo Starr is a recording artist of the highest caliber, and I wanted to surround him with these young masters, bringing in some of this extraordinary young energy that's happening around Nashville for both of these records.”

Their first collaboration, Look Up, released in January 2025, was Ringo’s first country record in 50 years and it earned him his first Top 10 on Billboard’s all genre Top Album Sales chart, as well as landing him on multiple other Billboard Charts. 

In the UK the album reached a significant career milestone garnering him his first solo #1 album on the Official Country Chart. In February 2025, Starr made his Grand Ole Opry debut after being invited by Emmylou Harris during the first of his two night run at the legendary Ryman, which was recorded for a 2 hour special still streaming on CBS/Paramount Plus.

Among the 10 newly recorded songs, six were written or co-written by T Bone Burnett, two were co-written by Ringo and Bruce Sugar, one was written by Ringo Starr, Mark Hudson and Gary Burr and one was by Bernie Benjamin and George David Weiss and recorded by Carl Perkins.

Track listing:

1. RETURNING WITHOUT TEARS
2. BABY DON’T GO
3. I DON’T SEE ME IN YOUR EYES ANYMORE
4. IT’S BEEN TOO LONG
5. WHY
6. YOU AND I (WAVE OF LOVE)
7. MY BABY DON’T WANT NOTHING
8. CHOOSE LOVE
9. SHE’S GONE
10. LONG LONG ROAD