Ringo Starr Draws 22-Song San Jose Civic Set at 85
ringo starr played a 100-minute-plus set with His All Starr Band at the San Jose Civic on Thursday night, June 11, and the packed house got 22 songs for the price of one ticket. At 85, Starr moved between the drum kit and the front of the stage without turning the show into a nostalgia exercise.
San Jose Civic Setlist
The show opened with "Matchbox," then moved through Beatles material, Starr solo cuts, and songs tied to Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, and Hamish Stuart. Starr sang "It Don't Come Easy" before returning to his drum kit, later taking "Boys" from the kit and adding "I'm the Greatest," the opening track to 1973's Ringo.
He also set the tone with two lines to the crowd: "Ready to hear some good music?" and "I have to tell you that all of you in the venue will know at least one song." That was the promise, and the setlist backed it up.
Lukather and Hay Songs
Steve Lukather handled Toto's "Rosanna," a song that won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the 1983 ceremony. Colin Hay led a sing-along of "Down Under," while the show also drew from Hamish Stuart's catalog and the broader All Starr Band lineup.
Warren Ham, Gregg Bissonette, and Buck Johnson filled out the rest of His All Starr Band, giving Starr the kind of rotating support that keeps the format efficient: one headliner, several built-in hooks, and no wasted space.
Ringo Starr At 85
The practical read here is simple. Starr is still selling a full-band package built on recognition, not novelty, and the 22-song format lets him move from Beatles-era familiarity to solo material without losing momentum. That is the business value of a packed house at a venue like the San Jose Civic: it shows the draw is still broad enough to support a long set built around catalog depth.
For anyone tracking where Starr stands as a live act, this was not a cameo or a short legacy set. It was a 100-minute-plus performance that relied on range, not spectacle, and it proved the core product still works in front of a full room.
