Ringo Starr was in town Sunday night, and it was a pretty swell time (even if the set list had some surprising omissions). Click through for the review, and also check the photo gallery.

The Beatles are long gone, but both surviving members will play (separately) in North Carolina next month. A July 28 date at Charlotte's Time Warner Cable Arena has been announced for Paul McCartney, recent recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Tickets go on sale June 12.

As for the other living Beatle, Ringo Starr will bring his All-Starr Band to the Durham Performing Arts Center on July 11.

VH1 is beginning a 3-week block of Beatles programming tonight, starting with the Emmy-nominated documentary series on the band, "The Beatles Anthology."

The in-depth documentary series will simulcast on VH1 and VH1 Classic tonight, Sept. 2, and Sept. 9 at 9pm. 

Then on Tuesday, Sept. 1, VH1 Classic begins "9 Days of Beatles," showing a series of classic Beatles concerts and films. It begins with a Beatles Retrospective on September 1 at 8pm, followed by the band's classic movie, "Help!" at 9pm.