Original Beatles drummer Pete Best has announced his retirement from the music industry at the age of 83.

Pete Best, the original Beatles drummer before Ringo Starr, announced his retirement on April 6. He performed with the ...

Pete Best, the original drummer for the Beatles, has announced his retirement. The news was confirmed on social media in a ...

The long and winding road of Pete Best, the original drummer for The Beatles, has come to an end. Best, 83, who played for ...

The drummer, whose real name is Randolph Peter Scanland, reposted the message, writing: “I had a blast. Thank you.” Best ...

The Beatles’ original drummer Pete Best has officially retired from music at the age of 83. Best, who formed the Fab Four in ...

In the years since, Pete has appeared at conventions and played live with The Pete Best Band, which includes his brother Roag ...

Pete Best, the Beatles ’ original drummer before Ringo Starr, announced Sunday that he is stepping away from public ...

Pete Best is stepping away from the spotlight. On Sunday, Best — who was the original Beatles drummer before Ringo Starr — ...

The multi-million-pound musician learnt how to play the drums from his hospital bed after contracting tuberculosis.

George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John Lennon tried out mop-top haircuts while in Hamburg. It would become the Beatles' ...

After around 20 years of not publicly playing drums, in 1988, Best formed The Pete Best Band, and he has been performing under the name with his younger brother Roag for decades. But in 2025, he is ...