WILLIAMSPORT — Beatlemania continues in our area in the wake of the
50th anniversary of the Fab Four’s appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. Ringo Starr’s tour will make a stop this summer in Williamsport. The tickets went on sale Friday morning people lined up bright and early to get their tickets.
More than 100 people filled the lobby of the Community Arts Center in Williamsport to buy tickets to see Ringo Starr.
Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band are scheduled to come to Williamsport on June 8.
From 9 a.m. until 10 a.m., the tickets were only available at the
arts center box office on West Fourth Street. Some people say they
started waiting in line at 3 a.m.
Williamsport is Ringo Starr’s only tour stop in Pennsylvania and with
just 2,200 seats inside the theater, people say they wanted to make
sure they got their tickets right away.
“I can’t believe he’s coming to Williamsport! To see Ringo here? I
just wish I got up two hours earlier to be closer in line,” said Tom
Kammerling of Cogan Station.
Kammerling saw Paul McCartney in concert in Washington D.C. last
summer and says he would not miss seeing Ringo in his own backyard.“To come to Williamsport is beyond belief!” he said.
“I think that’s pretty great. When you think of their notoriety back
in the 60s, actually in ’64 when they first came. I remember seeing
them when I was a kid on the Ed Sullivan Show,” said Tony Visco of
Hughesville.“(I’ve been a Beatles fan) basically my whole life!” said Jim Hepler.
Employees at the Community Arts Center say tickets for Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band sold out in just a few hours.
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