If you're a drummer in a band, you need a little help from your bandmates.

Ringo Starr knows what goes on in that regard.

"I've always been a member of a band. I'm a drummer, so I like bands," Starr said. "I like to be surrounded by other players. There's not a lot I can do alone. I have to be in a band — and as you know, I've been in a couple of good bands."

The Beatles were one, of course. And the drummer has his own group, Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band, who will be at the DCU Center in Worcester for a show at 8 p.m. June 11.

The hand-picked group includes guitarist Steve Lukather (of Toto), keyboardist Gregg Rolie (of Santana and Journey), Todd Rundgren (multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter and producer), vocalist and bassist Richard Page, vocalist and saxophonist Warren Ham, and drummer Gregg Bissonette — some star names in their own right.

The band is on a coast-to-coast tour that began June 3 in Syracuse, New York, and concludes July 2 in Los Angeles. During a brief telephone interview the day before the Syracuse show, Starr said that leading his own band isn't really very different from being a member of a group.

"I tell everyone when we start I'll give 100 percent, you give 100 percent. You've got to give as well as take, and we give each other the best of our ability," Starr said.

Starr formed his first All Starr Band in 1989. The current lineup is the 12th, and also the longest running at four years together. "So we're like a real band now," Starr said. "It's not like we're starting as a band."

Starr has recalled that he knew he wanted to be a drummer almost right from the start. Like the other Fab Four — John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison — he was born and raised in the gritty Northwest England port city of Liverpool. The young Richard Starkey, as he was then, was a sickly youth who first took up percussion in a makeshift band at a sanatorium during rehabilitation for tuberculosis. He later joined the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Band and then in 1959 hooked up with the Raving Texans, who became Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. Rory Storm had a good Merseyside following, but his band never recorded a successful single (Storm died in 1972). In 1962, Starr was invited to join the Beatles, replacing the ousted drummer Pete Best.

Unimaginable success for the Beatles soon followed, with some of the best songs ever. Meanwhile, in the movies "Hard Day's Night" and "Help!" the cameras seemed particularly drawn to Starr acting naturally (he later acted in several non-musical films, including the hilarious "Magic Christian").

Starr was the lead vocalist for Beatles' numbers such as "With a Little Help From My Friends" (from the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"), "What Goes On" (which he co-wrote, on "Rubber Soul"), "Yellow Submarine," "Act Naturally" ("Help!"), and "Octopus's Garden" (which he wrote, on "Abbey Road").

Among hits from Starr's solo career are "It Don't Come Easy" (which was produced by George Harrison), and "You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful And You're Mine)."

Last year Starr was was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (by Paul McCartney) as a solo artist, having already been inducted as a Beatle in 1988. His most recent CD (March 31, 2015, 18th solo record), "Postcards From Paradise," features the first song ever written and recorded by an All Starr Band, "Island In the Sun."

At 75 and about to turn 76, he looks good. Video from the Syracuse tour opener shows a performer you might think was 45. On the phone, he sounded exactly how you imagine Ringo Starr would sound.

The All Star Band had put in one of two days of rehearsal immediately before the Syracuse show and the second was about to get underway. "We know most of the songs so we have to run it up and get it together again," Starr said.

Asked about the songs in the show, Starr said "it's a mix," but noted, "I'm always gonna do 'A Little Help.' I'm always going to do 'Yellow Submarine.' This year I've put in 'What Goes On.' " He said he hasn't done the latter number in several years.

The current All Star Band is the longest running for a reason. Starr has said, "I love this band — we have a lot of fun together on and off stage, so here we come again."

Starr will step to the front to sing his numbers. When he's not singing, he'll be drumming.

Does he still like performing live?

"I love it," he replied. "I love live. That's where I come from. From clubs to theaters, in my case with the Beatles, to Shea Stadium. With the Beatles to The Empire in Liverpool. That was so far out. You just keep stepping out."

The tour will have just ended when Starr celebrates his 76th birthday on July 7. This, too, will be a "live occasion," as Starr is asking people to join him in his annual "Peace & Love" event (the first was in 2008).

As the Beatles once put it, "All You Need Is Love."

The idea is is that everyone should join Starr in a moment at noon their local time. Starr will be gathering with fans in Los Angeles.

"Wherever you are, look at your neighbor," Starr explained. "Put up your fingers, and say 'Peace and Love.' "

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