Pete Best is putting his drumsticks down for good. The original drummer for The Beatles, 83, is retiring after a long career in the music industry. “Well what an absolutely wonderful ride we’ve had,” ...

Pete Best – the original drummer in the Beatles – has announced that he has officially retired. For many years he has run his own group, The Pete Best Band and they had been pencilled in to play the ...

Best performed with the Beatles for two years in the early 1960s Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously appeared on ...

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 band from 1960 to 1962 until he was replaced by Ringo Starr, is retiring ...