A foliage sculpture of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr which was beheaded by vandals has been taken away to be repaired leaving the Fab Four looking more like the Fab Three. The sculpture was unveiled at Liverpool’s South Parkway train station in March. But Ringo’s figure was targeted by vandals soon after the unveiling of the artwork.
The vandalism was blamed on the 67-year-old drummer’s disparaging comments on a Jonathan Ross’ chat
show saying that he “missed nothing” about the city.
Officials from the local transport authority that commissioned the artwork confirmed yesterday that
Ringo’s figure had been taken away to be repaired.
A spokesperson for Merseytravel said: “The figure of Ringo figure has been taken away to be repaired
and re-grown.
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“It is currently at a nursery in the Wirral where experts are working to restore the head.
“We are hopeful that it should be back in place within the next six to eight weeks.”
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Surrey-based Ringo, who also has a flat in Chelsea, admitted he rarely returns to his home city and
doesn’t miss a thing about it.
Initially, when Ross asked what he missed most about Liverpool, Ringo simply laughed, forcing a
surprised Ross to say: “I didn’t know that question would get a laugh! Are there any things you
miss about not being in Liverpool any more?.
To which he replied: “No”.
After more laughter, he dead-panned: “I was that excited over the weekend, I was that close to
coming back.”
Radio phone-ins in the city received loads of complaints and there have since been tirades against
him on the internet.
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