Klaus Voormann (80) joins Ringo on stage in Hamburg

Ringo in Hamburg yesterday

Ringo made good on his promise to perform in Hamburg yesterday, after having to cancel Sunday's concert due to illness. On stage with him during "With A Little Help From My Friends" was 80 year old Klaus Voormann. The two of them met in 1960 at the Kaiserkeller in Hamburg when Ringo was the drummer for Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, who alternated with the Beatles at the club. Klaus later moved to London, and became the bass guitarist for Manfred Mann, as well as designing the album cover of "Revolver" for the Beatles.
Becoming a session musician in the seventies, Voormann played on a number of solo Beatles albums for John, George and Ringo. When the remaining Beatles were putting together "The Beatles Anthology" in the mid nineties, Voormann again designed the album and home video release art. Both Ringo and Paul McCartney played on Voormann's album, "A Sideman's Journey", which was released in 2009.

Here's a little bit of film from the Hamburg concert, uploaded to YouTube by Jan Reuter.