McCartney Unveils First Duet with Ringo Starr

Paul McCartney unveiled details of his first-ever duet with fellow Beatle Ringo Starr during a preview event at London's Abbey Road Studios on May 5, marking a nostalgic highlight from his upcoming album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane.

The track, "Home to Us," features the two musicians alternating lines in the chorus and arrives as a single on May 8, ahead of the full album's release on May 29 via MPL/Capitol Records. Produced by Andrew Watt, the record is McCartney's 27th post-Beatles solo studio album and his first since McCartney III in 2020. It is the only song on the LP to include a guest drummer, with Starr laying down a track early in the process.

McCartney described the song's origins during the event, attended by press and 50 fans. "Ringo went round to the studio and drummed a bit. I said to Andrew, we should make a track and send it to him. So this song is done totally with Ringo in mind," he said. The lyrics reflect their Liverpool roots. "In writing the song, I'm talking about where we came from. In common with a lot of people, you come from nothing, and you build yourself up. Ringo was from the Dingle, and that was well hard. He said he used to get mugged coming home...