Ringo Starr is taking Nashville by storm this week, performing two sold-out shows at the Ryman Auditorium after the release of a new first country album, “Look Up.”

The former Beatle, 84, is teaming with an all-star cast of guest artists for his concerts on Jan. 14 and 15, including Alabama’s Emmylou Harris and Jamey Johnson, Rodney Crowell, Jack White, Sheryl Crow, Brenda Lee, Billy Strings, Mickey Guyton and The War and Treaty.

The shows are being filmed for a two-hour TV special, according to Variety, and proceeds from “Ringo & Friends at the Ryman” are set to benefit the American Red Cross and those impacted by the California wildfires. Air date for the CBS special is TBA.

Harris, a country-folk icon, gave an extra boost to Tuesday’s concert, officially welcoming Starr to Nashville and asking him to celebrate another milestone in Music City: his Grand Ole Opry debut.

“I’d love to, thank you,” Starr said. “It’s an honor and a pleasure. Thank you.”

“All right!” Harris responded, “We love you, Ringo.” (Watch that moment in the Instagram post below, which includes a video from the Opry.)

Starr jokingly asked if his Opry show would be in July, but it’s set for much sooner, according to a publicist. He’ll perform on Feb. 21 at the Opry House, 600 Mills Drive in Nashville, as part of festivities for the Opry’s 100 year.

Folks behind the scenes at the Opry touted Starr’s debut, as well.

“What an honor that after all the extraordinary music he has made and all the incredible history he’s been a part of, Ringo Starr will be making his Opry debut during this, the Opry’s milestone 100th year,” Dan Rogers, executive producer and senior vice president for the Opry, said via a press release. “It’s going to be a night like no other.”

Starr released “Look Up” on Jan. 10, and the first single from the album, “Time On My Hands,” dropped on Oct. 18, featuring his distinctive vocals.

Grammy winner T Bone Burnett, a roots music powerhouse, was Starr’s primary collaborator on the album, producing all 11 tracks and writing or co-writing most of them. It’s Starr’s first full-length album since 2019, and the followup to a 1970 record with strong country influences, “Beaucoups of Blues.”

Starr and Burnett have a mutual admiration society that dates back to the 1970s, according to Variety, although the two never collaborated in a high-profile way until this album. (Starr played drums on a 1977 release, “Spark in the Dark,” by one of Burnett’s early groups, the Alpha Band.)

“I’ve always loved country music,” Starr said via an October press release. “And when I asked T Bone to write me a song, I didn’t even think at the time that it would be a country song — but of course it was, and it was so beautiful. I had been making EPs at the time and so I thought we would do a country EP — but when he brought me nine songs I knew we had to make an album. And I am so glad we did. I want to thank, and send Peace & Love, to T Bone and all the great musicians who helped make this record. It was a joy making it and I hope it is a joy to listen to.”

Several guest artists from the country, Americana and bluegrass worlds are featured on “Look Up,” as well: Alison Krauss, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Lucius and Larkin Poe.

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Fans in Alabama who can’t attend Starr’s concerts in Nashville needn’t fret, however. They have another chance to see him perform live, on June 24 at the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater in Tuscaloosa. Starr is scheduled to perform with his All Starr Band, which features Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Bissonette, and Alabama’s Buck Johnson. Tickets are $41.50-$505, plus service charges, via Ticketmaster.

Starr doesn’t often perform in Alabama, but he made a rare appearance in Birmingham in 2015, playing at the BJCC Concert Hall. The two-hour show was arranged in jukebox style and featured “Photograph,” “Don’t Pass Me By,” “It Don’t Come Easy,” “Yellow Submarine” and “With a Little Help From My Friends.”

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The former Beatle also made two stops in Alabama in 2012, at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater and The Wharf Amphitheater in Orange Beach.