beatles legend ringo starr is 70-year-old.during the british invasion and hasn't stopped drumming since. this summer he's at it again with 13th annual tour. vowel never stop doing what they do best. >> what keeps you out here. you're 71.5 years old. what's keeps you out here. >> i'm a musician. at 13, i had this dream. at 13 i wanted to play drums. then i got into some bands, always better bands, then the biggest band in the land to play with great people and that's what's still carrying on. >> when the show is about to start and standing in the wings and they are about to announce you, what's the feeling these days? is it different when you were younger? >> no, i want to go on. i have three seconds -- >> trepidation. >> yes, that's just how it is. at my age, to walk on like frank sinatra. i have to run on. once i run on, grab the mike and see the audience, then i'm fine. >> three seconds of dread of what? >> a thousand things. let's go. >> he's very fussy about his drums. they loom large in his legend. >> let's talk about you

on television, plus matt lauer goes one-on-one with one of the most iconic drummers of all time, ringo starrnd is up to now, that's ahead on "today." >> and speaking of rocking out kenny chesney performs live on the plaza, all coming up on the "today" show after "today in the bay." >> there is a new way to get your motor running this morning. >> you need plenty of cash to rev that engine. tesla rolling out the first deliveries of its new model "s" electric sedan. governor brown will join tesla chairman to congratulate a handful of early buyers as they get the keys to their brand new cars. the signature models of the car run from $49,000 to $105,000. more than 10,000 people put down deposits to reserve one of them. >> a bay area woman who dedicated her life to finding e.t. will be honored. dr. jill tartar has been the center director for the institute of mountain view the since its "inception" 30 years ago. she spear headed the search for extra terrestrial intelligence. she will always keep up with the research, she says. >> great to have the opportunity that at any moment we might in fact ge

of course, of the original four it's just paul and ringo left. mr. starrurned 72 in july. >>> for nascar fans who are part of earnhardt nation yesterday was a big one. dale earnhardt jr., son of the late seven-time champion, broke a long, dry spell with a win in michigan. his last victory came on father's day four years ago to the day. >>> as we continue to cover the tsunami debris washing up on american shores from japan, an emerging issue is the sea life and micro organisms being carried all the way across the pacific and deposited here. the latest case in point right there. a 20-foot boat that came ashore friday in washington state covered in massive, goose neck barnacles. the problem is when invasive, nonnative species are suddenly introduced into an ecosystem like ours, they can cause an environmental disaster. >>> two quick health notes tonight. a new study is raising a red flag for people who have had gastric bypass surgery because it turns out they may be more susceptible to alcohol abuse. the surgery changes the way the body processes alcohol and

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