I was actually thinking about Taylor Swift and her relationship to her young fans. It’s sort of a sisterly thing. And I was imagining talking to one of t

The Beatles’ Ringo Starr is singing Taylor Swift’s praises, even suggesting that she is at the popularity level of his own legendary band. When asked whether Swift, 34, and her musical empire is the “closest thing” to Beatlemania for this generation,

Calling an artist or band ‘the biggest since the Beatles’ has been a thing for as long as The Beatles became a thing themselves, and Taylor Swift has had that label attached to her several times over the past few years.

Ringo Starr is giving his two cents on the "Swiftie effect." The former drummer for The Beatles recently weighed in on the craze surrounding music superstar Taylor Swift, and he made a bold comparison to the days of Beatlemania.