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Although the  All Starr Band members come from varying corners of the music  world,  Rundgren says he expects them to be playing as a cohesive unit when they  hit the stage.

“The rehearsals are copious — 10 days of  rehearsal, I think, for what  ultimately is a five-week tour,” he  reveals.  “That’s a lot of time for  people to kind of relax when you  learn stuff, but also to get to know each  other.”

While Rundgren  is excited about this year’s trek, he admits that he  experienced a bit  of unpleasantness with an unnamed All Starr Band member  during his other  times playing on the tour.

“Every once in a while, there’ll be a  very unhappy person and for some  reason I am the magnet for their  unhappiness,” he explains.  “I’m having  too much fun, I guess, and so  they get especially indignant at me.  But  this time I think it’s [a]  pretty even-keeled bunch of guys.”

Rolie, meanwhile, will be  making his debut appearance on an All Starr Band  outing.  In preparing  for the trek, he discovered some interesting details  about Ringo’s  career.

“I never realized how many hit songs he sang on until I started really  looking at them,” he tells ABC News Radio.

With  regard to participating in the tour, he says, “It’s just interesting as  heck.  You know, totally different from what I do, but I’m really  looking  forward to it.  It’s gonna be a lot of fun and the group is  great.   The musicians are terrific.”

The  All Starr Band Tour is scheduled to run through a July 21 show at the   Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.  The trek’s entire schedule can be viewed  at RingoStarr.com.

Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio

Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band – Live – “Photograph” June 16, 2012 Bethel Woods Center For The Arts in Bethel, NY Ringo Starr, Steve Lukather, Gregg Rolie, Todd Rundgren, Richard Page, Mark Rivera, Gregg Bissonette Section 8 Canon SX230 HS – HD video