Chicago -- Ringo Starr held a "peace and love" fest on a rainy Chicago sidewalk to mark his 68th birthday yesterday. "What could be wrong? Peace and Love. What a great birthday gift," the former Beatle said. "It's a happening." The event, which had sparse advance publicity, drew about 200 people on both sides of a street outside the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago. Starr, in the midst of a U.S. concert tour, had said he hoped anyone who wanted to join him anywhere in the world would mark the day with a two-fingered peace sign at noon local time. Starr missed the noon deadline himself by a couple of minutes, but he was greeted by cheers from the onlookers, who then sang Happy...
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