Editing Klaus Voormann (section)

==Semi-retirement==
Voormann retired from the music business in 1989, deciding to spend more time with his family. He lives at [[Lake Starnberg]],<ref name="FreundderBeatles">{{cite web|url=http://www.nzz.ch/~/der_aelteste_freund_der_beatles_1.7788116.html |title=Der älteste Freund der Beatles |language=de |first=Manfred |last=Papst |publisher=Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG |date=3 October 2010 |access-date=22 May 2011}}</ref> near [[Munich, Germany|Munich]] with his second wife Christina and their two children, born in 1989 and 1991. From time to time, he appears on television programmes. In 1995, Voormann was asked by [[Apple Records]] to design the covers for ''[[The Beatles Anthology]]'' albums. He painted the covers along with his friend, fellow artist Alfons Kiefer. In the 1994 movie ''[[Backbeat (film)|Backbeat]]'', about the Hamburg days of the Beatles, Voormann was portrayed by German actor [[Kai Wiesinger]]. In 2000, Voormann also designed the cover for ''Me Rio'', the debut album of [[Enja Records]] recording artist Azhar Kamal, which was influenced by his design for ''Revolver''.

On 29 November 2002 Voormann played bass on the song "[[All Things Must Pass (song)|All Things Must Pass]]" at the [[Concert for George]], held at London's [[Royal Albert Hall]]. In an interview with author Simon Leng, he described Harrison as not only a "really great guitarist" but "the best friend I ever had".{{sfn|Leng|2006|page=317}}

In April 2003 Voormann designed the cover of ''[[Scandinavian Leather]]'' for the Norwegian band [[Turbonegro]].<ref>[https://www.epitaph.com/news/article/turbonegro-album-cover-designed-by-creator-of-the-beatles-revolver-cover Turbonegro album cover designed by creator of The Beatles "Revolver" cover]</ref> In October that same year, he published his autobiography, ''Warum spielst du Imagine nicht auf dem weißen Klavier, John? Erinnerungen an die Beatles und viele andere Freunde'' (''Why Don't You Play "Imagine" on the White Piano, John?: Memories of the Beatles and Many Other Friends''); the book gives special focus to the 1960s and 1970s, and covers Voormann's close friendship with the Beatles and other musicians and artists, as well as his private life. A [[BBC]] documentary, ''Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle'', broadcast in 2005, features interviews with Voormann and shows drawings he made of the Beatles in Hamburg. That year also saw the publication of his book ''Four Track Stories'', which contains his experiences with the Beatles during the Hamburg days, stories narrated both in English and German, and pictures made by him. In 2007 he designed the sleeve for the album ''[[Timeless (Wet Wet Wet album)|Timeless]]'' by [[Wet Wet Wet]].