His amazing outburst came after he pulled out of his show at Blackpool's Opera House just hours before he was due on stage.
The entertainer, who's packing audiences into other venues on his 20-date UK tour, is blaming theatre owners Leisure Parcs for poor ticket sales after just 252 seats were sold for the 3,000-capacity venue.
Starr's last minute decision to axe his show angered die-hard fans, many who had travelled from as far afield as Scotland and the Midlands.
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Scores arrived at the theatre last night to be told the show was off.
Despite his fans' clear disappointment, the comedian was talking tough today.
He told The Gazette: "Blackpool's finished. And Leisure Parcs have finished it.
"They've let Blackpool go and you won't get it back.
"I don't think I'll come back. I don't want to see Blackpool like this. It really hurts me.
"I love this town, but I won't be buried with it.
"Leisure Parcs don't care about shows.
They just want casinos. But will Blackpool survive that long?"
Starr's national tour manager Andrew Oldham, former manager of North Pier Theatre, confirmed: "Freddie's personal manager Brian Shaw cancelled the show.
"He wasn't prepared to prostitute his star's talent in that mausoleum for a company which couldn't be bothered to market it – with just 252 tickets sold."
Starr, who held the summer season record at the Opera House, playing to two almost-capacity houses a day for five months in 1986, said Leisure Parcs had not done enough to promote his show.
In reference to the currently closed North Pier Theatre and Lord Bernard Delfont, the boss of the Opera House's and piers' former owners First Leisure, he added: "Delfont must be turning in his grave. I heard Lesley Grade sold the North Pier for £1.50 to First Leisure – tell you what, I'll buy it tomorrow for £1.50 and make it pay.
"It's not Blackpool's fault. It's companies who bleed it dry and run it down. The hoteliers should be demanding a summit with the council and saying what are you doing about it?
"What have they done to advertise my show? I go elsewhere and I see posters, advertising, I'm on the radio, doing press for hours.
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"Leisure Parcs have to get off their backsides and really start pushing shows – how is it that I play elsewhere to big audiences but not here?
"I don't know how the people who run Blackpool sleep at night. They are pulling it down and you won't get it back."
Starr's tour is a near sell-out elsewhere in the UK. There was standing room only at the Orchard Theatre in Dartford.
At Telford's Oakengate Theatre the 600 seat auditorium was sold out, while at Crewe The Lyceum sold 677 tickets to fill the theatre. The Marine Theatre at Lowestoft was also full to capacity.
Bosses at Southampton's Mayflower theatre were pleased with 1,200 ticket sales, around two thirds of their 1,700 seater auditorium.
Leisure Parcs management was approached for a comment, but had not provided one as The Gazette went to press.