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Mindy Small/FilmMagic Zak Starkey is no longer with The Who — and no, you're not experiencing déjà vu. Last month, Starkey announced he was parting ways with The Who after 29 years of drumming ...
A few days ago Foo Fighters unceremoniously fired their drummer Josh Freese after two years, and that news has only been overshadowed by the Who’s indecision about keeping Zak Starkey in their ...
Zak Starkey is once again out of the Who, and drama surrounding the drummer’s exit has hit a new high. On April 16, the Who announced that Starkey had been dismissed following 29 years as a ...
The Who's Roger Daltrey and Zak Starkey in June 2023 (photo: Carsten Koall / dpa / picture alliance via Getty Images). A month after he was fired, and then quickly rehired, following a 29-year ...
Ahead of the Who’s latest farewell tour, Pete Townshend announced that the band has parted ways with drummer Zak Starkey … for real this time. “After many years of great work on drums from ...
Zak Starkey's exit interview may ruffle some feathers. The Who drummer, reinstated into the iconic rock band after being fired in April 2025, revealed he was let go a second time in a May 18 ...
Legendary rock band The Who have parted ways with their drummer Zak Starkey for the second time in a month, both parties announced on Instagram Sunday. There have been “weeks of mayhem of me ...
Townshend first broke the news in text posted as an overlay to a photo on his Instagram account: “After many years of great work on drums from Zak the time has come for a change. A poignant time.
Zak Starkey has claimed The Who asked him to "lie" about his exit from the band. The 'My Generation' rockers - Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend - have let their longtime drummer go weeks after he ...
It looks like the song is over — again — for Zak Starkey and the Who. A month after the venerable English rock band dismissed Starkey as drummer and then quickly rehired him, lead guitarist ...