{"id":142523,"date":"2025-05-18T18:32:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T18:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/the-who-fires-zak-starkey-for-a-second-time-pre-farewell-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T18:32:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T18:32:30","slug":"the-who-fires-zak-starkey-for-a-second-time-pre-farewell-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/the-who-fires-zak-starkey-for-a-second-time-pre-farewell-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"The Who Fires Zak Starkey for a Second Time, Pre-Farewell Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/zak-starkey\/\" id=\"auto-tag_zak-starkey\" data-tag=\"zak-starkey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zak Starkey<\/a> is out as <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/the-who\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-who\" data-tag=\"the-who\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Who<\/a>\u2018s drummer \u2014 and no, this isn&#8217;t a month-old story arising in your feed. The longtime drummer for the band has been let go for a second time, and presumably for good, prematurely of the group going out on a farewell tour \u2014 information that was made public on social media first by guitarist <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/pete-townshend\/\" id=\"auto-tag_pete-townshend\" data-tag=\"pete-townshend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Townshend<\/a>, then confirmed by a displeased Starkey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tStarkey stated that he had been requested to assert he was quitting this time of his personal accord as an alternative of being fired, however \u201cthis would be a lie. I love the Who and would never had quit,\u201d he wrote, in his model of what has gone down amid \u201cthis madness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTownshend first broke the information in textual content posted as an overlay to a photograph on his Instagram account: \u201cAfter many years of great work on drums from Zak the time has come for a change. A poignant time. Zak has lots of new projects in hand and I wish him the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTownshend additionally used the publish to announce the drummer who will apparently reply the query \u201cwho\u2019s last?\u201d for the farewell outing. \u201cScott Devours who has worked with Roger\u2019s solo band will join the Who for our Final shows. Please welcome him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn response, Starkey wrote, \u201cI was fired two weeks after reinstatement and asked to make a statement saying I had quit the who to pursue my other musical endevours this would be a lie. I love the who and would never had quit. So I didn\u2019t make the statement \u2026.quitting the who would also have let down the countless amazing people who stood up for me (thank you all a million times over and more) thru the weeks of mayhem of me going \u2018in an out an in an out an in an out like a bleedin squeezebox x.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt\u2019s been one month for the reason that drummer was introduced as having been dismissed from the band after which was rapidly rehired. So Starkey saying now that he was let go once more two weeks after being redrafted for the group would recommend that this second sacking occurred about two weeks in the past however is simply now coming to gentle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tStarkey had beforehand been let go after the band performed Teenage Cancer Trust charity live shows in March at London\u2019s Royal Albert Hall, throughout which singer <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/roger-daltrey\/\" id=\"auto-tag_roger-daltrey\" data-tag=\"roger-daltrey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roger Daltrey<\/a> was visibly sad at how parts of the present proceeded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe information of Starkey\u2019s first firing got here on April 16, when a Who rep launched a press release saying: \u201cThe band made a collective decision to part ways with Zak after this round of shows at the Royal Albert Hall. They have nothing but admiration for him and wish him the very best for his future.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThat preliminary severance led Starkey to get snarky: His cheeky publish concerning the first firing had him calling Daltrey \u201cToger Dakrey,\u201d and saying the singer was \u201cbringing formal charges of overplaying\u201d in opposition to him.  But the drummer, who&#8217;s Ringo Starr\u2019s son, additionally was upfront about his unhappiness in dropping the part-time job he\u2019d held since approaching board for a \u201cQuadrophenia\u201d revival tour in 1996. He stated then that he was \u201csurprised and saddened anyone would have an issue with my performance that night\u201d at Royal Albert Hall, \u201cbut what can you do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tYet, in line with the Easter season, Starkey was resurrected by the band three days later, as Townshend took to his social media then to declare: \u201cNews Flash! Who back Zak! \u2026 Zak is not being asked to step down from the Who. There have been some communication issues, personal and private on all sides, that needed to be dealt with, and these have been aired happily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBut now the 30-year relationship between Starkey and Who mainstays Townshend and Daltrey is ending unhappily-ever-after, in any case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis marks the second sacking of a really high-profile fill-in drummer in brief order, following Josh Freese having simply been fired as Foo Fighters\u2019 drummer, though Freese\u2019s tenure with that group was measured in months and never the many years that Starkey spent filling Keith Moon\u2019s footwear. Indeed, feedback instantly arose amongst followers \u2014 some jocular, some critical \u2014 that Starkey could be in line to take over within the Foos for Freese.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Zak Starkey is out as the Who\u2018s drummer \u2014 and no, this isn&#8217;t a month-old story arising in your feed. 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