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The Who Part Ways With Drummer Zak Starkey After Three Decades
The Who have fired longtime drummer Zak Starkey after a three-decade stint in the band. He last played with them a the Royal Albert Hall in March.
The Who have parted ways with drummer Zak Starkey just three weeks after they played a pair of shows with him at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Rolling Stone has confirmed. It’s unclear what exactly precipitated the firing, but Roger Daltrey was reportedly unhappy with his performance at the Royal Albert Hall shows. Starkey has yet to officially confirm the news himself, but he did post a photo of himself with Daltrey earlier this week on Instagram paired with a snarky caption: “Heard today from inside source within whose horses nose that toger daktrey [sic] lead singer and principal songwriter of the group unhappy with zak the drummer’s performance at the albert hall a few weeks ago is bringing formal charges of overplaying and is literally going to zak the drummer.”
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