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The Who share a HUGE update on their retirement plans after making a shock U-turn on drummer Zak Starkey's sacking


The legendary rock band shared the news at a London press conference as they announced their farewell tour, which will kick off in July.

The news comes just weeks after Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend made a shock U-turn to welcome Zak Starkey back into the band , after he was sacked following a bitter fallout While fans were loving the shows, which were in honour of Roger's Teenage Cancer Trust charity, a source claimed there were a 'few issues with the drumming....and the standard wasn't as high as everyone wanted'. Zak had been set to take the stage with his supergroup Mantra of the Cosmos - including Happy Mondays vocalist Shaun Ryder, 62, Oasis guitarist Andy Bell, 54, percussionist Mark ' Bez' Berry, 60, and Noel Gallagher, 57, - when he received the alarming health alert.

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