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Zak Starkey Breaks Silence on Firing From the Who: ‘I’m Surprised and Saddened’

Longtime Who drummer Zak Starkey says that he was "shocked and saddened" to learn that the Who were firing him after three decades of service.

Rumors swirled that the group were unhappy with his performance last month when they played a pair of Teenage Cancer Trust charity shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall. I plan to take some much needed time off with my family, and focus on the release of Domino Bones by Mantra Of The Cosmos with Noel Gallagher in May and finishing my autobiography written solely by me. When Starkey was unable to make a Who gig in 2000 due to his commitments with Johnny Marr and the Healers, Philips returned to the group for a single night.

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