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Zak Starkey, Ringo Starr's Son, Breaks Silence on Exiting The Who After 29 Years amid Reports He Was Fired

The Who has parted ways with its longtime drummer Zak Starkey. A rep for the band told 'The Independent' that Starkey's departure was a "collective decision."

Starkey added, appearing to reference a Metro report where Roger Daltrey had repeatedly said he was struggling to hear over the drums during The Who's Royal Albert Hall show last month. A rep for the rock band told The Independent that the drummer's departure was a “collective decision” made following their headline shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London last month. "HEARD TODAY FROM INSIDE SOURCE WITHIN WHOSE HORSES NOSE THAT TOGER DAKTREY 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 AND BRING ON A RESERVE FROM ‘THE BURWASH CARWASH SKIFFLE ‘N’ TICKLE GLEE CLUB HARMONY WITHOUT EMPATHY ALLSTARS’ THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY WHOSE LONG TIME MANAGER WILLYA YOUWONTYOUKNOW," he captioned the post, alongisde an image of himself and Roger Daltrey with the text "The Daily Who Breaking News."

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