Zak Starkey is once again out of the Who, and drama surrounding the drummer’s exit has hit a new high. On April 16, the Who announced that Starkey had been dismissed following 29 years as a ...

Zak Starkey's exit interview may ruffle some feathers. The Who drummer, reinstated into the iconic rock band after being fired in April 2025, revealed he was let go a second time in a May 18 ...

Please welcome him.” In response, Starkey wrote, “I 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 ...

Guitarist and co-founder Pete Townshend shared the news of Starkey’s latest firing on Instagram Sunday. “After many years of great work on drums from Zak the time has come for a change,” Tow ...

Legendary rock band The Who have parted ways with their drummer Zak Starkey for the second time in a month, both parties announced on Instagram Sunday. There have been “weeks of mayhem of me ...

"I love the who and would never had quit," said Starkey in a statement, as Pete Townshend announced another musician will take his place on the drums Jack Irvin has over five years of experience ...

"I was fired two weeks after reinstatement and asked to make a statement saying I had quit the who to pursue my other musical endeavors," Starkey wrote on Instagram, but that "this would be a lie.

It looks like the song is over — again — for Zak Starkey and the Who. A month after the venerable English rock band dismissed Starkey as drummer and then quickly rehired him, lead guitarist ...

Ahead of the Who’s latest farewell tour, Pete Townshend announced that the band has parted ways with drummer Zak Starkey … for real this time. “After many years of great work on drums from ...

The Who's Roger Daltrey and Zak Starkey in June 2023 (photo: Carsten Koall / dpa / picture alliance via Getty Images). A month after he was fired, and then quickly rehired, following a 29-year ...

LONDON — Zak Starkey, the longtime drummer for The Who, has left the band once again, just weeks after he reportedly was fired and then rehired. Pete Townshend, the legendary guitarist for the ...

For British drummer Zak Starkey, the last few months with rock band the Who have been quite the whirlwind. Starkey, who the band fired in April and reinstated days later after “some ...