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Pete Townshend admits Zak Starkey's exit from The Who was 'a mess'

The Who star Pete Townshend has admitted Zak Starkey's exit from the band was "a mess" and declaring the drama "got out of hand".

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"He'll be sacking me next." Pete Townshend on Roger Daltrey and why Zak Starkey was fired by The Who

The Who's Pete Townshend describes Zak Starkey's sacking saga as "a mess"

Louder

“I think Roger just got lost. Roger’s finding it difficult. I have to be careful what I say about Roger because he gets angry if I say anything about him at all": Pete Townshend has his say on Zak Starkey’s protracted dismissal from The Who

“He’ll be sacking me next,” quips the guitarist, “but that’s not to say that he sacked Zak”

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Ringo Starr called Roger Daltrey ‘that little man’, says son sacked from the Who

Zak Starkey was sacked from the band after a disagreement about his performance at the Royal Albert Hall

The Guardian - UK

“I love the show - I love the show more than I did the gig”: The Who’s Pete Townshend says he’s more of a fan of the Live Aid musical than the historic event that inspired it

Townshend has previously said that The Who could “barely play” at the 1985 charity gig

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Three members of the Beatles' sons feature on new Mantra Of The Cosmos tune Rip Off

Three sons born to Beatles feature on a new song by Mantra Of The Cosmos.

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John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr’s sons team up to release new song

The trio have collaborated on a new song for Zak Starkey’s band

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Zak Starkey doesn't have 'loads of money' like other Beatles' children

Sir Ringo Starr's drummer son Zak Starkey has insisted he isn't wealthy like the other children of the Beatles because they inherited money from their parents.

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“I got it right and Roger got it wrong... he came in a bar too early”: Zak Starkey offers a detailed explanation of the on-stage incident that led to him being fired from The Who

It seems that it all stemmed from the decision to play a Who’s Next album track

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Newly knighted Roger Daltrey said he ‘didn’t care’ about honour in 2022 interview

The Who frontman once claimed he had been ‘too critical of our leaders’ to be considered for the honour

The Independent UK

The Who’s Roger Daltrey ‘very humbled’ by ‘dream come true’ knighthood

The singer is being honoured for services to charity and music.

Evening Standard

“I’ll cry if I go... I’d have done that gig for nothing, you know?” Zak Starkey on why he won’t be at any of the Oasis comeback gigs

And he says he might yet rejoin The Who

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"My mother didn't particularly like the look of me and my dad didn't like the sound of me": Pete Townshend and the lifelong search for answers

The Who's Pete Townshend on parents, partnerships, punk, songwriting, the aristocracy, addiction, the internet and the ongoing search for extraordinary music

Louder

“I said, ‘I want to riff through all of my favorite guitarists –doing Jimi Hendrix behind the head, Pete Townshend’s windmill, the Eddie Van Halen hammer thing”: Michael J. Fox and others discuss the Back to the Future guitar – and a clue to its identity

The Cherry Red ES-345 has become a cultural icon since the film was released in 1985, but it hasn’t been since since

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“It’s a preamp, but it’s got the biggest distortion I’ve ever heard”: Fontaines D.C.'s Carlos O'Connell reveals the secret weapon on his pedalboard – a plain box with one knob and oodles of gain

Owning one doesn’t come cheap, but the left-field pedal has been at the center of the band’s monumental rise to fame

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“My hair caught fire, and my hearing was never the same again”: When Keith Moon overdid the pyrotechnics for the Who’s most explosive television moment

The blast left a lifelong mark on Pete Townshend’s hearing…

The Independent UK

Pete Townshend makes cryptic comment about The Who’s farewell show

Veteran rocker reflected on his past as he prepares to go on the road for The Who’s final tour in North America

The Independent UK

Zak Starkey says he was ‘retired’, not ‘fired’, from The Who after new drummer announced

Drummer recounted a phone conversation with The Who frontman Roger Daltrey that ‘confused both of us’

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Roger Daltrey informed Zak Starkey he was 'retired, not fired' by The Who

Roger Daltrey phoned up Zak Starkey to clear up all the confusion about his status in the band.

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“It became clear there was a link between the kids that I grew up with and the difficulties that young men are facing today”: Pete Townshend on how a new version of Quadrophenia moved him to tears

New dance production sets the story in the modern day

The Independent UK

The Who’s new drummer addresses controversy over Zak Starkey firing

Band’s longtime drummer Zak Starkey was unceremoniously fired from the band for a second time this week

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Roger Daltrey doesn't want to be on the road with 'half-hearted' Pete Townshend ahead of ill-fated Who tour

Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend's relationship has seemingly soured ahead of their final tour.

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“The weight of this responsibility is enormous and I am feeling every ounce of it”: The Who’s new drummer announces himself to fans

Scott Devours is long-serving sticksman in Roger Daltrey’s solo band

The Guardian - UK

Pete Townshend remakes Quadrophenia for a new generation: ‘The world is a dangerous place at the moment’

It may be set 60 years ago, but a new ballet version of The Who’s rock opera asks questions about youth, society and masculinity that still resonate – and it brought its original creator to tears

Louder

"I will be giving them every drop of my sweat and blood": The Who's new drummer is determined to live up to the billing

Following Zak Starkey's off-on-off departure from The Who, a new man is behind the kit

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