Surprise! The Who Make Up with Drummer Zak Starkey, Found There was No "Substitute" After 30 Years: They Won't Get Fooled Again

Zak Starkey and the Who Have Kissed and Made Up, as Rehearsal Reunion Is Revealed

Apparently the deep and much-talked-about rift between the Who and former (and future?) drummer Zak Starkey was not quite a hell-freezes-over situation after all. Starkey, who was famously revealed to have been unceremoniously handed his walking orders in April 2025, is now back with Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend … or at least he has rehearsed with them in advance of expected future dates. Both Daltrey and Starkey have made public statements…

The Who Rehearsed For Possible Tour With Zak Starkey Following Bitter Split: ‘It Sounded Great’

A little over a year after the Who got into a very public spat with longtime drummer Zak Starkey, where they fired him, re-hired him three days later, and then fired him again the following month, a surprising new chapter in the saga has begun.  While playing a solo show at the Encore Theater in Las Vegas on August 26, Roger Daltrey told the crowd that the Who recently rehearsed with Starkey for a possible European leg of their Song Is Over fa…

Surprise! The Who Make Up with Drummer Zak Starkey, Found There was No "Substitute" After 30 Years: They Won't Get Fooled Again

Very Spinal Tap: Drummer Zak Starkey and The Who have made up. On Instagram Zak responded to an announcement Roger Daltrey made at his Las Vegas show: “Last night in vegas 26/8/26Nice one Rog x. Lookin forward to tearin it up with The Who again..The rehearsal was great.. I don’t think we’ve ever rehearsed as […] The post Surprise! The Who Make Up with Drummer Zak Starkey, Found There was No “Substitute” After 30 Years: They Won’t Get Fooled Agai…

The Who Seemingly Rehire Zak Starkey After Messy Split

Who is the drummer for the Who? It’s complicated. Last year, they fired Zak Starkey for overplaying, rehired him, and then fired him again. Now, he’s apparently back in the band. On Wednesday (Aug. 26), Roger Daltrey performed a solo show at Las Vegas’ Encore Theater and told the audience that the Who recently rehearsed…

Roger Daltrey says the Who are rehearsing again: “It sounded great”

The Who said goodbye to performing last year. Now they’re rehearsing again.Roger Daltrey revealed the unexpected development during his solo show at Las Vegas’ Encore Theatre, where he made a passing reference to the Who’s current rehearsals while performing “Who Are You” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” According to The Las Vegas Review-Journal, Daltrey said the rehearsals “sounded great.”The revelation comes less than a year after the Who complet…