Just Days After Exit, Zak Starkey Is Back As The Who’s Drummer

The Who fires, rehires drummer Zak Starkey after 'communication issues'

Just days after firing longtime drummer Zak Starkey, son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, The Who has rehired him.

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All of the drummers who ever played onstage with the Who, from Keith Moon to Zak Starkey.

Just Days After Exit, Zak Starkey Is Back As The Who’s Drummer

Guitarist Pete Townshend from the English rock band The Who held himself partially responsible for the “confusion” that drummer Zak Starkey was leaving the band.

Zak Starkey is back in The Who. “I take responsibility for some of the confusion… Zak made a few mistakes and he has apologised”, says Pete Townshend

After a fractious gig and with a world tour in jeopardy, rock’s rockiest band have kissed and made up

“Come on, tell me, who are you, you, you?” The expulsion of Zak Starkey, Ringo Starr’s son, from The Who has lasted for days. Or it might not even have happened, as the band’s statement is interpreted on X (formerly Twitter), in which he announces that Starkey returns (or continues) on The Who, the group he joined in 1996.Keep reading...

Drummer Zak Starkey returned to The Who a few days after his departure was announced: “We are moving forward with optimism”