{"id":55598,"date":"2025-08-08T23:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T23:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/55598\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T23:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T23:07:07","slug":"i-thought-this-had-blown-over-the-who-has-a-new-drummer-this-is-old-news-and-its-completely-wrong-zak-starkey-claps-back-at-roger-daltreys-character-assassinat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/55598\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI thought this had blown over. The Who has a new drummer\u2026 this is old news and it\u2019s completely wrong.\u201d: Zak Starkey claps back at Roger Daltrey’s “character assassination” claims as the drama surrounding his departure from The Who rumbles on"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year\u2019s biggest musical soap opera \u2013 Zak Starkey\u2019s prolonged sacking from the Who<\/a> \u2013 goes on and on and on.<\/p>\n

So…the latest. Roger Daltrey gave an interview to The Times earlier this week in which he described the drummer\u2019s comments about him at the fateful Albert Hall gig way back in March (five months ago!) as “kind of a character assassination and it was incredibly upsetting.\u201d<\/a> Starkey had said that it was Daltrey who had messed up at that show, missing the intro to The Song Is Over and not him.<\/p>\n

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Now, Starkey has replied, via a lengthy screed on Instagram. He wrote: \u201cI didn\u2019t make any nasty comments about Roger when I got fired. I think it\u2019s [Daltrey\u2019s accusation of \u2018character assassination\u2019] about the public comments about Roger on my Instagram – which I have taken down.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI didn\u2019t think Roger was having a go at me on stage because he was shouting into a special microphone that he only uses to communicate with the sound guy. There was no conflict and no argument before the show or after as I was in my car on my way home before Pete and Roger had finished the last song Tea and Theatre, which is an acoustic duet and doesn\u2019t feature any of the band.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought the gig was ok,\u201d the drummer continued. \u201cI had no idea about getting fired or any problems at all until a week after the show. So either The Times misunderstood or\u2026 confusion reigns O\u2019er me and everyone else! I thought this had blown over. The Who has a new drummer – they\u2019ve played some shows they\u2019re about to do their farewell tour\u2026 so this is old news and it\u2019s completely wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first saw it [The Times interview] I was gonna leave it but now it\u2019s been picked up by every outlet in the cosmos it\u2019s a bit annoying cos it\u2019s bollox. I love Roger and he\u2019s a fucking amazing singer – we go back too long for grudges.\u201d<\/p>\n

So… is that it? Or will we still be here at Christmas?<\/p>\n

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