Pete Townshend Discusses Zak Starkey “Mess,” Drummer’s Dad Ringo Starr Says He Never Liked How “Little Man” Roger Daltrey Ran The Who
Sunday, 22 June 2025 () It’s been a tumultuous time for Zak Starkey, whose firing, re-hiring, and subsequent re-firing from the Who has been causing quite a stir in elder rock circles. The drummer and son of Ringo Starr has evidently had a lot of unclear back-and-forth with the Who’s lead singer Roger Daltrey, but we haven’t heard much from his bandmates about the whole ordeal — that is, until very recently, when the band’s guitarist and primary songwriter Pete Townshend remarked on it in a new interview with iNews. It sounds like he’s just as confused as the rest of us.
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Sunday, 22 June 2025 ()
It’s been a tumultuous time for Zak Starkey, whose firing, re-hiring, and subsequent re-firing from the Who has been causing quite a stir in elder rock circles. The drummer and son of Ringo Starr has evidently had a lot of unclear back-and-forth with the Who’s lead singer Roger Daltrey, but we haven’t heard much from his bandmates about the whole ordeal — that is, until very recently, when the band’s guitarist and primary songwriter Pete Townshend remarked on it in a new interview with iNews. It sounds like he’s just as confused as the rest of us.
![Zak Starkey says The Who's frontman Roger Daltrey told him he had been "retired, not fired" as the band's drummer [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250527/1412128726-Zak-Starkey-says-The-Who-frontman-Roger.jpg)
![The Who have let longtime drummer Zak Starkey go weeks after he was fired and rehired [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250519/1411216780-The-Who-have-let-longtime-drummer-Zak-Starkey.jpg)
![Barry Keoghan 'didn't dare to look at' Sir Ringo Starr [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250508/1410220372-Barry-Keoghan-didn-dare-to-look-at.jpg)
