Former Oasis sticksman Zak Starkey won’t attend the reunion tour in case he cries. Drummer could have rejoined the Gallaghers but for misplaced loyalty to The Who who ended up firing him twice anyway. However, he could yet rejoin Roger Daltrey’s band for Farewell tour.
EX Oasis drummer Zak Starkey won’t go to their reunion gigs because it might make him cry.
The sticksman was in the band between 2004 and 2008 and many fans expected him to rejoin Liam and Noel Gallagher at this summer’s comeback tour.
However, Starkey’s loyalty to employers The Who – who have since fired him – scuppered any hopes of that.
Asked if he had been invited back to Oasis Zak told the Daily Star: “I was in The Who! There might have been a conversation, but I was in The Who then, you can’t go be hopping about like that, and letting people down.”
Now Joey Waronker will be the drummer for the Oasis 25 Live shows, but Zak can’t bring himself to check his playing out.
“I’ll cry if I go, in case he mucks it up,” mused Zak, who is the son of Ringo Starr. “I’m sure he won’t, but you know that’s my favourite band. I’d have done that gig for nothing, you know? I just loved it. I can’t see someone else do it that’s not me.”
Zak’s super-group Mantra Of The Cosmos are back with banging new song Domino Bones this week, a track that features Noel Gallagher as well as Oasis star Andy Bell plus Manchester legends Shaun Ryder and Bez.
Noel described the song as “Dylan, Dali, Ginsberg and a bit of cosmic jibber-jabber” but was too “mad” for his own album so gave it to Zak.
The ‘Mantra project ended up taking the blame for Zak being ‘fired’ from The Who for the second time last month, although according Zak it was all a big mistake.
Zak spilled: “I got fired, twice. Once I wasn’t even there.
“I didn’t enjoy what they (reports) were saying about Roger (Daltrey), because he’s my friend. And we talk on the phone every week still. And I text with Pete (Townshend) for hours. We’re still great friends. We’ll always be friends and brothers, really. Roger thought that I was so busy that he needed to retire me because of ‘Mantra but I’m actually not busy at all.”
The Who embark on a farewell US tour later this year but despite all the drama Zak could yet rejoin the line-up.
“Last week Roger said, ‘Don’t take your drums out of the warehouse yet in case we need you’. What the f**k, Roger!? Has anyone been fired three times from you? I said, ‘If that’s going to happen, please let me know’.”
Domino Bones is out now on streaming sites.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
