Speaking to LifeMinute he said of the sticksman: “He’s not Keith Moon, but he’s come very close.” When asked directly if a reunion with Starkey was possible, Daltrey replied: “I don’t know. We did a rehearsal recently, and Zak was the drummer. We love Zak, but sometimes the road doesn’t like Zak. Sometimes it gets on top of him, and it becomes difficult.”
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The Who’s Roger Daltrey has confirmed that Zak Starkey has rehearsed with the band, ahead of a possible reunion tour just over a year after his departure from the group.
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. (Rolling Stone report)
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 farewell tour. “It sounded great,” he said, according to a review in the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Starkey shared an image of that review on Instagram. “Nice one Rog,” he wrote. “Lookin forward to tearin it up with the Who again. The rehearsal was great.. I don’t think we’ve ever rehearsed as tough as that. Usually we drink tea and talk about what time we’re going home! Fantastic vocal from Roger here on his song ‘Certified Rose.'”
This was echoed in a statement that Starkey e-mailed to Rolling Stone. “We rehearsed for an afternoon and were absolutely on fire,” he writes. “I’m so happy to be back playing the music I love with people I love. It’s good to be home.”
The Who haven’t performed since the U.S. leg of their farewell tour wrapped up in October 2025. Daltrey just kicked off a run of solo shows stateside, but told the Arizona Republic that the Who aren’t over. “We had a rehearsal recently to make sure we can think about doing some shows in Europe because we’ve still got to say goodbye to them and goodbye to some other countries in the world that we had success,” he said. “And the rehearsal went extremely well and sounded fantastic. So, I mean, it’s not over by any means. It’s just that was the last tour of America for the Who.”cks.
