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Drummer Zak Starkey on whether he’s really been sacked by The Who: ‘I don’t know what the f*** is happening’

INTERVIEW: Known for powering the beats behind Oasis and Johnny Marr, the drumming dynamo and son of Ringo Starr is hitting a new groove. As he tells Mark Beaumont, he’s thriving in cosmic supergroup Mantra of the Cosmos, but there’s a twist: he’s still not entirely sure if he’s in…

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"On this particular occasion, I dropped some beats, apparently. I’ve looked everywhere and I can’t find them!": Zak Starkey on his Who sacking, plus advice for new Oasis drummer and Ringo-playing actor

The ex Who drummer talks ducks, drums and Barry Keoghan playing his dad

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Roger Daltrey informed Zak Starkey he was 'retired, not fired' by The Who

Roger Daltrey phoned up Zak Starkey to clear up all the confusion about his status in the band.

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“You gotta ask him that. We sort of know…” Did Shaun Ryder just reveal who’s playing drums for Oasis this summer?

The ex-Happy Mondays and Mantra Of The Cosmos baggy superstar may have just put his foot in it…

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Mantra Of The Cosmos cancel Soho gig after Zak Starkey suffers blood clot

Noel Gallagher recently joined the band on a new track called Domino Bones (Gets Dangerous).

Evening Standard

Mantra Of The Cosmos gig cancelled as Zak Starkey suffers serious leg condition

Drummer Zak Starkey has been told to rest for two weeks after suffering a blood cot in his leg.

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"I know it, but I don't know the drum bits... But as soon as I walked on it was like being picked up and carried by the music": How Zak Starkey overcame nerves to play drums in a Beatles tribute band at the Cavern Club

He got by with a little help from his famous friends

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“Mantra Of The Cosmos is like Dylan, Dali and Ginsberg on a rocket ship to the moon to have it with the Clangers.” Oasis' Noel Gallagher joins Shaun Ryder's indie supergroup for new single Domino Bones (Gets Dangerous)

Mantra Of The Cosmos and Noel Gallagher team up for new single described as “Free Bird for Mods”

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Noel Gallagher drops suprise new single with Shaun Ryder's supergroup... and it's deranged

3/5 Gallagher described the collaboration as ‘Dylan, Dali and Ginsberg on a rocketship to the moon to have it with the Clangers’

Evening Standard

Noel Gallagher joins Shaun Ryder and Zak Starkey's supergroup for new psychedelic tune

Noel Gallagher has added his vocals to a song by the supergroup featuring former Oasis members Zak Starkey and Andy Bell.

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"A national treasure? I'll take that over being called a smackhead, crackhead loser": Shaun Ryder on Black Grape, The Happy Mondays, Gogglebox and why it's great when you're straight, yeah

At 61, Shaun Ryder is still having more fun than anyone you know

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Mantra Of The Cosmos: Who are the members of the new supergroup?

The new band is made up of former members of the Happy Mondays, Oasis, and Ride

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