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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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Zak Starkey's warning for new Oasis drummer: 'Don't f*** it up'

Zak Starkey has offered his advice to the new Oasis drummer following in his footsteps.

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Happy Mondays star Bez 'rinsing' the Oasis reunion tour with official after party DJ sets

Bez has bagged a nice "little earner" as the DJ for Oasis' Manchester concert after parties.

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"At a self-described 'post-punk festival', they've put the guy who defined both punk AND post-punk on a little stage in a car park. Lydon is raging…" PiL, Johnny Marr and Death Cult thrill at 'post-punk festival' Forever Now

The National Bowl at Milton Keynes plays home to an underserved tribe in a celebration of 80s alternative music

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'I want to be back in The Who': Zak Starkey on the sacking saga and his wild new band

Zak Starkey talks about the latest on The Who, working with fellow sons The Beatles, and his new band Mantra of the Cosmos with Bez and Shaun Ryder

Evening Standard

Here comes the sons: Zak Starkey, James McCartney and Sean Lennon unite on Rip Off

New Mantra Of The Cosmos track also features Shaun Ryder

MusicRadar

Mantra of the Cosmos: Sons of Beatles legends record new track

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John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr’s sons team up to release new song

The trio have collaborated on a new song for Zak Starkey’s band

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Celebrity Gogglebox 2025: how to watch, celebs and everything we know

More famous faces are getting comfy on the sofa for Celebrity Gogglebox 2025.

WhatToWatch

The Lottery Winners’ Thom Rylance: ‘Robbie Williams said my biggest talent is bravery’

NEW SENSATIONS: The Manchester band have worked their way from obscurity to two No 1 albums. As they embark on a stadium tour supporting Robbie Williams, their charismatic frontman talks to Mark Beaumont about coming to terms with his neurodivergence, apologising to Kate Nash, and being the ‘new Morrissey’

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‘I’m burping? At least I didn’t fart!’ Ten things I’ve learned about ageing rockers

From Gene Simmons discussing lowgrade meatballs to Shaun Ryder comparing himself to Uncle Fester, Kate Mossman has spent her life interviewing rock stars of a certain age. What has she learned?

The Guardian - UK

Men of a Certain Age by Kate Mossman review – close encounters with charismatic male rockers

A journalist’s bracingly honest account of interviews with musicians from Brian May to Shaun Ryder

The Guardian - UK

Zak Starkey departs The Who

Zak Starkey has left The Who, days after he suggested frontman Roger Daltrey was unhappy with his "overplaying".

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“I tried to write songs with Paul McCartney, but it was impossible, because every idea I had sparked him off and every idea he had sparked me off”: Donovan’s transcendental tales of The Beatles, Dylan, Hendrix and David Lynch

Folkd rock pioneer Donovan on jamming with Macca and Dylan, butting heads with John Paul Jones and meditating with David Lynch

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Russell Watson looks back: ‘My success felt like a wave that kept rolling. Until it didn’t’

The classical singer on scrimping and saving for his first guitar, being diagnosed with two brain tumours and getting back to music

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Bez reveals that Happy Mondays have a new album in the pipeline

Happy Mondays dancer Bez has revealed that the Madchester legends are working on their first new album for 18 years.

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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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Shaun Ryder hopes Zak Starkey makes full recovery from blood clot

Happy Mondays star Shaun Ryder is hoping drummer Zak Starkey doesn't need his legs amputating after doctors found a blood clot.

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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).

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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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Ringo Starr’s son Zak Starkey: I felt carried by the music playing Beatles venue

Starkey joined fellow former Oasis drummer Chris Sharrock for a session alongside the Cavern Club’s Beatles tribute band.

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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”

Evening Standard

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’

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Noel Gallagher joins Shaun Ryder in supergroup Mantra of the Cosmos

‘Like Dylan, Dalí and Ginsberg on a rocketship to the moon to have it with the Clangers’ is how Gallagher describes band which also features Oasis alumni Zak Starkey and Andy Bell

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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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