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LOTS OF MUSIC NEWS:

Pete Townshend has said what many Who fans have been thinking about Roger Daltrey and his firing, rehiring and re-firing of drummer Zak Starkey — “it’s been a mess.”

Townshend told England’s The I Paper that when Daltrey complained about Starkey’s playing during “The Song Is Over” during their show at Royal Albert Hall in March, “I couldn’t see anything wrong. What you see is a band who haven’t played together for a long time. But I think it was probably to do with the sound. I think Roger just got lost. Roger’s finding it difficult.”

Townshend then added, “I have to be careful what I say about Roger because he gets angry if I say anything about him at all. He’ll be sacking me next. But that’s not to say that he sacked Zak. It’s a decision Roger and I tried to make together, but it kind of got out of hand.”

“I didn’t invite [Starkey] in, right? Roger invited him. And at that time, I don’t know quite why he chose Zak, but Zak is another Keith Moon. He comes with real, real bonuses and real, real difficulties. I will miss Zak terribly. But quite what the story is, I don’t [effing] know. I really don’t know.”

Scott Devours, who’s been drumming for Daltrey’s solo tours for several years, is the man in the hot seat when The Who start their The Song Is Over tour July 20th in Italy.

IN OTHER MUSIC NEWS…………

Styx have shared a live acoustic version of “Build and Destroy” from their new album Circling From Above. Check it out below.

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Chicago’s 1975 compilation Chicago 9: Chicago’s Greatest Hits will get an expanded reissue on August 8th that features 21 hits from 1969 to 1980. The original album spent five consecutive weeks at number-one in 1975 and 1976.

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Ringo Starr will hold his annual “Peace & Love Birthday Celebration” on July 7th somewhere in Beverly Hills, California.