“I’ll cry if I go... I’d have done that gig for nothing, you know?” Zak Starkey on why he won’t be at any of the Oasis comeback gigs

Liam Gallagher, Sharna Liguz, Nicole Appleton and Zak Starkey attend the launch party of Liam Gallagher's new store Pretty Green on July 29, 2010.

Poor old Zak Starkey. He’s wasted the last three months leaving, then not leaving and eventually definitely leaving The Who. All the while he’s managed to miss out on another prime gig – the vacant position for drummer in Oasis.

That’s what he was bemoaning in a new interview with The Daily Star. Starkey sat behind the kit on the band’s final two albums – 2005’s Don’t Believe The Truth and Dig Out Your Soul from 2008 – and would have been in the running as sticksman on their 2025 comeback tour. Instead, that honour has gone to stalwart session player Joey Waronker. Much to Zak’s chagrin.