The Who fire drummer Zak Starkey for 2nd time in a month ahead of farewell tour launch

For the sake of simplicity, Daltrey's drummer from his solo work Scott Devours is stepping in. Starkey's tenure with The Who, well, his first tenure, had not been brief, as he began drumming with them in 1996. While Townsend and Daltrey framed it as a "We're doing a solid for him," that does ring hollow, and Starkey himself doesn't abide by this narrative.

However, unless The Who do us all a real solid and hire Starkey again just to fire him a third time, there isn't much left to say on that matter. Instead, let's talk about the impressive list of openers The Who has put together for this farewell tour. Billy Idol! Feist! A band Joe Perry put together that is basically Aerosmith without Steven Tyler! Billy Bob Thornton for some reason!

The summer tour kicks off August 16 in Southern Florida (where the Panthers play) with Billy Bob Thornton's band opening. It ends September 28 in Las Vegas (that still counts as summer there) with the one show Billy Idol is on. That's a lot of sunshine, a lot of Billy, and no Zak Starkey.

(h/t Consequence)