Moon the Loon, Kenney Jones, and Starkey may be the most famous drummers in the Who’s history, but there were plenty of ...

Jamming with Little Richard, turning down the chance to meet Elvis, yelling at Steven Tyler - welcome to the life of BTO’s ...

Also recognised for his unpredictable, hellraising rock-star behaviour, Betts was the inspiration for the character played by ...

Now Starkey has come forward with his own statement confirming the split and his degree of upset.

The lead singer and principal songwriter of the group, was unhappy with Zak the drummer’s performance at the Albert Hall a ...

The likes of Trivium and Opeth had banner years in 2005, but these master-strokes proved there should have been a bit more ...

Rock star Pete Townshend has admitted paying to enter an Internet site advertising child pornography but said he had done so "purely to see what was there". The admission came in a statement ...

The show was commissioned and produced by Pete Townshend and created by Reg Meuross. Mr Townshend said: "Reg’s terrific songs tell Woody’s life story with respect and affection, but also truth." ...

Everyone approaches music in a different way, and what might be considered alien to someone whenever they strap on a guitar can feel like second nature to someone else when they have the right ...

Clem Burke, who has died of cancer aged 70, was Blondie’s drummer throughout their hit-packed career; fans loved his stick-twirling displays on stage and his habitual leap over his kit at the ...

Following Blondie’s initial disbandment in the early 1980s, Burke emerged as a go-to session drummer for acts like The Eurythmics, Iggy Pop, Joan Jett, and Pete Townshend, and played in bands like The ...

In that time, Burke played drums for Eurythmics, Iggy Pop, the Romantics (of whom he was a regular member between 1990-2004), Pete Townshend, Bob Dylan, Joan Jett, the Go-Go’s’ Kathy Valentine ...