“HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY, ZAK STARKEY! The Beat Goes On”
The spotlight may never have shone on him as brightly as it did on his father, Ringo Starr, but tonight in London, Zak Starkey owns a glow all his own. At 60, he’s no longer the boy quietly watching from the wings of The Beatles’ legend. He is the storm at the kit—the drummer who thundered with The Who, shook the rafters with Oasis, and carved his own name into the history of rock and roll.
Zak’s journey has always been one of both echoes and defiance. As a child, he clutched drumsticks like secret treasures, peeking at rehearsals and dreaming of sound. Today, those sticks carry not just rhythm, but the weight of generations. The heartbeat of a family legacy has become his own unrestrained roar.
Fans call him one of the greatest “unsung heroes” of drumming—an artist who stepped from behind the world’s most famous drum kit to build an unmistakable career on his own terms.
And tonight is more than just candles or cake. It’s about resilience. It’s about carrying fire forward. It’s about proving that Zak Starkey is not a shadow—he is the beat itself.
At sixty, the rhythm still roars. And the world is listening.
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