Mantra Of The Cosmos cancel gig as Zak Starkey suffers leg situation

Mantra Of The Cosmos have been pressured to cancel a secret gig in Soho after drummer Zak Starkey was revealed to be affected by a severe leg situation.

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The supergroup – consisting of Shaun Ryder (Pleased Mondays, Black Grape), drummer Zak Starkey (The Who, Oasis), guitarist Andy Bell (Oasis, Experience) and Bez (Pleased Mondays, Black Grape) – had been as a consequence of carry out on the Karma Sanctum Soho on Tuesday night time (January 21), however needed to cancel on the final minute.

Per a press launch, Starkey is affected by a blood clot in his proper leg, and has been ordered by a physician to take blood thinners for the situation and to relaxation for 2 weeks. The analysis pressured the cancellation of their efficiency, although the Soho occasion nonetheless proceeded with a number of A-listers in attendance.

The cancelled gig got here simply days after Mantra Of The Cosmos carried out a pair of reveals in Liverpool on January 19 after releasing the psychedelic single ‘Domino Bones (Will get Harmful)’ with Noel Gallagher. The band are additionally presently engaged on an album.

Footage from their Liverpool reveals was screened on the Soho occasion, with Shaun Ryder joking to attendees – which included Yungblud: “As quickly as I get out of right here I’m going to take some tights to get on Zak’s legs.”

Mantra Of The Cosmos launched in 2023 with the singles ‘Gorilla Guerilla’ and ‘X (Wot You Sayin?)’, and made their Glastonbury Competition debut that summer season. Additional singles are scheduled for 2025, per a press launch.

Chatting with NME in 2023, Starkey revealed that Mantra had recorded “about 175” songs collectively. Ryder stated: “We’ve bought lots of materials. If you would like some songs that may go on for 2 and a half or three minutes [laughs], then I reckon we’ve bought about 175 songs, haven’t we?

“Or we may have a few Pink Floyd-type ones the place they go on for 35 minutes every. It simply relies upon what Zak’s gonna flip this into. That’s what’s fascinating about it. I go away the studio typically and I’ll come again and I’ve put one thing in there however Zak has simply mashed it up into one thing totally different. He picks out the stuff that I’ll come out with, which I’m simply making an attempt to get a smile on their faces and revel in it.”

Starkey started drumming for Oasis in 2004, taking part in on their final two albums ‘Don’t Imagine The Reality’ (2005) and ‘Dig Your Personal Soul’ (2008). He’s presently rumoured to be becoming a member of the brand new Oasis line-up on their enormous 2025 reunion tour, as is former member Andy Bell.