showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with the Daily Star's FREE newsletterThe Offspring’s drummer Pete Parada has claimed he was ditched from the band for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine.Parada, 48, says his doctor told him not to get the jab due to him having a rare medical condition – but he was removed from The Offspring ahead of their upcoming tour.And Parada isn’t the only musician to be fired for a strange reason, as Daily Star reveals.Let’s bounce: Doug Bougie was initially Queen’s bass player before they hired John Deacon.
He played a couple of gigs with Freddie Mercury and co, but was given the heave-ho due to him leaping around too much on stage.
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