The Beatles legend Ringo Starr has defended his son Zak Starkey after the drummer was sacked from The Who following a dispute with frontman Roger Daltrey.

Starkey, 59, who had performed with the band since 1996, was let go for a second time in Might after an on-stage disagreement at a Royal Albert Corridor live performance in March.

Chatting with Rolling Stone, Starkey claimed it was Daltrey, 81, who made the error throughout the group’s efficiency of The Music Is Over, insisting the singer “got here in 4 bars early”.

“He simply bought misplaced,” Starkey stated. “He blamed it on the drums being too loud after which it bought made into this large social media factor.”

Footage from the night time confirmed Daltrey turning to Starkey and saying: “To sing that track I do want to listen to the important thing and I can’t. All I’ve bought is drums going growth growth growth.”

Starkey initially apologised on social media, writing: “Sorry Rog I dropped just a few beats,” after reportedly being urged to take action by guitarist Pete Townshend. Townshend later stated: “Roger did nothing flawed however fiddle along with his in-ear screens. Zak made just a few errors and he has apologised.”

Regardless of being reinstated shortly after, Starkey was sacked once more weeks later. Townshend stated on the time: “The time has come for a change.”

Starkey informed Rolling Stone that his father, Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, 84, had backed him after the cut up. “I’ve by no means appreciated the best way that little man [Daltrey] runs that band,” Starr reportedly stated.

“I’m very happy with my dad for standing up for me,” Starkey added. 

When requested if monetary causes have been behind his departure, Starkey stated: “Roger is kind of famend… I as soon as requested John Entwistle [former Who bassist] if Roger nonetheless had the cash from the final Who tour. He goes, ‘He’s nonetheless bought the cash from the primary one.’”

Regardless of the fallout, Starkey stated he would nonetheless think about a return. “In fact I’d return in the event that they requested,” he stated, including that Daltrey had lately informed him: “Don’t take your drums out of the warehouse, we is perhaps calling you.”

Daltrey, who has beforehand spoken about listening to loss, informed followers earlier this 12 months: “Not solely am I going deaf, I’m additionally now going blind.”

“Luckily I nonetheless have my voice as a result of if I lose that I’ll have the complete Tommy,” he stated, referring to the band’s 1969 rock opera a few “deaf, dumb and blind” character.

Starkey, the godson of the late Keith Moon, is predicted to get replaced forward of The Who’s US tour this summer season.