Pete Townshend, who co-founded English rock band The Who, clarified Ringo Starr's son Zac Starkey’s status with the band after he issued a statement earlier this week saying he was parting ways with the band after their recent round of shows at the Royal Albert Hall.

In a surprise move, just days after the Who announced that it had parted ways with Zak Starkey — Ringo Starr’s son and the band’s drummer for nearly 30 years — the group’s Pete Townshend announced that he has been un-fired.

Zak Starkey is officially back in The Who. On Saturday (April 19), the band's legendary guitarist Pete Townshend took to social media to announce that Starkey - Ringo Starr's son and the iconic group's drummer for nearly three decades - had been reinstated after what he described as "communication issues.