The Who's Roger Daltrey clarified Zak Starkey's firing in an interview with 'The Times.' The rock star also called the drummer's comments "character assassination."

The singer offered a slightly different version of the events that led to the band's longtime drummer being fired (then re-hired and fired again) earlier this year

Roger Daltrey explained that Zak Starkey’s firing from The Who was due to a miscommunication between him and the sound engineer.