Zak Starkey asks Axl Rose to return master for charity track

Zak Starkey, the longtime drummer for The Who and son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, has publicly asked Guns N Roses frontman Axl Rose to return the master recording of a charity track that Starkey says could raise about 2 million pounds for the Teenage Cancer Trust. The recording is a starstudded cover of T. Rex's "Children of the Revolution" featuring Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan of Guns N Roses, Elton John and Ringo Starr. Starkey says the recording dates to 2017, when Guns N Roses and The Who played Rock in Rio, and was intended for a charity album that remains unreleased.

In an Instagram post, Starkey wrote, "Dear Axl Rose, please give me my master of this track back," and said he and his wife, Sshh Liguz, spent three years assembling the Bolan tribute for the Teenage Cancer Trust. He described arrangements that left space for Slash's guitar, Duff's bass solo and Elton John's contributions, and said Christie’s had advised that an auction of the recording could generate around 2 million for the charity. Starkey added that he has not received a full-resolution master since the recording session and that he needs a WAV file for release, not a compressed MP3.