Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey cancels London performance after shock health diagnosis
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Zak Starkey, the son of Ringo Starr, had to cancel a show at London's Karma Sanctum Soho Tuesday after he was diagnosed with a blood clot in his right leg. Starkey, 59, had been set to take the stage with his music group Mantra of the Cosmos when he received the alarming health alert, The Independent reported, leading him to withdraw from Tuesday's outing hours ahead of showtime.
![[Ringo Starr, 84, pictured in a portrait in West Hollywood, California on October 17, 2024]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/23/94410555-14315005-image-m-109_1737588384211.jpg)
Starkey was sidelined to rest for two weeks by his doctors, according to the outlet, and prescribed blood thinners for the hazardous health condition. Starkey's bandmates - Happy Mondays vocalist Shaun Ryder, 62, Oasis guitarist Andy Bell, 54, and percussionist Mark 'Bez' Berry, 60 - remained at the venue on Tuesday.
![[Starkey was pictured performing in June 2023 at the Visarno Arena in Florence, Italy at the Firenze Rocks Festival]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/22/94410473-14315005-image-a-95_1737584459819.jpg)
In lieu of a live show, patrons watched film of a performance from the group Sunday filmed in the hallowed Beatles ground of Liverpool at the Cavern Club. The Beatles had played their first show at the venue, according to the outlet. Zak Starkey, the 59-year-old son of Ringo Starr, had to cancel a show in London Tuesday after he was diagnosed with a blood clot in his right leg. Pictured in London in 2021.
![[Starkey and Ringo Starr posed at an event in London on September 5, 2016]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/22/94410511-14315005-image-a-94_1737584454657.jpg)
Ringo Starr, 84, pictured in a portrait in West Hollywood, California on October 17, 2024. In addition to the musical milestone, the Cavern Club is also where Starr first crossed paths with Starkey’s mother Maureen Tigrett, who the Beatle was wed to from 1965-1975.
