In 2008, a petition of around 1000 signatures signed by David Bowie, Roy Wood, Tony Visconti, and Bill Legend called for Paul Fenton to change the band's name to something other than "T. Rex (A Celebration of Marc and Mickey)" in order to make it clear that it was a tribute act, not the actual T. Rex.
In 2008, a petition signed by David Bowie, Roy Wood, Tony Visconti, and Bill Legend requested Paul Fenton to change the band's name from "T. Rex (A Celebration of Marc and Mickey)" to something else to clarify that it was a tribute act, not the original T. Rex.