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X-clusive: Rock N’ Roll Starr - Oasis And The Beatles?

added 28 September 2004 at 15.15

Noel Gallagher, the man Oasis simply refer to as ‘The Guvnor’, has been talking exclusively to Xfm Online about Liam’s new songs, going out on tour again "sharpish" and recording with one of The Beatles.

Gallagher explained that Oasis are about to travel to Los Angeles to complete work on their highly anticipated, and as-yet-untitled new album, where (after the departure of drummer Alan White) the band will be enlisting the help of
former Beatle Ringo Starr’s son Zak Starkey. Starkey filled the drum stool for the band’s recent Glastonbury Festival appearance, and Noel explained that he also wants Zak's father on the record too.

“Zak will drum on the bulk of it,” he explained to Xfm, “And we’re gonna try - while we’re out there - to get his Dad down the studio cos he lives in LA. So we’re gonna try and get him on cos we’ve got this one song which is quite… well, fucking funnily enough, it sounds like The Beatles, and we’re gonna try and get him and his Dad on the same track. Then again Ringo might just tell us to f**k off.”

Apart from Glastonbury and one-off concerts at Watford Colosseum and the Albert Hall, Oasis haven’t undertaken a fullUK tour since summer July 2002, but as soon as the album’s finished the band will definitely be hitting the road.

“To be honest,” Noel continued, “We spent that much money f**king pissing about on the new album we’ll be touring it for the next four years. So by the time this next album cycle comes around everyone will be sick to f**king death of Oasis. We’ll have to play London fifteen times I’d have thought, but we'll have to start doing gigs sharpish.” 

As for the material on the new album, Noel has confirmed rumours that his brother, frontman Liam Gallagher, has been busy writing some impressive new songs.

“He [Liam] has been writing tonnes. He’s probably writing as we f**king speak. He’s written loads and loads and loads. He’s doing okay at the writing, he’s got a few belters. His songs are really coming on. Considering he can’t play a f**king note on the guitar he’s doing alright.”

Hear the interview in full including Noel talking about the turbulant recording of the new Oasis album, how his new songs sound and a possible new single by clicking here.

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