Oasis stars Noel and Liam Gallagher want to make Beatles legend's son their drummer for reunion tour
Noel and Liam Gallagher want to make the son of Ringo Starr their drummer for the highly-anticipated Oasis reunion tour.
Zak Starkey, 58, was part of the band during their final few albums - including Don't Believe the Truth and Dig Out Your Soul. However he did not take part in the final Oasis shows after falling out with Noel Gallagher.
The Sun now reports though that Starkey is the first-choice pick of Noel and Liam to be the drummer for next summer's record-breaking shows.
It is also understood that former members Bonehead and Gem Archer will play on guitar, and Andy Bell will play bass.
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A source said: “Noel and Liam are slowly putting Oasis back together and they’re hoping to get Zak on board for drums. Andy has confirmed he is free for the tour now, with Bonehead and Gem both signed up, too.
“Alan White, who was the drummer with Oasis until 2004, isn’t returning. Zak was probably the best live drummer Oasis ever had and to get him back on board would be amazing.”
After the band's huge UK and Ireland tour the brothers from Burnage are rumoured to be plotting a trip across the pond in stadiums on the east and west coast, as well as in Mexico and Argentina. Oasis could play the 70,000 seat SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles as part of the jaunt.
A US leg of Oasis Live ’25 may increase the band’s profits to more than £500million. Billboards appeared to tease US dates. Electronic messages in New York’s Times Square featured the Amazon Music logo, a pic of the Gallaghers and the message: “If we need to put up a billboard to get these guys to come to the States, here it is.”
Last week there was online chaos in the scramble for Oasis’s 17 UK and Irish gigs. Fans waited for hours on Ticketmaster only to be accused of being bots or falling victim to dynamic pricing – being asked to pay £355, instead of the expected £148.50 for standing tickets.
The band said they were unaware the vendor was to use “dynamic pricing” and left all decisions around prices to their management and promotion teams. Ticketmaster now faces a Competition and Markets Authority probe into whether it broke consumer protection law.
After the furore, Oasis announced new Wembley Stadium dates on September 27 and 28 using a lottery system. A second source claimed Liam, 51, and Noel, 57, had “cut out” their respective booking agents from US tour negotiations, which left “a sour taste”. A spokesman would not comment on speculation around dates outside of Europe.