zak's in...
Ringo's son joins Oasis
By SUN ONLINE REPORTER
OASIS today unveiled their newest recruit - Zak Starkey, son of Beatles legend Ringo.
Noel Gallagher told the BBC's 6 Music that Zak had been working with them in the studio and would join them on tour and for next month's Glastonbury festival.
He said: "We've known Zak for a while and we asked him if he'd play on a few songs and he said yeah, and he has done and it's been absolutely fantastic."
He reckoned Zak was stylish enough to join them even though he was not from Manchester.
"He's a good boy, he's got a good haircut ... good shoes - which is important."
Noel said it was a pity the band did not have any new material to play at Glastonbury - "but I think we kind of George Best'ed it the last time we headlined it so this time will be great I think, but then again we're not doing ourselves any favours because Zak's first gig will be to 150,000 people but y'know... He's rehearsing all the Oasis songs now."
Asked whether Oasis were becoming The Beatles Mark II, Gallagher said: "As long as I'm not becoming Paul McCartney it'll be all right."
A spokeswoman for the group said today that a permanent replacement for the last drummer, Alan White, had yet to be confirmed.
By SUN ONLINE REPORTER
OASIS today unveiled their newest recruit - Zak Starkey, son of Beatles legend Ringo.
Noel Gallagher told the BBC's 6 Music that Zak had been working with them in the studio and would join them on tour and for next month's Glastonbury festival.
He said: "We've known Zak for a while and we asked him if he'd play on a few songs and he said yeah, and he has done and it's been absolutely fantastic."
He reckoned Zak was stylish enough to join them even though he was not from Manchester.
"He's a good boy, he's got a good haircut ... good shoes - which is important."
Noel said it was a pity the band did not have any new material to play at Glastonbury - "but I think we kind of George Best'ed it the last time we headlined it so this time will be great I think, but then again we're not doing ourselves any favours because Zak's first gig will be to 150,000 people but y'know... He's rehearsing all the Oasis songs now."
Asked whether Oasis were becoming The Beatles Mark II, Gallagher said: "As long as I'm not becoming Paul McCartney it'll be all right."
A spokeswoman for the group said today that a permanent replacement for the last drummer, Alan White, had yet to be confirmed.