Oasis are playing in stadiums but ex-drummer Tony’s in a local Cardiff pub just miles away
Oasis are preparing to play to millions on their comeback tour – but their former drummer is having to make do with smaller Welsh venues.
Original Oasis drummer Tony McCarroll performed at a tiny pub – just a few miles from where his former band members will start their huge reunion tour on Friday.
Tony was appearing at an audience with Q& A event in front of a sparse crowd.
The ex-drummer, who is often dubbed the forgotten man of Oasis, shared anecdotes about his Oasis days at Ye Olde Butchers Arms – a small pub in Cardiff to around 60 people.
The venue is just four miles from the Principality Stadium, where more than 70,000 fans will watch the first night of the hotly anticipated Oasis reunion tour on Friday. He happily posed for photos and tickets for his talk cost fans £23. 50.
Tony, 54, has called the decision to leave Oasis the “biggest mistake of my life” in the past.
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Although it was thought to be a decision he did not have much choice about and he was effectively axed after he recorded the Definitely Maybe debut LP and before the majority of second album (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? was recorded.
His departure was announced in April 1995 when he was replaced by Alan White on drums.
Tony clashed more with Noel than Liam, as the songwriter felt his drumming was not good enough for the band. On the 2016 Oasis documentary Supersonic, Noel said he wanted to change things before the second album.
Referring to Tony he said: “Yeah, i probably made up my mind knowing that Champagne Supernova was coming up and Don’t Look Back in Anger and Wonderwall, that he wasn’t going to be able to play those songs. It’d become apparent recording Definitely Maybe, we spent a lot of time f***ing about trying to get the drums right, and it was never right. “
However in another Q&A event in 2024 attended by the Mirror, Tony said relations had improved with some members of the band, especially Liam Gallagher who gave him tickets to the Definitely Maybe solo tour last year.
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Tony said: “You know things are thawing out as we get older. I had a massive guest list from him (Liam) a couple of months ago for 11 of us from the family when he did the Definitely Maybe tour.
“When I asked for 11 for my guest list I do think he may well have realised (for me) that is my celebration. That is my ‘Put a cap on it. I am done after this’. And I think I am, yeah… until I get a phone call. ”
Tony, 53, left the band after Oasis’ first album Definitely Maybe. In a legal row in 1999 he was paid a one-off sum of £550,000 after he sued the Manchester rockers for millions in unpaid royalties.
Oasis will have a new drummer on the sticks for the 2025 tour in Joey Waronker. He has previously played on one of Liam’s tours when he was on the road with John Squire.
As well as the comeback shows in Cardiff this week, the Oasis UK dates also include gigs at Manchester, London and Edinburgh.
Source: Mirror
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