Noel Gallagher joins supergroup with Ringo Starr's son months before Oasis reunion
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Noel Gallagher has joined a new band – just months before Oasis hit the road. Gallagher has joined supergroup Mantra Of The Cosmos, led by the son of Beatles drummer Sir Ringo Starr, on their new psychedelic track. The song, titled Domino Bones (Gets Dangerous), features Gallagher alongside Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder on vocals, former Oasis guitarist Andy Bell, Sir Ringo's son Zak Starkey on drums and Happy Mondays' Mark "Bez" Berry on percussion.
It comes after Gallagher announced the Britpop band he formed with his brother Liam was reuniting for a 2025 world tour. "Mantra Of The Cosmos is like Dylan, Dali and Ginsberg on a rocket ship to the moon to have it with the clangers," Gallagher said. Starkey first met Gallagher in a London rehearsal room in early 1995 when he was in a band called Face before he began drumming for Oasis in 2004 – playing on albums Don’t Believe The Truth and Dig Your Own Soul.
Speaking about Domino Bones, Starkey said: "It's not every day that the greatest songwriter of my generation – not to mention Shaun, the greatest beat poet of our times – sends a tune to me and I was in a daze for a bit cos it’s not something you want to f*** up.
"It came together great – everyone digs it. Noel loves Shaun. He texted me to say 'Do you know what you've got? The British Bob Dylan' – and he’s not f****g about because now I've witnessed what Shaun does. Noel calls him the 'king of lyrics'." Starkey first met Ryder in 2015, during the filming of the revival of TFI Friday on Channel 4.
