Oasis to play two nights at the ECHO Arena Liverpool with new Scouse drummer...

Rock legends Oasis today revealed they are to play two nights at the ECHO Arena.
The indie stars will come to Liverpool to promote new album, Dig Out Your Soul, on October 7 and 8.
It will be a welcome return for the band, who have always had close links with the city.
Not only is it the home of their heroes, The Beatles, it is also the city which was pivotal to their big break.
At the end of 1992, Noel Gallagher contacted Tony Griffith, of Liverpool band The Real People - whom he had met through their mutual connections with Manchester band the Inspiral Carpets - and arranged to record at the People's Liverpool studio. The resulting tape, known as the Live Demonstration tape, later formed the basis for their first album, 1994's Definitely Maybe.
The Real People also co-wrote several songs that put the then unsigned band Oasis on the map, including Columbia, Rocking Chair - the B-side to Oasis hit Roll With It - and sang backing vocals on the Gallaghers' single Supersonic.
Tony said: "Liam and Noel used to come over to Liverpool and use our studio. It only had an eight-track but we helped them write a few songs and they would stay at ours.
"They were really big fans of the Real People and we produced their first demos."
Meanwhile fellow Liverpool musician Digsy Deary, now of The Sums, has also worked with the band.
Digsy's friendship with the Gallaghers is well documented. They've jammed together, written together and Noel immortalised him with the song Digsy's Diner on the album Definitely Maybe.
He's also mentioned in the title track of the Oasis album Be Here Now in the lyric "Your s**t jokes remind me of Digsy's."
It will be a home town gig in the truest sense of the word for the band's new drummer Chris Sharrock. Chris, from Wirral has already played with The Lightning Seeds, The Icicle Works and The La's.
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