EXCLUSIVE The Forgotten Man of Oasis speaks out: Drummer Tony McCarroll gives update on reunion tour and reveals what he REALLY thinks about Noel and Liam Gallagher 30 years after he left the biggest band in Britain By James Fielding Published: 07:30 BST, 31 August 2024 | Updated: 07:35 BST, 31 August 2024 e-mail View comments The last time Tony McCarroll saw Noel Gallagher the drummer told him to f*** off and stormed out of the dressing room - and in doing so lost his place in Oasis forever. So McCarroll could be forgiven if he was bitter about missing out on the multi-million pound fortunes set to be made by the band's massive reunion shows. But the man dubbed 'the forgotten man of Oasis' insists he isn't looking back in anger about what might have been and missing out of a £400 million reunion windfall - and instead insists: 'I'm happy for Noel and Liam.
Really happy for them. And I'm dead happy for the fans more than anything and for those generations who haven't seen Oasis.' It was his first interview since last week's announcement that Oasis will be touring again next summer saw people around the world asking how McCarroll felt about it.
Because he is often likened to Pete Best - the drummer thrown out of The Beatles for Ringo Starr just as they became globally famous - as the second unluckiest percussion man in music history. Tony had been the drummer in the original Oasis line up but repeatedly rowed with Noel Gallagher who felt he wasn't good enough before Tony was .