Oasis star Noel Gallagher has joined the supergroup Mantra of the Cosmos, led by the son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, on their new psychedelic track.
The song, titled Domino Bones (Gets Dangerous), features Gallagher alongside Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder on vocals, Ride guitarist and former Oasis bassist Andy Bell, Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey on drums, and Happy Mondays' Mark 'Bez' Berry on percussion.
The collaboration 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, Dalí, and Ginsberg on a rocket ship to The Moon to have it with (children's TV characters) 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 the 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 'cause 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****** 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.
"Shaun was on the show, and we literally said hello for five minutes and then a photograph - and that was it. Then I just cold-called him about this group, which I didn't want to be about guitars - I wanted to be about his words. He immediately said yes.
"I asked if his mate (Bez) was going to be in it and he said, 'He doesn't know yet - but he is'."
Domino Bones (Gets Dangerous) - the name of Bez's first band - is the supergroup's latest single after Gorilla Guerilla and X (Wot You Sayin?) in 2023 - the same year the band made its debut at Glastonbury.
Starkey, who has only visited Liverpool once before, will take to the stage with the band to play two sets on 19 January at The Cavern Club - made famous by The Beatles.
"Can't believe I've never even been there," he said.
"There's a great deal of family heritage at The Cavern, aside from The Beatles, my parents courted there… Who knows? I may have even been conceived there."
Gallagher's appearance on the new Mantra of the Cosmos single follows the reunion with his brother.
Around 15 years after their explosive split, prompted by a backstage brawl at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris, the brothers confirmed Oasis would be back for a long-awaited world tour in 2025, including August shows in Croke Park.
Source: Press Association
