Oasis announce full live tour line up including new female member of the band
The Oasis gigs kick off on Friday at the Principality stadium in Cardiff with two nights there before they move onto Manchester's Heaton Park.
The initial line up revealed by the Mirror is correct with Liam Gallagher as the frontman and Noel Gallagher on guitar alongside close pals and regulars Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs, Gem Archer and Andy Bell. The new drummer is Joey Waronker, who performed with Liam Gallagher and John Squire last year on a tour.
But in the tour programme there is also a list of additional musicians playing with the band and they are; Christian Madden is on keyboards, Jess Greenfield is on backing vocals, Alastair White is on trombone, Steve Hamilton is on saxophone and Joe Auckland will be playing the trumpet. Jess Greenfield is an integral part of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and a singer/songwriter in her own right, including being in London-based soul ensemble Wonder 45.
She is a working mum and has spoken in interviews about balancing homelife with being on the road with bands.
In February on the podcast Behind The Curtain she was asked about the Oasis reunion and said: 'I found out pretty much when everyone else did. I'd heard rumours and then I heard for definite two days before through someone else. Yeah It was definitely a shock.
'I'd love to go. Hopefully Wembley cos it is Wembley. It's amazing and the last time they performed those songs properly was in the Nineties when I was a teenager and I didn't go to the gigs back in the day.
'So it will be nice to see it as an adult. I'm really looking forward to it.'
Jess also spoke about trying to balance the joy of touring with the comedown you feel afterwards in normal life.
Speaking honestly she said: 'Touring does fills an ego cup, like people saying I am a great performer and I can go to the gym and am surrounded by mates. But when you haven't got the cup it goes down again and as a mum I don't have time to go to the gym or put my make up on. It is not always obtainable.
'Touring is an amazing thing, but it is addictive.'
Jess was initially recommended to Noel by a music pal and didn't audition. She just had a chat with Noel and then went on tour with him for six weeks in a States in 2018 and showed her talent and has been with him ever since.
In 2019 she told Rolling Stone: "Noel and the guys are amazing. Getting to travel the world and play in front of thousands of people is a real dream come true."
Trumpet player Joe Auckland, saxophonist Steve Hamilton and Trombonist Alastair White have also worked with Noel in his band The High Flying Birds, whilst Christian Madden plays keyboard with Liam. The programme also lists Bonehead as playing both guitar and piano on tour.
Noel and Liam will walk on stage for the first time together in public, since the band split nearly two decades ago, on Friday in Cardiff. There will also be dates in Manchester, London and Dublin as part of the tour.
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