Drummer: Definitely pay me March 19, 2007 OASIS coughed up ￡348,000 to sacked drummer ALAN WHITE. NOEL and LIAM told the sticksman to beat it in 2004, after nine years with the band. The huge pay-off, revealed in newly released accounts, was made to keep the furious drummer sweet and buy him out of the lads’ company Definitely Maybe. At the time, frontman Liam said the axe fell because Alan chose his missus over the band. He said: “Turns out he’s hanging out with his bird in Spain. “Once the word bird and Spain are mentioned together it’s like, OK, Oasis vs girlfriend.” Still, it’s not like the Gallaghers can’t afford huge pay-offs to sacked band members every now and then. And it looked like Liam was spending big on Friday too, when he went shopping in London’s Bond Street with girlfriend NICOLE APPLETON. The pair visited posh jewellers Tiffany & Co. Do I sense a wedding in the air? They are not saying. Or maybe Liam bought a Mother’s Day trinket for Nic. Whatever, I bet it cost a pretty penny. Alan may consider he’s got a few quid now too — but he may Look Back In Anger . . . That ￡348,000 doesn’t come close to the amount previous drummer TONY McCARROLL was paid when axed in 1995. Tony had threatened to sue the band for ￡18MILLION in lost royalties. He eventually walked away with ￡550,000. The recently released company accounts show Alan’s pay-off and payments of ￡300,000 to Liam and Noel meant Definitely Maybe, their touring and merchandising company, made a loss of ￡948,383 in 2005. Fortunately Liam and Noel’s company Big Brother Recordings is the main cash cow. They’re still rolling in it, as well as with it. The Sun http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007120812,00.html --

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