Oasis 'hire Justin Bieber's longtime bodyguard and Madonna's chef' for sold-out tour

Oasis have reportedly hired Justin Bieber's bodyguard, Ian Norrington, and Madonna's chef, Darren Staats, for their reunion tour - which starts today in Cardiff. Ian was the Peaches singer's bodyguard during the height of his fruitful career as well as Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss.

The Muay Thai enthusiast will be looking after Liam and Noel Gallagher, and band members Paul Arthurs, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Joey Waronker, during the long-awaited tour following their 16-year feud. "Oasis know the tour is going to be absolutely frenzied so there is no one better to look after them than Ian," an insider claimed.

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Liam and Noel will reportedly also be joined by Madonna's former 'clean-eating' chef Darren, who 'knows exactly what the band want on tour', The Sunreported. The Mirror have reached out to Oasis for comment.

The Mirror recently reported that the main Oasis line up was as expected with Liam as the frontman and Noel on guitar alongside close pals and regulars Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs, Gem Archerand Andy Bell.

The new drummer is Joey Waronker, who performed with Liam Gallagher and John Squire last year on a tour.

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In the tour programme, there are a few more musicians playing with Oasis, including Christian Madden on keyboards, Jess Greenfield on backing vocals, Alastair White on trombone, Steve Hamilton on saxophone and Joe Auckland will be playing the trumpet.

The Mirror understandsJess will no longer be on stage with a source close to the group saying she was only listed in the earlier drafts of the programme and won't be going on tour.

An insider said: "The band are not using backing singers anymore. Noel has worked loads with Jess in the past but after final rehearsals were done and the set list was drawn up it made more sense for Noel to do the backing vocals for Liam on the songs.

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"It’s a shame for Jess but it’s likely there will be other opportunities for her with Noel in the future. They just didn't need her in the end."

Speaking on the Behind The Curtain podcast, Jess spoke about the 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.”

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