Noel Gallagher preparing for Russell Brand's stag do - Showbiz - Evening Standard
       

Noel Gallagher preparing for Russell Brand's stag do

Noel Gallagher will be the "token northerner" on Russell Brand's stag weekend.

The former Oasis rocker - who hails from Manchester, northern England - confirmed he will attend the comedian's last few nights of freedom before he ties the knot with Katy Perry but doesn't yet know what's happening.

He told Talksport radio: "I'll be the token northerner. I have no idea who is going. I imagine me and him, his mate Matt, all the people that work for him and his comedian mates."

However, Noel denied reports he would be Russell's best man when the couple wed later this year.

It seems Noel could be enjoying a Robin Hood-style stag party as Russell recently revealed he and his friends will be the "merry men" at the bash, which is held to mark the end of a man's single status.

He explained: "I'll do adventurous things and activities. My friend who is my best man says we're going to go white-water rafting and shoot arrows.

"We'll be like merry men. Perhaps we'll become outlaws, bandits for a while."

Russell has previously admitted he had been asking Noel - who is expecting his second child with partner Sara MacDonald - for tips on how to keep his wife-to-be happy.

He revealed: "I asked Noel how to get by in a relationship and he said, 'Just say yes to everything they say.' It works, I've been using that system and it's working well."

Comments

Don't Miss
Victoria Coren: My obsession with children, five proposals a week and why David and I are no power couple

Victoria Coren

David Mitchell and I are no power couple
The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition preview party

Summer party

Stars at the The Royal Academy of Arts
London gets ready for the Diamond Jubilee - in pictures

Diamond Jubilee

London gets ready - in pictures
The Glamour Awards - stars turn on the style

Glamour Awards

Stars turn on the style
Duchess of Cambridge is pretty in pink at her first Buckingham Palace garden party

Garden party

Duchess of Cambridge is pretty in pink
FIRST review of Ridley Scott's latest sci-fi blockbuster Prometheus

First review

Is Ridley Scott's Prometheus any good?
Fair-weather goths

Fair-weather goths

The sultry shades of summer darks are coming out of the shadows
Dog save the Queen: Corgis surge in popularity

Dog save the Queen

Corgis surge in popularity
'He’s a better ex than he was a husband', says Boris Johnson's ex wife

A better ex than husband

We talk to Boris Johnson's ex wife
TV Baftas - in pictures

Best of the Baftas

Stars on the red, white and blue carpet