The cost of dropping a drummer

The most odd aspect of the £348,000 paid to Alan White to get him out of Oasis isn't the size of the sum - a small price for Noel to pay to be able to have a more grateful staff - but that the cash came from Definitely Maybe, the Oasis live tours and tshirt company, rather than Big Brother, the main company.

Over a third of a million pounds to not be bawled at by the Gallaghers. Who says drummers are daft, eh?