Embassy helped Gallagher reach US

Noel Gallagher was nearly left out of Oasis’ US Tour when he lost his passport shortly before the band were due to leave the country. Luckily for the band and their US fanbase some speedy reactions at the US embassy in the UK meant a visa could be rushed through. Gallagher realised he had lost his passport shortly before he was due to take off for the first show of Oasis' American tour in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Although he had a spare passport tucked away at his management company (as is common for many bands apparently) that set of papers no longer had a working visa for the US. Had he gone the normal route it would have taken six weeks to process a new visa. An Oasis spokesperson said: "These things can take up to six weeks but the staff managed to turn it around in just two hours. Time was against the band and they are really grateful to the US Embassy for doing it so quickly. If they hadn't been so quick, we don't know what the band would have done." She added that she was certain the band would dedicate their first show on Friday to the US embassy for making it happen.