Noel Gallagher has opened up about his strange encounter with Tom Cruise's wife Katie Holmes during a recent trip to the U.S.

In a blog post published on his official website, the High Flying Birds frontman explained that he and his crew bumped into "top scientologist" Holmes as they were getting out of an elevator before their appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, but the meeting was rather awkward:

"We literally bumped into that top Scientologist Katie Holmes on the way into the studio. We came out of the lift and BANG, there she was. Now at this point my mate, and friend of the stars, Scully was doing a bit of filming for my website and managed to capture the moment."

"She did look a bit miffed at the various North-West accents and some vigorous handshaking, but there was no need to send one of her people over to demand the video be deleted!!!! Un-fuckin'-believable." 

Watch Noel's recent interview on the Jonathan Ross Show here: