Noel Gallagher has joked that Russell Brand murdered The Beatles during his performance at the Olympics’ closing ceremony.

The former Oasis guitarist, whose song 'Wonderwall' was covered by Beady Eye at the same event, told Q magazine that he wasn’t exactly impressed with his comedian friend’s rendition of 'I Am The Walrus.'

“I sent him a message straight after the Olympics, saying words to the effect of, 'After two weeks of glory, to have left it to a f***ing junkie in a top hat murdering The Beatles to round off what was a brilliant celebration of Great Britain…'

“He’s on tour at the minute and he plays that message to the crowd every night. Then he calls me on my answering machine – it’s become part of his act.”

The 45-year-old, who regularly appeared as a guest on Russell Brand’s Radio 2 show, then taunted the star about his relationship with Geri Halliwell:

“I don’t answer the phone, because I know what he’s fucking doing. So I get these messages every morning. The people of Weston-Super-Mare are in hysterics, with him saying, “Murdering The Beatles? At least I didn’t dig’ em up and base my career on ‘em.”

“But you know at least I’m not shagging Geri Halliwell. I mean f***ing hell, out of all the Spice Girls – not Ginger.”