Everyone has a price, it seems, except Noel Gallagher. In a new interview with MOJO magazine, former Oasis singer and solo star Liam Gallagher says his estranged older brother has put the kibosh on one of the most anticipated reunions in modern rock history.
After years of rumours, insinuations and trials between the famous warring brothers, Liam said MOJO that he tried to call the band's songwriter, guitarist and occasional singer—well, his folks tried calling Noel's people—to deliver a major offering to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band's landmark debut album in August 1994, Sure maybe.
“I called him! Well, my people called Noel's management team,” Liam said. “We put an offer on the table for an Oasis thing – because they suggested it – and he said no. It was a big tour, a lot of money. He rejected it. I get it, she's divorced. i will do it Sure maybe thing and have a good time without him.”
Sure maybe stands on the Mount Rushmore of the 1990s Britpop movement thanks to such enduring tracks as “Supersonic”, “Shakermaker”, “Rock 'n' Roll Star”, “Cigarettes & Alcohol” and “Live Forever”, which helped compilation to become The biggest-selling debut album in UK chart history. The band's signature mix of Beatles reverence, punkish swagger and Liam's growl, the f-less vocal delivery instantly catapulted the Manchester band into the UK rock pantheon during what turned out to be a very short ride due to near-constant snipe between the brothers and a merry-go-round of rhythm sections and guitarists.
Their career began with their signing to the legendary Creation Records in 1993 and included the release of the equally epic 1995 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? — with the hits “Some Might Say,” “Roll With It,” “Wonderwall,” “Don't Look Back in Anger” and “Champagne Supernova” — and five more studio albums before an acrimonious split in 2009. Since then , the Gallaghers have made a sport of belittling each other in the press and on social media, often blaming each other for the reboot's failure.
It looks like the band, which has been nominated as part of the 2024 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, won't be going into recession this year. But Liam suggested that maybe 2025 morning glory; the return can happen. “It is under the universe. It'll happen when it happens, it's out of our hands,” Liam said MOJO. “But I like nostalgia. I do a lot.”
But in a recent interview, Liam said that tour-mean-too-much/” target=”_blank”>he won't sing any Oasis or Stone Roses song on his upcoming joint tour with Roses guitarist John Squire in support of their duet album of the same name. “Nah, I don't do any of that. It's just going to be this album and maybe a few covers that we might get around to doing, but it's not going to be our other bands and that, because it's nothing,” he said. “No, their songs mean too much to me to scream.”
At press time, a representative for Noel Gallagher had not returned a call Advertising signhis request for comment on Liam's interview.
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