To help save the Salford Lads Club, a charity auction and Oasis exhibition have been launched. The club, which gained fame as the location on the inside cover of The Smiths’ album The Queen Is Dead, is in danger of closing due to rising costs and a decrease in grant funding. The club needs to raise £250,000 by mid-November to stay open. Gallagher even responded to Oasis getting attacked by haters recently.
The first Oasis exhibition at the club, which took place in June, showcased rare memorabilia from the band and Noel Gallagher’s guitar collection. A new exhibition will be held on November 23 and 24 as part of this fundraising effort. It will feature an auction of a signed Cherry Hofner Verythin guitar used by Gallagher on Oasis recordings, with bids expected between £4,000 and £8,000. The auction ends on November 15.
On November 24, the club will also host a Q&A with Oasis drummer Tony McCarroll, who drummed on the band’s first two albums. McCarroll is not part of Oasis’ upcoming reunion tour but expressed no hard feelings about the decision.
In addition, the campaign to save the club has received donations from music icons like Graham Nash (£10,000), Morrissey (£50,000), and support from Tim Burgess of The Charlatans. The fundraiser has raised over £28,000 so far.
Noel Gallagher also recently released a six-hour ambient version of “Champagne Supernova” for an upcoming exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
The fundraising efforts continue as Noel and Liam Gallagher prepare for Oasis’ first live shows together since 2009, starting with stadium gigs in the UK and Ireland in 2024, before heading to North America, Australia, and South America.
