Noel Gallagher has reflected on Oasis‘ historic reunion run, and has fuelled rumours of new music with the admission that he was “back at work” via NME.
The band’s 41-date tour began in Cardiff on July 4 and saw them take in five homecoming shows at Manchester’s Heaton Park, seven at Wembley Stadium in London, and gigs across the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas.
On Friday, January 16th, Noel appeared on Radio 5’s Football Daily, and was asked about the infamous ‘Gallagher Hill’ – where ticketless fans gathered in droves to listen to their Heaton Park gigs.
At one of them, Liam Gallagher dedicated ‘Definitely Maybe’ classic ‘Bring It Own Down’ to the crowds that had gathered on the mound despite Manchester City Council trying to fence it off, and the band later handed out shirts to fans.
“Oasis fans are the best in the world,” he said of their dedication. “They’re the most loyal, and the fact that there was an arena-sized crowd outside the venue every night was just amazing, you know what I mean? And hats off to them. We gave away a few T-shirts, and we put the video screen up there towards the end of the run, but they were amazing.”
The conversation then turned to how it felt to have his children in attendance across the global trek, with Noel joking that they’d shown “virtually no interest” in his job until the first night in Cardiff.
“They went from never seeing Oasis once, to seeing Oasis 38 times in six months, which has got to be some kind of record. They loved it.”
Turning his attention to hosts “Darren Fletcher, Don Hutchison, Kevin Nolan and Glenn Murray, he said: “I mean, you were there, you seen them there, they’re great, great lads. And, you know, they were buzzing off all the City players that were coming. Pep was there, Foden and John Stones and Rodri, and, you know, they were buzzing just kind of seeing it all.
“And I didn’t think they thought I was that cool until halfway through, they were like, ‘God, he knows John McEnroe as well, what’s going on here?’ So I’m well worthy of the ‘Dad Of The Year’ mug that I got for Christmas.”
