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Noel quits Oasis
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 2 September 2009
So, as you all surely know by now, it turns out that The Sun’s Gordon Smart was right when he said Oasis was imploding, it’s just no one had told Liam Gallagher.
As previously reported, Liam responded to Smart’s reports last week that Oasis may have already played their final gig by tweeting: “Reports in Smartarse’s column about Oasis’ last British gig ever – the kid’s talking out his arse”.
But this weekend Noel Gallagher announced he was quitting the band, saying his always acrimonious relationship with brother Liam had now reached a point at which playing in Oasis had become untenable. He expressed much relief at finally having made the decision to move on.
There are reports that Noel’s big decision followed a heated argument between the brothers ahead of a scheduled set at the Rock En Seine festival in Paris on Friday. The band pulled out of the fest at the last minute, and Noel’s announcement he was quitting the band followed shortly thereafter. According to reports Noel hit out at Liam for arriving at the event already drunk, leading to a firey argument in which Liam allegedly raged about his brother and his brother’s family before throwing a guitar.
According to the NME, Noel subsequently told a friend: “They say never work with children and animals, no one mentioned fucking morons though, did they?” Having decided to quit the band, and noting Liam’s involvement in the Pretty Green clothing line, he reportedly added: “I think all the modelling malarkey has gone to his head; it’s a pleasure to give him time and space to work on his autumn/winter collection”.
Whether Noel’s announcement actually means Oasis is at an end remains to be seen, though many can’t really see the band continuing in any credible form without its main creative force. Since Noel’s announcement, Liam has reportedly jetted out with Oasis bassist Andy Bell and the two bandmate’s respective other halves for a break in Italy. Meanwhile the brothers’ mother, Peggy, has reportedly claimed the duo could as yet make up, telling reporters: “They’ve had fights before and got over it”.
