OASIS idol Noel Gallagher last night heaped praise on his brother over their sell-out reunion tour, saying: “Liam’s smashing it.”
Thrilled Noel, 58, added: “It’s great being back in a band with Liam. I forgot how funny he was.”
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Noel heaped praise on his brother over their sell-out reunion tour, saying: ‘Liam’s smashing it’[/caption]
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Oasis rocked Dublin on the tour’s latest leg, with the brothers back on song after a 15-year feud.
Noel revealed his legs turned to jelly on the first night in Cardiff on July 4.
He also appeared to be tearful during a performance of Talk Tonight in Edinburgh.
He told talkSPORT: “We’re not a band who have huddles before we go on or anything like that.
“I grossly underestimated what I was getting into.
“After about five minutes (in Cardiff), I was, ‘Oh, all right, can I just go back to the dressing room and start this again, because this is . . .
“I’ve done stadiums before and all that, but I’m telling you, my legs turned to jelly after about halfway through the second song and I could’ve done with going back and taking a minute.
“But it’s been an amazing thing.”
Asked how emotional it was when he and Liam hugged at the end, he said: “We’re not those kind of guys really, do you know what I mean?
“It’s great just to be back with Bonehead (guitarist Paul Arthurs) and Liam and just be doing it again.
“I guess when it’s all said and done, we’ll sit and reflect on it.”
Liam’s voice has been praised for sounding as good as in the band’s 1990s heyday and Noel joked with host Andy Goldstein: “It’s AI.”
When Goldstein complimented Noel’s vocals during the 41-date tour, he replied: “I’m the songwriter, you know what I mean?
“I’m not really the singer.
“But Liam’s smashing it, yeah.
“I’m proud of him.
“I’ve been fronting a band (High Flying Birds) for 16 years.
“I know how difficult that is.
“I couldn’t do the stadium thing like he (Liam) does it.
“It’s not in my nature.
“I’ve got to say, man, I look around and think, you know, ‘Good for you, mate.’
“He’s been amazing.”
Oasis split in 2009 after Noel and dad-of-four Liam fought backstage at Paris’s Rock en Seine festival.
Noel said he “simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer”, and the brothers exchanged insults in public for years.
KNEBWORTH HOPES
But last year, to the delight of fans, the band announced their comeback.
Noel refused to confirm rumours of the band returning to Knebworth next year, 30 years after they played to 250,000 fans over two nights.
Quizzed over the idea, Manchester City fan Noel replied: “Right, let’s talk about football.”
Noel later said it was “sad” that there are still many fans who have not had the chance to see them – after tickets sold out within minutes.
Goldstein suggested those unfortunate ones would “easily get to see you at Knebworth”.
Noel responded: “Right, when are we doing that?”