Noel Gallagher has been in the hotseat again, and this time it’s fans who have been quizzing him on Oasis’ ‘Definitely Maybe’.
In a video posted to Oasis’ YouTube account, Gallagher answered questions that were submitted via oasismynet, a website for fans of the band, earlier this year. They covered the Monnow Valley session, Irish influence in the Oasis sound, and how the album might fare if it came out in 2024, among other topics.
When asked if there are any songs on the album that his view has changed on over time, he said that he has “grown more fond” of ‘Supersonic’ over the last few years. “I always loved it anyway,” he said as a caveat, before adding, “But I think if push comes to shove that’d be my favourite Oasis track – that and ‘Some Might Say’.”
He said that while he hasn’t “gone off” any of the tracks on the album, he described ‘Shakermaker’ as the “most throwaway” song, but said that he still loves it.
When asked who was the first person who heard the songs on ‘Definitely Maybe’, he said that it was his bandmates, and explained the process. “Take ‘Live Forever’, for example, I would have written it over the course of a couple of days in India House, and then gone to rehearsals and told each individual member, ‘You play this, you do that, and I’ll do this’ and then we would have just sung it.”
And adding weight to the argument that Oasis fans span the generations, meanwhile, was six-year-old Harrison, who asked Gallagher how he celebrated his own 30th birthday. “I had a party, and it was a huge party. It went on for quite a while, and it was pretty fucking mad,” he replied, joking, “I could tell you lots of libellous stories, but I’m afraid I’m waiting for a few people to die.”
You can watch the full interview here:
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It’s just one of the latest in a series of promotional events Oasis have been doing for the 30th anniversary of ‘Definitely Maybe’, with new limited editions released on August 30 – a day after the anniversary itself. The 4LP and 2CD versions include previously unheard and abandoned versions from the Monnow Valley session and outtakes from the Sawmills sessions, both of which Noel recently mixed for the first time.
The biggest anniversary news, however, is Oasis’ ‘Live ‘25’ tour next year, the band’s first since the ‘Dig Out Your Soul’ tour, which ended after a fight backstage between Noel and brother Liam shortly before they were due to perform at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris on August 20, 2009.
The tour begins in Cardiff on July 4 and 5 next year, and takes in five dates apiece in Manchester and London, three in Edinburgh, and then two in Dublin on August 16 and 17.
After incredible demand for tickets – with many fans complaining over surge pricing – tickets are officially sold out, as there’s been debate over whether the lack of warning of surge prices could have breached consumer law. Meanwhile, the band appear to be hinting at US tour dates too.