This article includes excerpts of an interview from this weekโs Big Issue magazine.
For Noelโs full and unabridged take on Boris, Brexit and an Oasis reunion, pick up a copy from your local vendor or buy it from the Big Issue Shop.
On an Oasis reunion…
โWell it could [happen]. Of course it could,โ Noel told us. โBut there would have to be an extraordinary set of circumstancesโฆ I left the band 10 years ago. I think Iโve seen him twice in 10 years and both times we nearly ended up in a fight for no reason. I canโt envisage the morning I wake up and think Iโd like to spend two years on the road, arguing all around the world with Liam.โ
On his family…
โI just wish heโd fucking calm down with insulting my family. Thereโs a lot of misogyny towards both my wife and daughter on the internet from his fans. And [itโs because] he likes to purport this myth that Oasis would be getting back together but my wife wonโt let me.โ
On Liam’s solo success…
โItโs made him pull his finger out and work for a living at last. Heโs selling more records and way more tickets than me so good luck to him, ride it until the wheels come off.โ
On Brexit…
โItโs going to be fascinating to see how it works,โ said Noel. โI mean, they talk about a border down the middle of the Irish Sea. How is that going to work? Is there going to be a little bloke sitting in a fucking rowing boat? I donโt think we should be leaving but now weโve had the vote I think we have to leave. Because you have to let democracy take its course.โ
On Tony Blair…
โI was out about two months ago and I happened to bump into Tony Blair in the foyer of a hotel. And I said: โI bet youโre glad youโre out of it now, arenโt you, mate?โ And he said: โActually Iโm not, I wish I was fucking back in it because it is fucked.โ Still to me heโs the only person when I hear him talking that makes any sense.โ
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