Noel Gallagher confirms he WILL reunite with brother Liam after successful Oasis tour and BRIT Award criticism
NOEL Gallagher has confirmed he will reunite with brother Liam – three months after their Oasis reunion tour wrapped.
The brothers reunited after 16 years for a sensational five month tour – starting in Wales and ending in Brazil.
The Sun revealed last week that Noel will be getting a starring role when the Brit Awards come to his home city of Manchester this month.
The Wonderwall hitmaker will be honoured with Songwriter of the Year during the ceremony at Co-op Live.
Although some fans were left divided over Noel winning the prize in a year that he has not released any new material.
Meanwhile, Noel hit back over the decision to award him Songwriter of the Year at the upcoming Brit Awards.
Speaking on talkSPORT Drive about the award, Noel said: “I haven’t written a song for two years.
“I’m not sure how I’ve got away with that one but I’ll take it.”
Asked about the controversy, he responded: “Is there? I don’t know. Why, what’s it now?”
Host Andy Goldstein said: “Some people are questioning the fact that you’ve won it and haven’t written a song.”
Noel replied: “Well, I think the Brits is all based on record sales, and I’m not sure there was another single songwriter that sold… I mean, we sold a million records last year.
“Didn’t even get off the couch and I’m not sure there’s a songwriter that can match that.
“But you know, if anybody’s got a problem with it, meet me there. We’ll have it out on the red carpet.
“If any of those wet wipes songwriting teams, all 11 of them, want to write a song between the lot of them, want to have it out on the red carpet, I’m there.”
Noel then revealed that he and Liam are planning on reuniting for a Carabao Cup final, which takes place in March.
Revealing whether Liam will be at the BRITs with him, Noel said: “I haven’t, no, we’re just organising tickets for the Carabao Cup final today, but no, I haven’t spoke to him about that, no.”
The Sun revealed that mastermind behind Oasis‘s incredible back catalogue of hits would be receiving the award later this month.
A source said: “Noel has more than earned his stripes and after the phenomenal effect of Oasis’ reunion tour last summer, the time felt right to give him the honour.
“The cultural impact of Noel’s songwriting is hard to quantify. It’s not just the timeless hits from Oasis, like Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova and Live Forever, that he is being honoured for, but also the career-defining songs he wrote for his solo albums with High Flying Birds.
“The Brits are planning a special visual tribute to Noel too, which will showcase some of the highlights of his work before he picks up the awards.”
He famously said in 2013 that he’d never attend the ceremony again, after moaning it had lost its rock ‘n’ roll magic when he spotted Muse drummer Dominic Howard smoking an e-cigarette on the balcony above him.
Noel, below, said: “It was an instantly forgettable night. There was nothing going on at the Brits, there was nothing going on at the after-show parties.
“There are no characters left in the music business. I saw the drummer from Muse smoking an electronic cigarette. I had to say to him, ‘Really?”
Noel added: “That will be the last time I attend that show unless I get some award for . . . ‘and the award this year for the only person in England writing his own songs, oh that’s right, there’s only one nominee’.”
This year marks 30 years since Noel and brother Liam enjoyed their biggest night at the Brits.
They picked up three gongs — Best Group, Best Album for (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? and Best Video for Wonderwall.