Here we go again. Over the weekend, Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher announced to the world that he quit the rock group he founded and wrote most of the songs for.
Guess which band member ticked him off? Yup. It was brother Liam.
"It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight," Noel said in a brief statement on the band's website. "People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer."
The band is currently on a European tour for its album “Dig Out Your Soul,” which means that there will be tons of disappointed fans who bought tickets in France, Germany and Italy.
Apparently, this umpteenth fight might have been caused when Oasis had to cancel its headlining performance at the V Festival in Britain over the weekend because Liam said he was sick and couldn't sing. According to CNN, he later apologized for the cancellation and quashed rumors that it was the band's last-ever British gig.
Disputes between the brothers have been in the public eye in the past, but never before has one of the brothers gone so far as to leave the band.
These guys have been at it like cats and dogs for years, ever since they shot to fame with their classic “Definitely Maybe.” Apart from a few classic songs like “Go Let it Out” and “Lyla” since then, each successive album has been less and less fulfilling.
That still didn’t stop them from routinely headlining festivals and selling out in places like Radio City Music Hall, despite the fact that it had been a decade since their last real hit in the States.
I’ve witnessed many an Irish expat here in Manhattan get misty-eyed as they sing along to soccer stadium anthems like “Don’t Look Back in Anger” when it blares from the PA system in an Irish pub.
I will bet my wages that both brothers will rush into the studio, release solo albums that compete with one another on the charts, both will go nowhere, and they will have a teary-eyed reconciliation when they realize that the volatile chemistry and soap opera from their feuding is one of the ingredients that have made them successful way past their sell-by date, which was somewhere around 2000. Mark my words.
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