Elton Calls Me To Back Westlife

Sir Elton John has stormed into the Westlife v Oasis chart debate, branding Noel Gallagher “a tosser.”

Elt rang me yesterday to back Westlife in their battle for top spot in the album chart on Sunday.
The pop king was in a fury after Noel berated him for being too precious to go out for a pint of milk.

He raged: “I’m so glad Westlife are ahead of Oasis.

“After what f****** Noel Gallagher said about me I couldn’t give a s*** about Oasis. I go into f****** shops all the time myself, he’s just such a tosser.

“He’s an absolute tosser and he looks like Parker from Thunderbirds.

“They don’t deserve to be No1. It’s not a greatest hits album because they’ve left three of their biggest hits off it.” Ithink Sunday, November 26, is shaping up to be the darkest day in chart history.

British music is in serious danger of having the ’Loife sucked right out of it in a travesty of music justice.

Yesterday I revealed the shopping trolley brigade marching through supermarket checkouts across the country are sweeping Irish warblers Westlife to the top of the charts — ahead of rock ’n’ roll legends Oasis.

I called for Bizarre readers to Stop The C*cks and buy the Oasis best-of with the more polite title. But sales figures to date show the Manc rockers are being mown down in a middle-of-the-road music onslaught.

The battle is being won in supermarkets where housewives are picking up albums with their loo roll. The advantage at the close of play yesterday between Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Nicky Byrne and Shane Filan and their Manc rivals stood at 14,000 copies.
Sales battle ... race for No1

Westlife have topped 100,000 and Oasis are not far off, leaving the mighty Beatles and U2 third and fourth.

Even a huge Saturday sale from loyal Oasis fans will struggle to help them make up the lost ground.

Last night X Factor judge Simon Cowell, who signed Westlife, added his tuppence worth. He said: “Westlife are smart — they know and respect their audience.

“It doesn’t matter that some of their songs are covers. I’d rather have a cover version of a good song than a crap song. This week is good for the industry because both bands are selling a ton of albums — it doesn’t matter who is No1.”

You emailed, texted and posted comments in your thousands about my campaign. And it seems I’ve hit a nerve on both sides of the bitter musical divide.

MB from Stoke said:
“Just to say thanks for supporting Oasis in your newspaper.
“It’s so important to keep real music alive. People will one day realise that Oasis are the best band in the world and are always churning out great album after great album.”

But Alan Perry disagreed: “If I saw Liam p***ed in the street I would p*** on him. Long Live Westlife.”

With Elton coming out fighting for Westlife, Noel now needs the big guns to back him. I reckon it’s a job for the Modfather — Paul Weller.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk