Noel Gallagher: "Most Stupid Question? Am I Still In Touch With Patsy"...

In the words of Oasis chief Noel gallagher: “The Summer of Bigness is upon us.”

I bumped into the rock Lord in the bar of a Manchester hotel during last minute preparations for the first of the band’s UK mega gigs last night.

And the wily old fox told me he was ready to send hundreds of thousands of beer-soaked fans roaring Oasis hits into the sunset this summer.

On the eve of the first of three nights at the city’s Heaton Park he told me: “All the gigs will be special. We’re lucky enough to be playing some amazing places. I can’t wait. The summer of bigness is upon us!”

What a typically amazing Noelism. I’m going to adopt the “bigness” phrase to describe the top gigs and festivals happening this summer.

Crisps

A dose of food-poisoning unfortunately forced The Enemy frontman Tom Clarke to scrap the band’s opening slot last night.

Their place was taken by Reverend And The Makers.

Kasabian were also on the bill.

Noel, brother Liam, Andy Bell and Gem Archer have been gigging all over the world for months.

And Noel has been keeping me posted with the nonsense he’s encountered overseas, including a journalist thinking it was him who married Patsy Kensit in 1997, when it was Liam.

He said: “I’ll relay to you an exchange between me and a South African. They said: ‘Are you still in touch with Patsy Kensit?’

‘Who? Me?’

‘Yes, you! You were married to her, weren’t you?’

‘No, no, that was my brother... Liam’ ‘Oh! Which one are you then?”

What a blunder.

Noel added: “There is no worst thing about touring. Winging around the planet, playing your tunes to thousands of screaming kids.

“Airport security can be a ****er I suppose but the free crisps make up for it.

The band did have a close encounter with swine flu in South America though.

Noel said: “Going into Venezuela was a bit creepy. All the airport staff were wearing masks. It was a bit like a Tale Of The Unexpected. In the end it was only the flu. I’ve done Top Of The Pops flued out of my mind! It ain’t so bad.”

He bought his suitcase home rammed with gifts for his missus Sara, son Donovan and daughter Anais. His haul included badges, CDs, chocs, a football kit and a pair of glass slippers.

Speaking of slippers, Liam launched his own clothing range, Pretty Green, yesterday. The website crashed with the huge demand.

I asked Noel if Liam’s new pal Gok Wan would be analysing their outfits from side of stage.

And his answer was another classic Noelism: “Who’s Gok Wan? A celebrity chef? Is that a real person’s name or an anagram?”

Pure class.

Luckily extra tickets have gone on sale for Oasis gigs at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium on June 12 and Wembley on July 9, 11 and 12.

Don’t miss out.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

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