STACK NZ Dec #80

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was too big at that stage? I think it freaked them out. Well, maybe not Liam. Liam would still be on stage playing Knebworth if he could. But, I think it freaked Noel out. I can remember going backstage and Noel going, “Where do we go from here?” And I said “Antarctica. Pay per view. Let’s play Antarctica.” He looked at me as if I was insane. It must have been a lot of responsibility for Noel. All that media attention, paparazzi following your every move, and he had to continue to deliver the music.That would be a lot of pressure on his shoulders, I would imagine. Yeah, I think it was. Be careful what you wish for.

Was it an inevitable crash? I’m most surprised they broke up, if we’re being honest. I thought it was going to go on and just be The Rolling Stones – it was our generation’s Rolling Stones. I’m surprised they broke up. Now they’ve broken up – I’ve been asked this in a few interviews before – this is about the fourth or fifth interview I’ve done. The first couple asked, “Would Oasis get back together?” I’ll answer it anyway. Noel Gallagher will never reform, but maybe Liam in five or ten years time might form Oasis and not have Noel in it. I think he’ll get away with it because all people really want is the Oasis songs done by most of the people in the original band with someone who can play as good as Noel, and Liam can take it around 10,000 I definitely wasn’t going to ask that question.

capacities and maybe even bigger.

What’s Liam doing now? He’s just signed to Warner and he’s got a record coming out. I don’t think you’d ever stop Liam doing music and doing it well. He’s a force of nature. One final question for you tonight, Alan. What’s the best comment you’ve ever heard Noel make? I once said to him, “I think I’m always going to be known as Oasis guy” and he comes around to me and he said, “It could be worse. You could be known as the Darkness guy.” [Laughs].

• Supersonic is out now

Do you think it was just a matter of time until they imploded as a band?

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