Monday 5 June 2017 – LIam Gallagher not happy with his brother’s no-show at One Love Manchester

WARNING: This post contains strong language

Plus update: Wednesday 7 June 2017

Liam Gallagher was one of the stand-out performers at last night’s One Love Manchester benefit concert in aid of the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing, but he performed alone and without his brother Noel. It had been widely rumoured that both of the Oasis brothers would “reunite” for the concert, organised by the American singer Ariana Grande two weeks after her concert at the Manchester Arena was targeted by a suicide bomber.  However, Noel Gallgher was nowhere to be seen and Liam Gallagher took to the stage accompanied on guitar by Chris Martin of Coldplay (below), who had performed themselves earlier in the concert. Liam, who had flown in specially for the concert straight from a concert in Nuremberg,  Germany, played three songs: “Live Forever,” “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star” and a new song “Wall of Glass.”  Coldplay had performed the Oasis song “Don’t Look Back In Anger” with Ariana Grande as part of their set.

This morning, Liam was posting to his Twitter feed, expressing his thoughts on the concert last night and on his brother’s non-appearance.  On the concert itself he said:

 

“What an amazing night last night pure love vibrations nobody comes close to Manchester love forever LG x”

 

He then posted a series of expletive-laden tweets about his brother’s absence:

 

“Oh and if anybody’s seen rkid tell him he can come out now as you were LG x.”

 

“Manchester id like to apologise for my brothers absence last night very disappointed stay beautiful stay safe.”

 

“Noels out of the fucking country weren’t we all love get on a fucking plane and play your tunes for the kids you sad fuck.”

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“Fuck the reunion mate it ain’t about oasis it’s about people helping other people and he’s once again shown his true fucking colours.”

 

Speaking to The Mirror a spokesman for Noel Gallagher explained the reason he wasn’t at One Love Manchester:

 

“Sadly Noel will not be at the concert this weekend. He’s been out of the country on a longstanding family trip since before the concert was announced and is unable to attend.”

 

“Needless to say he is very supportive of the event and wishes everyone huge success on the day.”

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Update: Wednesday 7 June 2017

It has been revealed that after Noel Gallagher’s song “Don’t Look Back In Anger” was sung by the crowd at the vigil the night after the Manchester Arena bombing he has been donating profits from the track to the Manchester emergency fund.

 

Liam Gallgher had criticised his brother for not flying back from a family holiday to sing at the One Love Manchester concert at the weekend, with Liam using a private jet to fly to Manchester from Germany, where he had been doing a private gig the same evening.

 

Noel donated the profits quietly, not want publicity, but a source leaked the information to the Mirror, saying:  “Very soon after the attack, Noel contacted the charity and offered to donate subsequent royalties from the track to the victims’ families. But he insisted it was done on the proviso that it was not publicised.”

 

Simon Kelner, also in the Mirror wrote: “I happen to know that Noel has been donating all profits from sales of ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ since the bombing to the We Love Manchester campaign.”

 

Noel Gallagher later retweeted the article, thereby confirming the reports.  The 1994 Oasis song was performed at One Love Manchester by Coldplay and Ariana Grande and had already become an unofficial anthem of the Manchester bombing after being sung at the vigil.  The track has re-entered the UK top-30 singles music chart.

 

Meanwhile the much-anticipated Oasis reunion seems more unlikely than ever after Liam’s Twitter rant against his older brother.  The brothers haven’t performed together, in public at least, since a bust-up backstage in France in 2009, which led to the break-up of Oasis.

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Sources & Further Reading:

 

• Liam Gallagher goes on foul-mouthed rant over brother Noel’s non-appearance at the Manchester One Love concert – liverpoolecho.co.uk – 5 June 2017 – by Paul Philbin, Emmeline Saunders & Jo-Anne Rowney

 

• Liam Gallagher’s foul-mouthed rant at brother Noel over missing One Love Manchester: ‘Get on a f**king plane’ – mirror.co.uk/3am – 5 June 2017 – by Jo-Anne Rowney & Emmeline Saunders

 

• All profits from Don’t Look Back In Anger donated to charity by Noel Gallagher… despite Liam’s digs after One Love – liverpoolecho.co.uk – 7 June 2017 – by Rebecca Koncinzcy, J J Nattrassah, and Ashleigh Rainbird

 

• Noel Gallagher donates ALL profits from Don’t Look Back In Anger to charity… despite Liam’s digs after One Love –  mirror.co.uk – 6 June 2017 – by J J Nattrassah and Ashleigh Rainbird

Thursday 9 March 2017 – The British Music Experience national pop museum re-launches in Liverpool, “the home of British music”

Apologies for the month-long gap in my posts. Apart from a post to Donald Dump News, this is my first blog post since 6 February. I have been in hospital with pneumonia and, although now back home and recovering, I have not been in the mood for posting.

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After a five-year spell at the O2 Arena in London, which ended in 2014 with closure and £16 million in debts being written off by the Arena’s owners AEG, the British Music Experience national pop museum is re-launched today in Liverpool. The museum is now located in the former Second Class passenger lounge in the Cunard Building at Liverpool’s Pier Head. The building (pictured below left) was the former home of the Cunard shipping company and is now owned by Liverpool City Council. it is one of the so-called Three Graces at the Pier Head (pictured below right) – three  magnificent buildings built a century ago. The Cunard Building sits in the middle of the Liver Building and the Port Authority Building. These three iconic buildings, which for generations have been a symbol of Liverpool and a welcoming sight for returning sailors coming up the River Mersey, form the heart of the World Heritage Status granted to Liverpool’s waterfront and parts of its city centre 

In Liverpool the museum  will have a proud home in a prominent and magnificent iconic building at the heart of the city’s city centre, which spreads out from the waterfront and the Pier Head. It is also within walking distance of Matthew Street, the home of The Cavern and “ the birthplace of The Beatles”. The music promoter Harvey Goldsmith thinks the move to Liverpool is a positive one and that that the museum is a good fit for the city, which he described as “the home of British music.”  Liverpool boasts more Number One chart singles than any other British city, and Goldsmith feels the museum will naturally be popular with the hundreds of thousands who visit Liverpool to experience the history of The Beatles. He said:

 

“I don’t know why we didn’t come here in the beginning […] There’s more of an emotional tie with music in Liverpool than there is in London. Liverpool is the home of British music.

 

“To be honest, where we were in London at the O2, we were lost, even though we had pretty good crowds coming.

 

“But we were a bit of an also-ran, stuck on the second floor at the back of the O2. I think being up here, we’re a focal point, we’re a feature, and not everything that goes on in life has to happen in London.”

 

The location of the museum in the Cunard Building is also significant as this building played its own role in the history of Liverpool and British music as it was through this building that many Americans and others coming to Britain from the States and around the world arrived, bringing with them their music. The American influence in particular was vital in the development of The Beatles and other bands in post-war Liverpool. They would hear the blues and rock ‘n’  roll records brought in by Yank sailors and, as they say, the rest is history.

 

The museum features displays covering the spectrum of British music since World War Two from Skiffle, The Beatles and the Rolling Stones, through Bowie, Glam Rock, Punk, New Romantics and Britpop,  to the Spice Girls, Honey G and X-Factor. There is a special display about David Bowie, featuring three of his ZIggy Stardust outfits. Other items in the exhibition include…

 

• an outfit worn by John Lennon;
• Geri Halliwell’s Union Jack dress;
• Lonnie Donnegan’s bango;
• a snakeskin suit worn by Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones;
• Marc Bolan’s feather boa;
• a silk suit owned by Duran Duran;
• Noel Gallagher’s Union Jack guitar;
• suits and other memorabilia belonging to The Beatles;
• and a graffiti-covered door from The Beatles Apple Corps headquarters.

 

The pay-to-enter museum (£16 for adults) opens today. You can visit the official website, where you can book tickets, HERE.