Glasto

Yep spot on.

 

Got back from playing Smokestack in Leeds. 4am finish. Sun up & dawn chorus going full blast. Might check a bit out on Sunday PM, when I finally surface. Been a busy week, we had 14 events on this weekend & I'm in the process of recording a 4 part punk show, in between walking 3 dogs & having the odd early evening drink. I hear we are looking for a new manager too & Russia has just fended off a civil war.

A couple of glasses of vino & off to bed.

I Dropped the Bomb by Trouble Funk at the club as a preemptive strike.

 

What's this story.? I love The Replacements and went to one of the London shows

 

I mean, he has had four number 1 solo records (including MTV unplugged), and his debut album was the fastest-selling vinyl album in over 20 years. And he sold out Knebworth twice. I'd say he's still pretty relevant, and with the kids too. And he's kept it real. And still speaks with a northern accent, which is what we were discussing wasn't it.

Maybe it was when AM hung out in Joshua Tree with Josh Homme when things changed. Matt Helders still sounds the same though, good lad But yeh, the kid from High Green's done well, fair play to him.

 

In the last 25 years, Oasis released 4 of their 7 number one albums and 13 of their 23 top 10 singles. 4 of their 8 number one singles.

The four albums they released in the years after 98 have global sales totalling over 17million.

He released two top three albums with beady eye, and has had three number one solo albums in the last six years.

He remains very relevant in the music industry now. If he and his brother put his differences aside and did a reunion tour with oasis, the sites like ticketmaster would break down.

You not liking or rating the output doesn’t make Liam Gallagher less relevant. Relevance can be judged by how many people listen when you speak, how many people like or buy your output. Not necessarily how cool a barely circulated indie magazine thinks you are.

And he’s right about Alex Turner. I mean he can do as he wants and act how he likes - and he has fans around the world who love him - but what he’s morphed into is very far removed from the lad from Sheffield who endeared himself to many about 17 years ago.

 

If Oasis reformed they could sell out Glastonbury every day of a month and make tens of millions of pounds.

 

Really?
Are they the Sheffield Wednesday of the music world?

 

There would be huge demand, and I'm not particularly a fan myself other than half a dozen or so songs

 

I saw Oasis at Wembley 2010 and they could not sell out. So to suggest they would sell out Glasto every day for a month might be a tad optimistic.
They are a big pull no doubt but maybe not that big.

 

There’s only one act in the world at the minute who could achieve that feat

 

Like big stars do a Vegas residency in small casino, if Oasis picked a summery month like June and did Glastonbury on all thirty days I reckon they could sell them all out.

As for Arctic Monkeys set they did 21 songs and still managed to miss off one of their the few number 1s they had When The Sun Goes Down. I would have liked them to sing View From The Afternoon as well.

 

Actually I very much doubt the Spice Girls could. But I could be wrong.

 

But isn't that the point with Arctic Monkeys, they've had the commercial success AND the critical success, constantly evolving their sound and style and maturing from some kids from Sheffield. Very few bands achieve that. As the lyrics go, "How am I supposed to manage my infallible beliefs, while I'm sockin' it to ya". And tbf most people who interview Alex Turner say he's very endearingly self aware, funny and likeable.

But I definitely wouldn't hold up Liam Gallagher as a positive example of how to be. He started off as a bell end and still is. And that's from someone who is a fan of (early) Oasis stuff.

 

Who is Lizzo when he's at home, I'm really out of touch with things.

 

I don't think I've ever agreed with you more Troff

 

They broke up in 2009 Ian.