Gallagher Talks About VFest Attack

11/27/08 1:27pm

by Jen White (CHARTattack)

Noel Gallagher says that thoughts of his Virgin Festival attack don't keep him up at night because the whole thing was just a "meaningless act."

"Do you mean I wake up sweating in the middle of the night and think the guy stood over me?," the holier than thou Oasis guitarist/vocalist said in an interview with Rolling Stone. "That kind of shit? Oh, no, not in the fucking slightest. It's a meaningless act.

"Something always happens to me on Oasis tours. I was in a car crash. If it's not that, it's getting fucking busted. If it's not that, it's coming down with some ancient fucking disease that's not been got by anybody for the last 600 years."

Gallagher also revealed that his main goal for the band's upcoming American tour is to make $5 million, that Oasis are now on par with The Rolling Stones and that (surprise!) he's "fucking brilliant."

"I love being on stage. It's the one place where there's no bullshit. Don't get me wrong: It looks like I'm having a bad time," he said (which you can see for yourself at the end of this video).

"But that's because I'm not a fucking asshole that feels like I have to talk to the crowd every two minutes or put on a big smile or run up and down the stage like an idiot.

"I like to play that guitar. I have to stare at it while I'm playing it because I'm not very good at playing it.

"But I can assure you this: I am fucking brilliant every night I go out there. I could give a fuck about anybody else in the band. They look after themselves. But I am always cooking on a solid eight-and-a-half out of 10."

Hmm... If he's not very good at playing his guitar, then how the hell is he brilliant? The logic escapes us.

The guitarist also talked about his drug and drinking habits. He apparently gave up drugs cold turkey a while back, but has since gone back to the juice.

"Now I drink like a fucking fish and I smoke like a chimney," he told Rolling Stone. "I've always been a magnificent drunk. I've been told by hundreds of people I'm actually a better person when I'm drunk."

Apparently Noel's drinking habits had him feeling a little under the weather earlier this week when he and brother Liam were in Las Vegas.

"Me and wots'iz'name were carrying Ricky Hatton's belts out for his world title fight against Paulie something-or-other. A great, great night. What a buzz," Noel wrote in a Nov. 24 blog post.

"Met David Beckham for the very first time and I can tell you he smells magnificent!!Fuck me, we had a proper drink up afterwards. Felt like a lump of shit yesterday though."

Oasis are playing some shows in Mexico before finally heading back to the U.S. for a three-week tour, with their rescheduled Canadian date thrown in the mix. You can see the Manchester, England group at London, Ont.'s John Labatt Centre on Dec. 15.