Oasis To Go On Long Hiatus

04/21/09 5:06pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Oasis will take a five-year break before releasing another album so as not to hurriedly rush another one out, and so guitarist/singer Noel Gallagher can issue a solo record.

Gallagher first spoke about releasing a solo album last year, and now that looks to be more actual plan than trial balloon. He told Q Magazine he's "got a lot of songs lying around" for it, and modestly says "some of them are really great." But if Oasis release another album before Gallagher puts out a solo disc, they'll just "sit there and do nothing," so he wants to start recording them at the end of Oasis' current tour.

"The last three albums have been three years in between, but I see it as likely to be longer this time," Gallagher told Q. "We've arrived at the point I wanted to be at from when Gem [Archer, guitar] and Andy [Bell, bass] joined the band.

"And the last time we did that was at the end of Be Here Now, and we rushed [Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants]. There was no inspiration on it. Even before the end of making each Oasis album, I've always started writing the next one, and I haven't this time. I don't want to force it.

"By the time we make another record we'll be five years older."

Gallagher also said last year he hopes that his brother, singer/guitarist Liam Gallagher, releases his own album. He repeated that wish when interviewed by Q. He wants every Oasis member to release a solo disc, even though Liam "will fucking freak out" at the prospect.

That wouldn't bother Noel, who had some harsh things to say to Q about his younger brother.

"He's never seen my little lad, just pictures. To a stranger it sounds ludicrous, but you wouldn't have him in the house if he spoke to you the way he speaks to me and my family.

"He's rude, arrogant, intimidating and lazy. He's the angriest man you'll ever meet. He's like a man with a fork in a world of soup."

You can see Oasis here:

April 28 Caracas, Venezuela @ Campo De Futbol USB
April 30 Lima, Peru @ Estadio Nacional Del Peru
May 3 Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
May 5 Santiago, Chile @ Movistar Arena
May 7 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil @ Citibank Hall
May 9 Sao Paulo, Brazil @ Sao Paulo Arena Anhembi
May 10 Curitiba, Brazil @ Expotrade
May 12 Porto Alegre, Brazil @ Porto Alegre Gigantinho
June 4, 6-7 Manchester, England @ Heaton Park
June 10 Sunderland, England @ Stadium Of Light
June 12 Cardiff, Wales @ Millennium Stadium
June 14 Vienne, France @ Theatre Antique De Vienne
June 17 Edinburgh, Scotland @ Murrayfield
June 20 Slane, Ireland @ Slane Castle
July 2 Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter Festival
July 3 Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
July 7 Coventry, England @ Ricoh Arena
July 9, 11-12 London, England @ Wembley Stadium
July 14 Bodelva, England @ Eden Project
July 16 Benicassim, Spain @ Festival Internacional De Benicassim
July 18 Bern, Switzerland @ Gurten Festival
July 19 Grafenhainichen, Germany @ Ferropolis (Melt! Festival)
July 24 Niigata, Japan @ Naeba Ski Resort (Fuji Rock Festival)
Aug. 22 Staffordshire, England @ Weston Park (V Festival)
Aug. 23 Chelmsford, England @ Hylands Park (V Festival)
Aug. 28 Paris, France @ Rock En Seine
Aug. 29 Konstanz, Germany @ Bodenesee Stadion (Rock Am See Festival)
Aug. 30 Milan, Italy @ I-Days Festival