Blur’s Dave Rowntree would “positively go and see” previous Britpop rivals Oasis on their reunion tour.
Dave Rowntree would bounce on the probability to attend the Oasis reunion tour
Regardless of the 2 teams’ intense rivalry within the mid-Nineties, which noticed them commerce insults and combat one another within the charts, the 60-year-old drummer insists he would bounce on the probability to see former enemies Noel and Liam Gallagher again onstage subsequent 12 months.
He advised the BBC: “Blur and Oasis mixed modified what the pop music style meant, and that doesn’t occur fairly often.”
Dave, who can be a politician, famous how their clashes had been heightened by the “North-South” divide within the UK.
He stated: “So individuals eager to see England as a North-South divided nation might lay that on there, those who needed to view it when it comes to class might do this.”
Blur’s frontman Damon Albarn – who predicted Oasis would get again collectively – beforehand admitted to getting “caught up” within the hype.
The ‘Parklife’ hitmaker additionally conceded that he could not beat Noel “in a confrontation”.
He advised the Guardian newspaper: “We had been younger and we let ourselves get caught up in it. And the competitiveness was ridiculous for some time, however, you understand, I used to be by no means gonna beat Noel in a confrontation.”
While there isn’t any animosity between Blur and Oasis as of late, Noel as soon as infamously wished that bassist Alex James and Damon would “catch AIDS and die” on the top of their chart battle.
Years later, the ‘Supersonic’ hitmaker teamed up with Damon to carry out backing vocals on his band Gorillaz’ observe ‘We Received the Energy’ in 2017, and Noel admitted his teenage self would have been decidedly unimpressed.
He advised Large Concern journal:” What would my youthful self consider me working with Damon Albarn?
“It will rely solely on what facet of the mattress I bought out of on that day.
“In case you caught me on an excellent day I’d be like, yeah, I might see that occuring.
“On a nasty day, I’d f****** knife myself within the b*******.”
