Robbie Williams says the upcoming Oasis reunion tour will probably be “nostalgia on steroids”.
Robbie Williams says the Oasis reunion tour will probably be ‘nostalgia on steroids’
The ‘Angels’ hitmaker was as soon as locked in considered one of music’s most notorious feuds with brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, with the latter as soon as branding Robbie the “fats dancer from Take That”.
Nevertheless, he has at all times adored the Britpop legends’ music, and he hopes the ‘Oasis Dwell ’25 Tour’ will show “therapeutic” for the previously estranged siblings, who’ve put their variations apart to hit the street this yr for his or her first gigs in 16 years.
Talking to The Mirror, Robbie stated of frontman Liam: “Liam’s voice is peerless. And he was and is the voice of a era. So I feel that for British folks – and Manchester – it will likely be an important second.”
Referring to their prolonged feud, which led to the demise of the ‘Dwell Ceaselessly’ group following a backstage bust-up between the pair at their last live performance in 2009, Robbie stated: “Hopefully it will be therapeutic for the lads too.”
Robbie, who’s touring similtaneously Oasis, continued: “Leisure, at its greatest, is liberation. And what I need to do with my gigs is take folks on the journey and make them overlook about their very own lives for a bit. And the beauty of the Oasis reunion is they may facilitate that for folks.
“However not solely that, it will likely be nostalgia on steroids, and remind us who we had been, what we had been, how we felt and what we needed.”
Praising songwriter and guitarist’s Noel’s lyrical genius, he added: “I used to be simply these songs, particularly the primary three years’ value of songs, and it’s actually a lifetime and decade’s value of bangers created over that three-year interval. The songwriting is sensational.”
The ‘Oasis Dwell ’25 Tour’ kicks off on July 4 in Cardiff. Robbie’s tour kicks off on Could 31 in Edinburgh.