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Oasis' Noel Gallagher Defends Manchester After Mick Hucknall Attack

He hits back...

  • by Jason Gregory
  • Saturday, November 22, 2008
  • Photo by: Neil Lupin
  • filed in: Indie
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Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher has defended Manchester after Simply Red’s Mick Hucknall said the band were an embarrassment to the city.

In an interview with Q magazine, Hucknall referred specifically to a comedy sketch about Liam Gallagher's trademark walk and persona.

“I love that Harry Enfield sketch when Kathy Burke comes back from a weekend in Manchester walking with a Liam gait and goes, ‘Fuckin’ sound. Bangin’,” he said.

“They’ve made a cliché out of presenting Northerners, especially Mancunians, like that.”

But in an open letter – handed to the Sun newspaper – Noel Gallagher hit back by highlighting how Hucknall isn’t even from Manchester.

“You still going now? Wow. The last time I heard of you, Fanta-Pants, you were getting slung out of Knebworth for being shit and fat,” Gallagher wrote.

“What you have to say about Manchester and its righteous natives is irrelevant as you are from Warrington.

“Much Love, Noel Gallagher.”

As previously reported on Gigwise, Oasis will embark on their biggest ever UK stadium tour next year in support of latest album 'Dig Out Your Soul'.

Coventry trio The Enemy and Kasabian will act as support on the tour, which includes three night residencies in London and Manchester.

Tickets for the gigs are on sale now and available through Gigwise here or by calling our ticket hotline on 0871 230 1098.

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Who do you agree with?

  1. Oasis
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  • Noel is hilarious. Mick Hucknall is a fucking joke

    ~ by Rob 11/23/2008

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  • Mick Hucknall is the best singer from Manchester. Oasis sucks!!!!!!!!!!!

    ~ by Alex Hoertel 2/12/2009

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