New Delhi:
Noel Gallagher has revealed his brother Liam almost took his "face off" with a guitar the night Oasis split.
The guitarist walked out of the group in August 2009 after a huge fight with his sibling and bandmate before a music festival appearance in Paris - which the rocker says stems from the singer's decision to pull out of Oasis' headlining slot at the V Festival a week before.
Speaking at a press conference in London today (06.07.11) to announce his debut solo album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', he said: "You know he didn't turn up to the V Festival gig because he had a hangover. He claimed he had laryngitis, but whatever. There was a lot of bad press around that and in his own head he thinks I'm some kind of f***ing puppet master who controls the media in England.
"He storms out of the dressing room and on the way out he picked up a plum and threw it and it smashed against the wall. Then he leaves the dressing room, and came back with a guitar and starts wielding it like an axe. I made light of it, but it was a real unnecessary violent act and he was swinging this guitar around and he nearly took my face off with it."
He added: "I never had enough of Oasis, I had enough of him. But our own relationship was never as bad as people made out ...
Noel Gallagher has revealed his brother Liam almost took his "face off" with a guitar the night Oasis split.
The guitarist walked out of the group in August 2009 after a huge fight with his sibling and bandmate before a music festival appearance in Paris - which the rocker says stems from the singer's decision to pull out of Oasis' headlining slot at the V Festival a week before.
Speaking at a press conference in London today (06.07.11) to announce his debut solo album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', he said: "You know he didn't turn up to the V Festival gig because he had a hangover. He claimed he had laryngitis, but whatever. There was a lot of bad press around that and in his own head he thinks I'm some kind of f***ing puppet master who controls the media in England.
"He storms out of the dressing room and on the way out he picked up a plum and threw it and it smashed against the wall. Then he leaves the dressing room, and came back with a guitar and starts wielding it like an axe. I made light of it, but it was a real unnecessary violent act and he was swinging this guitar around and he nearly took my face off with it."
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He added: "I never had enough of Oasis, I had enough of him. But our own relationship was never as bad as people made out ...
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