Get up babe, new soundbites from one of many Gallagher brothers simply dropped! In a recent interview with The Solar, Noel Gallagher expressed his frustration that Glastonbury has “gone woke” with “little fucking idiots waving flags round and making political statements.” Politics in artwork, think about that!
“Don’t get me flawed, I fucking love Glastonbury,” the Oasis star stated, “[But] it’s getting a bit woke now, that place, and a bit type of preachy and a bit virtue-signaling. I don’t prefer it in music… bands taking the stage and saying, ‘Hey guys, isn’t conflict horrible, yeah? Let’s all boo conflict. F***okay the Tories, man,’ and all that… It’s like, look — play your fucking tunes and get off.”
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Gallagher didn’t carry out at this yr’s version of the legendary British music pageant. He did, nevertheless, reportedly spend the weekend catching numerous units, together with acts like Jungle and Kneecap.
“It’s an excessive amount of. Donate all of your cash to the trigger — that’s it, cease yapping about it,” he continued. “Let’s simply say as an example the world is in a little bit of a fucked up place and also you’re all in a discipline in Glastonbury. What’s the issue with that? I haven’t acquired an issue with it… I suppose in the event you’re 18 and also you’re center class you might need an issue with it… however what’s all the children in a discipline at Glastonbury going to do about it?”
Sadly for Gallagher, Glastonbury has an extended historical past of political activism, and this yr’s iteration was no completely different. IDLES collaborated with Banksy to launch inflatable migrant rafts and PJ Harvey brought out efficiency artist Marina Abramović, who acquired the bustling crowd to take care of seven minutes of collective silence. Elsewhere, Gallagher’s outdated rival Damon Albarn joined Bombay Bicycle Membership to precise his assist for Palestine.
Regardless of the various cases of so-called flag waving, Gallagher maintains his love for the annual occasion. “I feel it’s probably the most vital issues,” he clarified. “In actual fact it’s in all probability the very best fucking factor about Britain other than the Premier League.”
Final yr, Gallagher launched the newest album below his Noel Gallagher’s Excessive Flying Birds mission, Council Skies. He additionally has a handful of European pageant dates on the horizon. Seize tickets here.