Robbie Williams has spoken about Oasis‘ comeback tour saying that the reunion will “be nostalgia on steroids”.
The previous Take That star is happening tour similtaneously the Gallagher brothers’ return.
Williams beforehand commented on the Oasis reunion, saying: “The cleaning soap opera alone will both be thrilling and or ghoulish to look at. As for the exhibits? They’re gonna be unbelievable, off-the-scale particular,” earlier than going so far as calling it a “therapeutic second for our nation.”
He continued: “Liam Gallagher studying his cellphone on the bathroom could be extra charismatic and intriguing than 99.9% of the world’s inhabitants at their most enigmatic. All he has to do is stand there and sing for the viewers to be assured their cash’s price,” earlier than taking a slight jibe at his brother: “Noel shall be there too.”
Now, Williams has hailed the reunion forward of his personal tour. He instructed The Mirror: “Liam’s voice is peerless. And he was, and is the voice of a era. So I believe that for British individuals – and Manchester – it will likely be a vital second. Hopefully it’ll be therapeutic for the lads too.”
He continued: “Leisure, at its greatest, is liberation. And what I need to do with my gigs is take individuals on the journey and make them overlook about their very own lives for a bit. And the beauty of the Oasis reunion is they’ll facilitate that for individuals.
“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 wished.”
Williams additionally stated he’d lately been listening to Oasis’ again catalogue.
“I used to be simply taking a look at these songs, particularly the primary three years price of songs, and it’s actually a lifetime and many years price of bangers created over that three 12 months interval. The songwriting is sensational,” he added.
The trio have had a considerably sophisticated relationship through the years. They had been all previously on good phrases, with Williams beforehand talking about how partying with the band at Glastonbury 1995 was “the beginning of his new life”.
Nevertheless, a feud between Williams and Noel ignited when Noel referred to him as “the fats dancer from Take That”. Williams later went on to problem Liam to a £100,000 struggle on the 2000 Brit Awards.
Later Williams branded the brothers as “bullies” in a 2022 interview. He additionally took a dig at Liam upon the information of his return to Knebworth Park that very same 12 months, which staged a few of Oasis and Williams’ largest exhibits up to now.
Oasis famously performed the enduring venue in 1996, performing to 250,000 individuals throughout two nights. Robbie, in the meantime, performed to 375,000 followers throughout three nights in 2003. Given Noel’s earlier insult concentrating on Williams because the “fats dancer”, Williams despatched the guitarist a pair of faucet dancing footwear with a word that learn: “Expensive Mr. N Gallagher. You stated [onstage] that two nights at Knebworth is historical past. Properly, I assume three is simply grasping. Yours, Rob.”
When requested whether or not he would revisit his Knebworth stint, Williams lately instructed NME, “To go and do three once more? I dunno.
“I don’t know for those who revisit [Knebworth], although,” he continued. “Do you revisit it? I’m positive we’d do OK if we bought tickets as cheaply [as Liam].” Tickets for Liam Gallagher’s Knebworth exhibits had been priced at £65.
The singer then clarified: “Can I simply apologise for saying the ‘cheaply’ factor – for those who write that, are you able to say I apologise; I used to be being bitchy,” earlier than including: “[Knebworth] will not be one thing that’s on my radar. Glastonbury, however – I’d like to try this.”
Elsewhere, Williams additionally lately got here to the defence of Oasis following the controversy across the dynamic pricing tickets of their reunion tour.