{"id":809520,"date":"2026-10-21T09:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T09:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/809520\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T09:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T09:16:16","slug":"mick-jaggers-problem-with-oasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/809520\/","title":{"rendered":"Mick Jagger’s problem with Oasis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mick<\/p>\n

Credit: Far Out \/ Alamy<\/p>\n

October 21st, 2026 \u00b7 6:47am BST <\/p>\n

Following their reunion, Oasis<\/a> are now the veterans perched at the top of British rock, but they were once the new kids on the block who were getting a hard time from legends.<\/p>\n

The show is now firmly on the other foot, with Liam Gallagher using his social media to shout down at Fontaines DC, who he said are \u201cnot good enough<\/a>\u201d to support Oasis and \u201cdon\u2019t have any tunes\u201d. This is a longstanding tradition, and when his band were graduating to stadiums like Fontaines DC now are, Oasis were far from welcomed with open arms from the ruling class of their day.<\/p>\n

By 1997, Oasis had already stormed three nights at Knebworth the previous year, won the Britpop war, and without a shadow of a doubt, were the biggest band in Britain.<\/p>\n

Rather than being welcomed with open arms, the gatekeepers of British rock \u2018n\u2019 roll shouted them down rather than being given a leg-up. The Gallagher brothers found themselves chastised by elder statesmen who reacted tempestuously to the acidic tongues of the Mancunians, including Mick Jagger.<\/p>\n

The band\u2019s ultimate heroes, The Beatles, also partook in insulting the group. George Harrison once savagely quipped<\/a>: \u201cThe music lacks depth, and the singer Liam is a pain, the rest of the band don\u2019t need him\u201d. Meanwhile, Paul McCartney told the New Statesman in 1997: \u201cThey\u2019re derivative and they think too much of themselves. They mean nothing to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Oasis<\/a>Credit: Far Out \/ Alamy<\/p>\n

Admittedly, Noel Gallagher did ruffle their feathers by claiming Oasis were \u201cbigger\u201d than The Beatles, acknowledging in 2021 that he was \u201chigh\u201d when he made the comment that he now finds \u201cembarrassing<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n

Jagger first aired his criticism of Oasis in 1997, when they were flying high following the release of Be Here Now. While it later became maligned, not least by the band, with even Noel later saying, \u201cI hate that album<\/a>,\u201d that wasn\u2019t the case at the time of release.<\/p>\n

It was met with glowing reviews, topped the charts in 15 countries around the world, and became the quickest-selling album in British history. However, Jagger wasn\u2019t having it, stating, \u201cYou can\u2019t dance to it, the new album\u2019s impossible\u201d.<\/p>\n

Jagger\u2019s complaint about Oasis was largely due to his firmly-held belief that rock \u2018n\u2019 roll has to be packaged in a certain way, which Liam Gallagher fundamentally views differently. In Jagger\u2019s mind, a singer in a band has to be the life and soul of a party, who should be buzzing with energy throughout the concert, an objective the Oasis frontman failed to fulfil.<\/p>\n

Then, in an interview with Absolute Radio in 2010, Jagger praised the success of Kings of Leon and put this down to their killer arena show, which he believed was the biggest downfall of Oasis<\/a>. \u201cWell, that\u2019s what they do, they don\u2019t move \u2013 that doesn\u2019t mean to say they don\u2019t connect \u2013 they do connect sometimes, sometimes they\u2019re not always good ways,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Jagger continued: \u201cWhat was that famous story when they were in New York, and they didn\u2019t think the New York audience was loud enough, and they said something like \u2018You\u2019re rubbish\u2019 or something, \u2018New York, you\u2019re a load of crap\u2019 or something like that \u2013 which is not what you do anywhere really, especially in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n

One person grateful that he never bought into Jagger\u2019s definition of a frontman is Gallagher himself, especially now that he\u2019s in his 50s. In the new documentary<\/a>, Oasis: Don\u2019t Look Back In Anger, he points out, \u201cYou\u2019re going to be doing this till you\u2019re 60, you don\u2019t want to do all that Mick Jagger shit.\u201d<\/p>\n

While most frontmen have to bring the energy to ensure everyone in the building has the night of their lives, Liam somehow can send 80,000 people into ecstasy<\/a> while standing still and balancing a tambourine on his head. However, he is a rare exception to the rule, and if Jagger tried this at a Stones show, thousands would be asking for a refund.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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