Interviewed by Rhian Daly for NME, Liam Gallagher talked about his next summer gigs, Knebworth in particular.
Liam will headline a series of massive gigs in Manchester, Dublin, Belfast and Glasgow, bringing tunes from his new record ‘C’mon You Know’.
But the most exciting are the two Knebworth shows.
He sounds humble about the latter, confessing:
โI still canโt get my head round it, really โ I never thought Iโd be doing that.โ
At the very beginning of his solo career in 2017, he was worried he wouldnโt sell out Londonโs 20,000-capacity O2 Arena.
But he did, and the demand for his gigs hasnโt stopped growing.
He hasnโt given much thought to the Knebworth gigs yet โbecause it spins you out a bitโ.
Then he decided to adopt Oasisโ approach to the shows in 1996.
โI really didnโt think about it til the week before,โ he explains.
And the documentary, Oasis Knebworth 1996, captured the excitement and atmosphere of a moment in music history.
โWhen I watched that film the other week some of the versions were a bit ropey, man. Some of the antics were a bit fucking giddy, so Iโm gonna hold it down this time a bit. But itโs gonna be mega having another go at it โ it just goes to show that the people want it.โ
When Oasis went to Stevenage, the band flew into the gigs on a helicopter.
Will he use the same mode of transport, given he was injured after falling out of a chopper after the Isle Of Wight festival?
โI did fall out of a helicopter, but it was on the ground,โ
โEveryoneโs drinking, and Iโm like, โAlright, Iโll fucking drink thisโ, so Iโve hit the brandy โ nothing too much.โ
โAnd then about three in the morning, someone says, โRight โ weโve got to go nowโ. So we take off and Iโm still thinking, โIf we get back to our house in time, we can still have a drinkโ.โ
When the helicopter landed, he opened the door to climb out, but missed the step:
โIโve just gone whack, flat on my face on this fucking concrete.โ
His partner Debbie Gwyther was on hand to help:
โ[Sheโs] got me up and Iโve got to go to me fucking doctor at three in the morning. Heโs got a screaming baby upstairs and theyโre fucking stitching me nose up and Iโm fucking zapped. And that was that.โ
Knebworth gigs are scheduled a week after the realeas of his third album โCโmon You Knowโ and the both shows promise to ignite the sense of freedom we all need after the pandemic.
โIt looks like these things could be aligned,โ Liam agrees. โThese things donโt just happen. Fucking something else is going on a bigger fucking thing โ whoever it is or whatever it is. Hopefully, we can all just have a good time and live fucking life and stop worrying about shit.โ
Source: NME
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