Noel Gallagher has revealed his mum’s response to the news that he and brother Liam had organised an Oasis reunion.The Britpop legends revealed their highly-awaited return to the stage earlier this year, announcing a string of huge stadium gigs in the UK and Ireland to take place next summer.
That was then followed by the announcement of dates in North America, South America, Australia, South Korea and Japan.Despite setting the music world ablaze with the news, and making headlines for the subsequent scramble to get tickets for upcoming shows, it seems that their mother Peggy isn’t as excited about the announcement.Speaking as part of a new event at the National Portrait Gallery, guitarist, singer and songwriter Noel revealed that his mum “couldn’t give a shit” about the comeback.“My mum never gave a shit, never.
You know what Irish mums are like?” he said (via The Sun). “When we told her we were getting back together, she said, ‘Sure, that will be nice’.
That was it.”He went on to say that he hopes to get her to attend one of their stadium shows when the time comes. “We’ll try and get her to Dublin,” he added, referring to the band’s upcoming shows at Croke Park.The comments made by Noel come weeks after brother Liam made his return to Twitter following the news and joked that Peggy would have to face the extensive queues and buy a ticket herself if she wanted to see them live.“OASIS are back your welcome and I hear there ATTITUDE STINKS good to know somethings never change,” he wrote on Twitter, acknowledging the complaints from fans over the ticketing scandal.When a fan asked how Peggy felt about the two of them getting back together for shows he quipped: “She’s gutted she couldn’t get a ticket”, before responding to.
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