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Liam Gallagher has apologised “on behalf of [his] family” after his brother Noel was criticised over comments he made about disabled festivalgoers.Following his recent set on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, the High Flying Birds frontman stayed at Worthy Farm to see various gigs, including Jamie T‘s headline slot on the John Peel Stage.Noel later explained during an episode of The Matt Morgan Podcast that he and his friends ended up watching T’s performance from the tent’s disabled platform.“[We] couldn’t get to the bit on stage because we were fucking wasted,” he said. Noel subsequently showed his artist pass and “walked on to this platform – unbeknownst to us it was the disabled platform”.“I said, ‘See that pass, mate? It gets me any-fucking-where,” he continued, going on to joke that he would’ve tipped a disabled fan out of their wheelchair for his son to get a better view, and have touched disabled fans on the forehead, telling them: “Rise, you can walk.”Noel added: “I gotta say, those disabled cats have a great view of everything.”Following the comments, disability equality charity Scope hit out at Gallagher on Twitter: “Reports of Noel Gallagher’s behaviour at Glastonbury were upsetting enough.

The Matt Morgan Podcast,” Gallagher said he was initially unable to get up close to the stage where the VIPs usually watch performances. Instead, he and his friends watched from the tent’s disabled platform, admitting he didn’t initially realize the purpose of it.After flashing his all-access pass, he told security, “This lot are with me, and we walked onto this platform – unbeknownst to us it was the disabled platform.”The controversial performer went on, “I said, ‘See that pass mate? It gets me any-f–ing-where.”Laughing, Gallagher said he would tip a disabled fan out of their wheelchair in order to get his son a better view.“I gotta say, those disabled cats have a great view of everything,” he added.His comments prompted mass fury from UK’s disability charity Scope, which slammed the musician on Twitter.Noel may belittle the experience of disabled music fans.

Noel Gallagher has been criticised for “belittling the experience of disabled music fans” after comments he made about his experience at Glastonbury Festival.After the Oasis man played the Pyramid Stage on the festival’s Saturday night (June 25), he remained at Worthy Farm to watch a number of sets, including Jamie T‘s headline slot on the John Peel Stage on Sunday night.On a new appearance on The Matt Morgan Podcast, Gallagher revealed that, unable to get a vantage point for the show at the front, he and his friends instead watched from the tent’s disabled platform, which he said he didn’t initially realise the purpose of.He said: “[We] couldn’t get to the bit on stage because we were fucking wasted,” so showed his pass and said “this lot are with me, and we walked on to this platform – unbeknownst to us it was the disabled platform”.Noel then added: “I said: ‘See that pass mate? It gets me any-fucking-where,” going on to joke that he would have tipped a disabled fan out of their wheelchair for his son to get a better view, and have touched disabled fans on the forehead, telling them: “Rise, you can walk”.“I gotta say, those disabled cats have a great view of everything,” he added.❌ Accessible platforms at events aren’t for privileged rock stars and their friends.

Noel Gallagher has called Robbie Williams‘ hit song ‘Angels’ “Oasis by numbers”.Gallagher, who once referred to Williams as “the fat dancer from Take That” was discussing the track on ‘The Matt Morgan Podcast’.“I’ve heard it and thought, ‘I wish I’d written that,’” he said at first, adding: “‘Angels’ is Oasis by numbers. Add a fucking electric guitar on it and it would be.”The Gallagher brothers and Williams have had a long, ongoing feud, which first started in the mid-90s and escalated with Robbie challenging Liam to a boxing match.

Noel Gallagher has revealed that he’s a big fan of ‘Songbird’, the Oasis track penned by his estranged brother Liam.Speaking in a new interview, the former Oasis guitarist and main songwriter admitted that the 2002 song which featured on the band’s ‘Heathen Chemistry’ album is a “perfect” record.“I thought ‘Songbird’ by Liam was great,” Noel told The Matt Morgan Podcast (via Radio X).

Noel Gallagher is not a fan of the British royal family.