Oasis, Noel Gallagher talks about the reunion with Liam: “You have to learn to compromise” – The video interview

Noel Gallagher was a guest of Amelia Dimoldenberg on the latest season of "Chicken Shop Date", the popular interview format set in British fast-food joints. Between jokes and confessions, the Oasis guitarist talked about the reunion with his brother Liam, the band's future, and his relationship with Paul McCartney. The interview video is below.

Asked how long it's appropriate to wait before bringing a finished project back to life, Noel replied ironically: “Sixteen years”, referring to Oasis's long split before their return to the stage in 2025. But the musician also explained why the reunion worked: “You just have to hope you can do what you're trying to do at least as well as you used to do it. In the case of Oasis, after maybe a week of rehearsals it was already clear we'd be as good as we used to be, if not even better.”
As for the tricky artistic coexistence with Liam, Noel admitted he had to change his attitude: “I think you have to be ready to compromise, something I'm not normally very good at. But I think you get better at it with age.”

Gallagher also revealed he has “tons of unreleased material”, though he didn't specify whether it's songs intended for Oasis. Discussing "Champagne Supernova", he confessed he's never fully understood the meaning of some of its lines: “In the 90s it was a nonsense song, then it took on a deeper meaning for a new generation. I still have no idea what 'Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball' means. I think it's a drug reference.”

There was no shortage of personal anecdotes, from his relationship with Paul McCartney, who affectionately calls him “Nolo”, to family life, which quickly brings him back down to earth after huge concerts. “One Sunday we played in front of 90,000 people in São Paulo. By Tuesday morning I was already home arguing with my two kids over the last Coco Pops left in the box. Forty-eight hours earlier I'd had the world in my hands on stage, and now I was fighting over cereal.”
The interview, picked up by NME, comes as Oasis prepare for their huge new “Live '27” tour, which will include eleven shows at Manchester's Etihad Stadium and six at Knebworth, plus European dates, including Italian ones. Noel has already promised shows even better than the 2025 comeback, while the question of any new songs remains open. Liam, for his part, has recently said he can't picture another tour without new recorded material, hinting that “Live '27” could even be the band's last.

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