Noel Gallagher set for rocky ride at North concert

Jun 7 2009 by Paul Loraine, Sunday Sun

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SOME might say rock star Noel Gallagher is in for a stormy welcome when Oasis play in the North East on Wednesday after he slammed the club on a radio show.

Speaking on Russell Brand’s show on Talk Sport in April, the guitarist and songwriter said he wanted Newcastle to go down.

He also joked that “there is no greater sight than seeing fat Geordies crying on Match of the Day”.

United supporters yesterday said it would be interesting to gauge the reaction of any Newcastle fans present when Oasis play to a sell-out crowd at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light on June 10.

It is quite a reverse from 1997 when Liam Gallagher wore a Newcastle shirt and gave constant score updates through an Oasis gig at Newcastle’s Metro Radio Arena when United beat Barcelona 3-2 in one of the proudest nights in the club’s history.

The offending comments came in one of the first shows Russell Brand had appeared in after his ban over the Andrew Sachs scandal.

Noel said: “It would just be brilliant if they go down.

“I don’t think there’s a greater sight than seeing fat Geordies crying on Match of the Day.

“Topless Geordies crying. They should make it a sport in the Olympics: make a Geordie cry. And all that Geordie nation nonsense; the Geordie nation? What does that mean?”

After momentarily backtracking, saying “the people are all right”, Noel continued: “The club’s rubbish. The Shearer appointment is madness. I speak for a lot of football supporters when I say ‘I hope they go down’.”

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