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Courier-Mail
19 minutes ago
- Courier-Mail
Liam Gallagher reacts after Green Day kicks fan off stage for playing Oasis song
Don't miss out on the headlines from Music Tours. Followed categories will be added to My News. Oasis star Liam Gallagher has responded after Green Day frontman kicked a young fan off stage after he played the British rockers' famous song Wonderwall. Green Day performed in Luxembourg on Monday as part of their Savior Tour, and, per tradition, brought a fan onstage to play the guitar as they closed the show with their 1997 song Good Riddance (Time of Your Life). Things turned sour after the concertgoer started strumming the chords to Oasis' 1995 track, Wonderwall. In a clip shared to Instagram, Armstrong, 53, is seen trying to teach the fan how to play his song, saying through laughter, 'Are you f**king kidding me?' before singing 'You told me you could play this one!' When the fan started playing Wonderwall instead, the frontman exclaimed, 'Oh, f**k me!' In a second video posted to TikTok, Armstrong is seen shaking his head as he takes away the guitar. X SUBSCRIBER ONLY The young attendee is then led off stage by security. 'Nice try. Nice try,' the band's founder said into the mic before he started playing the right chords to Good Riddance. Gallagher replied to a clip online, tweeting: 'Best song of the night.' Critics flocked to the comments section to weigh in on the mishap, with one social media user writing: 'Why do people keep taking once in a lifetime opportunities from real Green Day fans?' A second chimed in: 'The crappy thing about this is he not only ruined his chance to play with an amazing band, but someone else lost out too. Such a shame.' Other followers saw it through a more lighthearted lens. 'Idk I think it's kinda funny,' another person chimed in. 'It's like being able to claim you rickrolled Green Day live and onstage. I know Billie Joe thought it was funny.' Billy Joe put the guitar on the man. Photo: TikTok He initially thought the kid just didn't know the song. Photo: TikTok Billy Joe ripped it back when he realised what was happening. Photo: TikTok Not surprisingly he was dragged off the stage. Photo: TikTok Days before, Green Day played a set at Germany's Hurricane Festival, where Armstrong chastised a fan for squirting him with a water gun. The band was performing their 2004 tune, Jesus of Suburbia, when the singer stopped mid-song and gave the crowd the middle finger. Armstrong then went upstage to confront the culprits. 'I'll beat your a**!' the Grammy winner allegedly shouted before picking up his guitar and getting right back into the song. The most notorious Green Day incident happened in 1994 at Woodstock, when a mud fight broke out and fans stormed the stage. A security guard mistook the band's bassist, Mike Dirnt, for a wild fan, tackled him, and knocked out his front teeth. Despite the chaotic incidents, the group has continued to tour over the years. In May, Armstrong, Dirnt, 53, and drummer Tré Cool, 52, were also honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The trio celebrated with great food and even better friends. 'I had a lot of things that tasted like Slurpees,' Dirnt told The Post at the time, while Cool chimed in: 'Mariachi!' 'Yeah, a mariachi band,' Armstrong said. 'We went to El Compadre yesterday, those guys are friends of ours. It was pretty nice.' Green Day on The Saviours Tour at Marvel Stadium earlier this year. Picture: Jake Nowakowski Armstrong, Dirnt, and Cool couldn't be more thankful for their star. 'Hollywood's literally been a second home to us since we started making big records with Rob Cavallo,' Dirnt gushed. 'Outside of the work and glitz and glamour, I think everybody can tell that Hollywood has a big heart too. As soon as something happens people always step up. You can see it with the fires, you can see it with a lot of different things. It's nice to get our hat tipped like that.' Oasis, meanwhile, is reuniting for the first time in 16 years, after the band dramatically split up due to a feud between brothers and bandmates, Liam and Noel Gallagher. Their last studio album Dig Out Your Soul was released in 2008, a year before the split. In 2009, Liam, 52, contracted laryngitis, causing Oasis to cancel a gig at V Festival. Days later, after Liam recovered from laryngitis, the band was supposed to perform at the Paris' Rock en Seine festival but never came on stage. British Liam (R) and Noel Gallagher on stage in 2005. Photo by Jose Jordan / AFP Two hours later, Noel, 58, released a statement on the band's website. 'It is with some sadness and great relief … I quit Oasis tonight,' he wrote. 'People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.' Liam and the rest of Oasis continued under their new name, Beady Eye, and released two studio albums before splitting in 2014. Years later, in 2011, Noel said that the gig that got cancelled due to Liam's laryngitis was actually cancelled because Liam had a hangover. Liam ended up suing Noel, and demanded an apology. The musician stated at the time: 'The truth is I had laryngitis, which Noel was made fully aware of that morning, diagnosed by a doctor.' Noel complied and issued an apology in which Liam dropped the lawsuit. In August 2024, Oasis teased their reunion on Instagram, writing, 'The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.' The Oasis Live '25 tour will kick off Friday and Saturday at Cardiff Principality Stadium in Wales. The band is slated for a 41-date run. This story first appeared in the New York Post and was republished with permission. Originally published as Liam Gallagher reacts after Green Day kicks fan off stage for playing Oasis song
News.com.au
2 hours ago
- News.com.au
Iconic Star Wars actor dead at 87 after Covid battle
Star Wars actor Kenneth Colley has died at the age 87. Colley, who played Admiral Piett in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, passed away peacefully on Monday at his home in Ashford, Kent, his agent Julian Owen confirmed to The Post. 'Ken Colley was one of our finest character actors with a career spanning 60 years,' Owen said in a statement to The Post. Owen confirmed that Colley was admitted to the hospital with an injured arm after a fall. The British actor quickly contracted COVID which developed into pneumonia. Colley had friends by his side when he died, Owen said. 'Ken continually worked on stage, film and television playing a vast array of characters, from Jesus in Monty Python's Life of Brian to evil and eccentric characters in Ken Russell films, and the Duke of Vienna in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure for the BBC,' Owen's statement continued. 'Ken's participation in Star Wars led him to being invited to conventions and official fan events all over the World where he remains one of the best loved actors from the original trilogy.' Colley was born on December 7, 1937 in Manchester, Lancashire. Early in his career, he appeared in episodes of The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Special Branch, The Sweeney and Pennies from Heaven. In 1980, Colley joined the Star Wars franchise with his portrayal as one of Darth Vader's Imperial officers in The Empire Strikes Back. He reprised the role in 1983's Return of the Jedi. Both films starred Hollywood legends Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Billy Dee Williams and the late Carrie Fisher. Nearly 30 years later, Colley voiced Admiral Piett in the 2012 animated TV film Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out. Colley was also widely known for his roles in multiple Ken Russell movies and for playing Jesus in 1979's Monty Python's Life of Brian. Other movies Colley appeared in included Firefox, War and Remembrance, Measure for Measure, Return to Waterloo, The Whistle Blower, The Plot to Kill Hitler and The Rainbow. He also directed the 2007 horror movie Greetings starring Kirsty Cox, Henry Dunn and Ben Shockley.
West Australian
3 hours ago
- West Australian
Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom split confirmed in joint statement
After months of speculation, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have finally confirmed their shock separation. The A-list couple got engaged in early 2019 after dating for three years, before welcoming their now four-year-old daughter Daisy Dove in 2020. Representatives for the couple confirmed the split in a statement shared with Page Six . 'Due to the abundance of recent interest and conversation surrounding Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry's relationship, representatives have confirmed that Orlando and Katy have been shifting their relationship over the past months to focus on coparenting,' the statement read. 'They will continue to be seen together as a family, as their shared priority is — and always will be — raising their daughter with love, stability and mutual respect.' Rumours have been swirling about the couple's separation since January, following reports of the pop star telling close friends that her nine-year relationship with the British actor was practically over. Perry, 40, has been spotted several times with her daughter while touring Australia in the past few weeks. Meanwhile, Bloom, 48 has made multiple solo public appearances, even attending the wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in Venice. More to come...
