Yue Xiong, who is originally from Shanghai in China but now lives in London, said she had been a huge fan of the Mancunian band since she was 16 years old and that their music had ‘saved [her] life’
An Oasis devotee has expressed her “complete heartbreak” and chosen to sell her ticket for the band’s opening gig in Cardiff following a now-deleted offensive social media post by frontman Liam Gallagher. The 52-year-old singer faced backlash after using a racial slur on X, previously known as Twitter. Social media users were swift in their response, with one fan telling him: “Liam, you can’t say that” after he posted an offensive term used to mock or imitate languages spoken in China or people of East Asian descent.
Liam removed the post and issued an apology, writing: “Sorry if I offended anyone with my tweet before it wasn’t intentional you know I love you all and I do not discriminate. Peace and love LG x”.
However, some fans have voiced their disappointment over the incident. Yue Xiong, originally from Shanghai, China but now residing in London, said she had been a massive fan of the Mancunian band since she was 16 years old, claiming their music had “saved [her] life”.
Yet Yue labelled Liam’s comment as “completely not acceptable”. Consequently, the Goldsmiths student sold her ticket for the opening night of Oasis’ reunion tour, Live ’25, in Cardiff on Friday, July 4, reports Wales Online.
On Thursday, the 23-year-old student decided to travel to Cardiff for the day to protest.
“I’ve been I’ve been a huge fan since 2017,” she confessed to WalesOnline. “All of my adolescence I was just listening to Oasis – it got me through life and the music really saved my life.
“But I kind of stopped being a fan two days ago because what Liam said is completely not acceptable. As an Asian and as a Chinese person I could not deal with it just by keeping silent and accepting what he was saying.”
She continued: “I just can’t participate in that anymore. Otherwise it will be disrespectful for my own community where I come from.”
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Yue expressed her disappointment at the lack of response to Liam’s comment, stating: “I felt people would need to speak up about it.
“So if no-one talks about it it just adds more pressure to everything. But I felt the need to say something.
“It is not okay for someone to say something extremely racial, targeting an Asian community, on a social platform.”
Yue revealed that she had sold her ticket on Wednesday, after the incident, as a “gesture” – two days before she was planning to attend the Cardiff gig.
Although she admitted she was sad about giving away her ticket, she said she would be “completely heartbroken” if she attended the show.
As a devoted fan, Yue also mentioned she had met Noel Gallagher a few times and apologised to the singer-songwriter for not attending the Cardiff show, saying she still admired him and his music.
Despite Liam issuing an apology, Yue explained she felt like it was not enough.
“It was not sincere,” she stated. “It was not really an apology. I see it more as a PR strategy but it’s not even enough for a PR move because what he said was extremely controversial and when people pointed it out he said: ‘Whatever’.
“He didn’t see it as a problem. He then deleted that tweet. So he definitely feels it is not appropriate for him to say anything like that.”
Despite deciding not to attend the gig, Yue visited Cardiff a day before the event in protest.
When questioned about her reasons for protesting, she declared: “The C-word is not acceptable in any circumstances.
“If Liam said the N-word or anything against transgender people the media would stand up for that community. But it seems like it’s okay for people to treat and make fun of the Asian community like that.”
She further added: “[The protest] is not coming out as an attack to Oasis but it’s about defending our own right – it’s about speaking up for our own community. It’s about making the world right again.”
She went on to say: “My partner, he’s white, his friends and people in the industry found it not acceptable. But they were just really surprised as nobody said anything about it.
“I’ve been talking to loads in the Chinese community fan groups. They’re completely shattered, they’re completely heartbroken.”
Oasis are set to perform at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on Friday, July 4, and Saturday, July 5, with fans descending on the Welsh capital in anticipation of the event.
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