Madchester legend Bez from the Happy Mondays reckons Oasis could bring out another album before they retire, and said he always knew the Gallaghers would reunite
Oasis could release new music before they retire, says Happy Mondays’ Bez.
The Manchester music legend, 61, says the Oasis homecoming gigs in Manchester will be a “monumental moment” in music history. Oasis are playing five dates at Manchester’s Heaton Park, the first is on Friday (July 11) and the rest on July 12, 16, 19 and 20.
Shaun Ryder’s pal and bandmate Bez has toured with the Gallaghers and is buzzing the Britpop titans are back on the road. He even reckons they could bring out another album before they retire.
He told the Mirror: “They could make another album. I can’t see why they wouldn’t do it because I’m sure it’d be a worldwide hit to bring another album out after the reception they got.
“You know, what a retirement plan, if that’s the last thing you do. I’m sure they’d go for the retirement plan. If they don’t, they’re mad!”
Discussing the Heaton Park gigs, he said: “I think it’ll be absolutely phenomenal. It’ll be really big in time. A monumental moment, that’s what it’s going to be.”
Noel and Liam will be performing together in their hometown for the first time in 16 years. Bez believes it was always going to happen and says he knew it “as soon as they broke up”.
He said: “It’s like the Blues Brothers, you know what I mean? Getting the band back together again. And there’s always going to be that time when they have had to go ‘let’s get the band back together again’. And that time is now.”
He said people love the Gallaghers as they’re “proper boys”. “They’re great. They’re working class lads, aren’t they? Proper boys. You know, you’ve got to take off your hat, because they’re living the dream. For me, it’s harder than being a footballer, because you’ve got more chances of being a footballer than a musician.”
And he said he “can’t speak more highly of the lads”. “They’re everything you’d hope for them to be. I really like them both and wish them luck. I hope they do go on and make a new album as it’ll be amazing. There’s obviously a lot of legs left in Oasis.”
The Happy Mondays supported Oasis back in 2000 and it came after Bez had suffered a horrific motorbike crash. Liam even joined the band on stage at one of the Wembley gigs.
And Noel recently recorded a tune with Bez’s new band, Mantra of the Cosmos. Domino Bones (Gets Dangerous), written by Noel and Shaun. “Mantra of the Cosmos is like Dylan, Dali and Ginsberg on a rocketship to the moon to have it with the Clangers,” Noel previously said of the song.
Bez gave his Oasis tickets for this weekend to family instead, and will be DJ-ing over the weekend at the official Oasis after parties and is also part of a Britpop celebration on Europe’s largest digital ceiling in Manchester.
The space at Manchester’s Printworks boasts a vibrant visual display voiced by Bez himself. The immersive installation will run all throughout July and will pay homage to the golden era of 90s British music and culture, featuring animated sequences of iconic imagery, from Union Jack motifs and recognisable fashion to kaleidoscopic colours that evoke the spirit of the decade.
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