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Noel Gallagher has suggested there may be no new Oasis album for at least five years, in an interview with Q.

The guitarist – who spoke to Q for the new edition on sale on April 28 – revealed that in the meantime he is planning a solo album when the band finish touring their current record, Dig Out Your Soul. Gallagher said he had built up a stockpile of tunes that date back to the Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants-era of the band in 2000.

“I’ve got a lot of songs lying around and some of them are really great,” says Gallagher. “But they’re not Oasis songs. They’re going to sit there and do nothing, so hopefully at the end of this tour I’m going to go and do something for myself.”
Gallagher’s solo plans will result in an extended gap between Oasis albums.

“The last three albums have been three years in between,” he says, “but I see it as likely to be longer this time. We’ve arrived at the point I wanted to be at from when Gem [Archer] and Andy [Bell] joined the band. And the last time we did that was at the end of Be Here Now, and we rushed the next album [Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants]. There was no inspiration on it. Even before the end of making each Oasis album, I’ve always started writing the next one, and I haven’t this time. I don’t
want to force it.”

He added: “By the time we make another record we’ll be five years older.”

Gallagher has performed solo in the past, most notably for a Teenage Cancer Trust show at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 2007; a set that is now available for download from iTunes. He insists that the break will do Oasis good and hopes the other members will also work on their own side-projects.

“It’d be really interesting for fans of the band to see how each individual makes up the whole,” he says. “I don’t think it’ll affect what Oasis do. Liam, on the other hand, will f***ing freak out.”

Noel revealed that his relationship with his brother is still fractious – and that Liam has never met his nephew Donovan, Noel and his partner Sara MacDonald’s son. “He’s never seen my little lad, just pictures," Noel said. "To a stranger it sounds ludicrous, but you wouldn’t have him in the house if he spoke to you the way he speaks to me and my family.

“He’s rude, arrogant, intimidating and lazy. He’s the angriest man you’ll ever meet. He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup.”

Oasis will begin a UK tour on 4 June at Manchester’s Heaton Park, and have been announced as one of the V Festival headliners on 22 and 23 August (playing Staffordshire and Cheltenham respectively).

For the full interview, read the new edition of Q on sale on April 28. You will also be able to read extra material from the interview - and see behind the scenes photos and video from our photoshoot - at qthemusic.com from the same date.

9:50 AM | 21/04/2009

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  • OASIS MUST STILL TOGHETER FOR OURS THE FANS WHAT WE GONNA DO WITHOUT THEM?? C´MON YOURE THE BEST OF THE WORLD MAN!

    Posted by sara at 1:45 AM | 25/04/2009 | Report Abuse

  • OASIS MUST STILL TOGHETER FOR OURS THE FANS WHAT WE GONNA DO WITHOUT THEM?? C´MON YOURE THE BEST OF THE WORLD MAN!

    Posted by sara at 1:45 AM | 25/04/2009 | Report Abuse

  • Worst new, we need new albums!

    Posted by Emmanuel at 12:46 AM | 27/04/2009 | Report Abuse

  • noel is my favourite oasis member, i can´t wait to have his solo album
    i´m going to see oasis in concert this sunday in buenos aires, i hope to have a great gig, like the one i saw in 2006
    anyway i´d like to see noel in a solo concert some day.. in a theatre or smaller venue, it would be great
    martin (rosario,argentina)

    Posted by martin at 3:55 AM | 28/04/2009 | Report Abuse

  • It's no news that Oasis (or, shall we say, Liam?) has been a burden on Noel Gallagher's shoulders for quite some time now. Like it or not, Noel Gallagher is indeed one of the greatest songwriters of our generation; furthermore, in the last few years he has developed an amazing, non-aggressive yet quite addictive (almost spellbinding) self confidence on stage, as well as the astounding ability to meet and capture the eyes, souls and emotions of his fans (as clearly shown in every live gig and video available on YouTube) with or without Oasis (check the solo gig at the Royal Albert Hall...). The grinding contrast between Noel's professionalism and talent (on and off stage) and Liam's spoiled rockstar's attitude could only lead to one logical conclusion: Noel is going solo. At last.
    As far as I'm concerned, I'm really looking forward to enjoy the (safe to say) wonderful, breathtaking music that Noel, who is finally free to fully express all facets of his uncanny artistic talent, will bestow upon us in the years to come.
    I sincerely hope that Liam too will make the best of this time, getting a grip on himself, leaving behind the bad boy stance and attitude (a little bit ridiculous, truth be told, coming from a 37 years old father and husband) and developing the frankly quite interesting and promising seeds that are clearly evident in tunes like "Guess God Thinks I'm Abel", "The Meaning of Soul" and "I'm outta time".

    Posted by JaimeSommers at 5:25 PM | 28/04/2009 | Report Abuse

  • who cares if noel dose a solo album all the best oasis albums are noel solo albums.

    Posted by neal at 8:51 PM | 29/05/2009 | Report Abuse

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