The 1975 frontman Matty Healy calls out a public service announcement to ex-Oasis brothers, Liam and Noel Gallagher, to grow up and get the band back together. He opens up in an interview with Tom Power about issues within the music industry, leaning into a sincerity we hadn’t seen before, he expresses his frustration toward an unfortunately wasted opportunity for, possibly, one of the best bands in the world to live on the legacy that they are.
At the end of the interview Healy says “Do me a favour – stop messing around, that’s my public service announcement for today […] And you can leave that in, that’s what Oasis needs to hear”. This statement surfaced after the singer was queried about what he was most proud of in the band. His response was a passionate earnesty, expressing his appreciation toward the relationship between the band members and the, so called, “unwritten rules” amongst them. The unspoken support they have for each other, as well as an acknowledgement of who they are as well as how each individual operates. Especially “as men”, working in such a reckless environment, crowded with high egos, power, money, etc. “I’m proud of us as men” he states, “Because we’ve mediated tensions by being very tactile, very open and very silly”.
Following the latter, he uses Oasis as an example to prove such point. He can’t fathom being in the “coolest band in the world, still to this day” and throwing it all away over a fall out with your sibling. He points out their immature behaviour; “I can deal with them dressing like they’re in their 20’s, but not acting like they’re in their 20’s“, and the tragic fact that, a band with some of the best albums of all time, are not getting back together because of an insignificant disagreement.
Oasis officially split up in 2009 after cancelling a headline show at Rock en Seine Festival. Many insights, sources and rumours claim a selection of different causes for the break up, all concluding to a general disagreement between the two Gallaghers. Liam claimed in a Jonathan Ross interview that he was too “rock and roll” but would be happy to make amendments with his brother. Not too dissimilar to Liam’s statement, Noel retreated the separation to a downward spiral of his brothers reckless attitude toward the job. However, even though he’s made it clear throughout the years, there being no point in rekindling the band, he admitted he could “never say never” in an interview with BBC Radio Manchester this January.
Maybe a miracle could give light to the two brothers and offer, not only the desperate fans, but themselves an opportunity to not leave the band in such a sour halt. Matty Healy’s words have been accounted for and the public couldn’t agree more.
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The 1975 UK Tour Dates:
09/07/2023 – TRNSMT Festival – Glasgow
