Liam Gallagher Won’t Change Oasis’s Tour Opener, You ‘Entitled Little Bumbaseed’

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Our long international nightmare is over: Parka smoke has emerged from Oasis’s chimney and we have a majority. The band has announced that Richard Ashcroft, the front man of the Verve and maestro behind “Bitter Sweet Symphony,” will be opening for them as a soloist on their U.K. reunion tour. The news comes weeks after Cage the Elephant confirmed they won the coveted opening slot for Oasis’s U.S. stops. Ashcroft and the Gallaghers have long been Britpop peers with interwoven timelines and reverence; Oasis once supported Ashcroft’s group during their early, pre–Definitely Maybe days, and Noel Gallagher once remarked that the Verve is “one of the most important bands in history.” Because of this, he and his brother, Liam, aren’t tolerating any griping from fans who were hoping Oasis would elevate a younger or more contemporary artist for the gig of a lifetime. “Richard’s got more talent in his left nostril than all your so called new bands put together now stop being an entitled little bumbaseed and show some fucking respect,” Liam wrote to one follower, soon adding with another tweet, “new bands have it easy today it’s the middle aged bands I feel bad for.”

Ashcroft, who’s being billed as a special guest, thanked the brothers for “getting me on board” for such a “momentous tour,” which will include 19 stadium dates in the U.K. and Ireland alone. Liam, a prolific shit-poster, has continued to defend his bruv to those brave enough to tag him in a tweet. “To all the folk who are crying about us not showing love to the young bands and not letting them support,” he recently penned, “there’s levels to this game and I’m afraid 99 percent of ya are way off.” But if you still want to try your luck, he tends to answer tweets that address him as the formal “Rasta.”