Blur’s Dave Rowntree says he would “undoubtedly go and see” Oasis on reunion tour

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has expressed his delight to see Oasis again collectively, sharing that he could be “first within the queue” to observe the band dwell.

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The 2 Britpop bands have been locked in an notorious rivalry all through the Nineteen Nineties, but it surely appears the Blur drummer is holding no grudges as long-feuding brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher introduced final week that they’d be reuniting as Oasis for a sequence of 17 summer time stadium gigs throughout the UK and past.

Tickets went on sale over the weekend and offered out at 7pm, although the dynamic pricing construction and value fluctuation has induced a lot controversy and will even breach client legislation, in keeping with specialists.

In a brand new interview with the BBC, Rowntree – who final yr informed El Pais that the bands now “all get alongside properly” – stated he would “undoubtedly go and see” the Gallagher brothers’ long-awaited comeback tour subsequent yr.

The drummer, who additionally ran as Labour’s MP candidate in Mid Sussex within the common election, added that he could be “first within the queue”, since he had by no means seen Oasis carry out dwell earlier than.

“Blur and Oasis mixed modified what the pop music style meant, and that doesn’t occur fairly often,” he added.

The musician went on to elucidate how folks typically utilized “their specific prejudice” when it got here to the obvious rivalry – which he stated served as “useful media hype” – between the 2 bands.

“So folks desirous to see England as a North-South divided nation might lay that on there, those who needed to view it by way of class might do this,” he added.

Rowntree’s feedback come after Blur frontman Damon Albarn final yr stated the “street is evident” for an Oasis reunion. He even went as far as to say he would “put cash” on his band’s ‘90s Britpop rivals reuniting.

His predictions got here as Blur themselves started their very own comeback tour of their hometown of Colchester.

Talking to NME In Dialog final yr concerning the comeback exhibits of Britpop friends Blur and Pulp, Noel stated: “Blur by no means break up up, did they? Pulp by no means break up up, they only went and did different issues, which is the grownup approach of doing it. Sadly my fucking band have been very removed from grownup about it. It was a bit extra crash and burn.”

Whereas the possibilities of an Oasis reunion appeared slim in recent times because the estranged brothers continued to share a rocky relationship, the comeback now’s lastly taking place, with the band additionally seemingly hinting at US tour dates subsequent.