LONDON, (Reuters) – Songwriter and guitarist Noel Gallagher announced yesterday he had quit Oasis, saying he could no longer work with his brother Liam, the rock band’s singer.
“It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight,” he wrote in a statement on the Oasis website.
“People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.” a
The band, from Manchester, was a key member of the so-called Britpop movement in the 1990s with a series of hit singles such as “Wonderwall” and “Roll With It”. However, they were in the news as much for their rock-and-roll lifestyle as for winning music awards.
The volatile Gallagher brothers have previously fallen out and speculation had been rife about a possible break-up after the band’s failure to appear at the V Festival in Chelmsford, southeast England, last Sunday.
