Noel Gallagher attacked on stage
by Elizabeth Bromstein
Somewhere out there a whole lot of people are laughing.
Noel Gallagher of Oasis was attacked on stage at V-Fest Sunday evening at Toronto Island Park.
An audience member apparently somehow managed to get past security then rushed the stage from the backstage area and, during the 1995 hit Morning Glory, pushed Gallagher the elder who fell onto the stage. The attacker then appeared to be going after Liam before security got it together and wrestled him away.
The band took a few minutes break then returned to play some more tunes including Don't Look Back in Anger, Wonderwall and The Beatles' I am the Walrus.
The arrogant Gallagher's got a lot of enemies so we're not exactly stunned around here.
No word on whether the assailant was a disgruntled Jay-Z fan - Noel recently dissed Jay and his headlining spot at Glastonbury. Jay-Z responded by mocking Noel on the recently recorded track Jockin' Jay-Z. Or maybe he was sent by Amy Winehouse, who Noel recently called a 'destitute horse' or Mark Ronson about whom Noel said "Mark Ronson needs to learn three chords on the guitar and write a tune, instead of ruining everyone elses,"
Or he could have been from the Metallica camp. Gigwise reports today that Noel said he likes everything about the metal band except their music... "Black drum sticks...no need." (this comes right after Lars Ulrich credited Noel with helping him quit heroin). Or from Bloc Party about whom Noel told musicradar "I wouldn't go out and buy a Bloc Party record 'cos I know it would be sh**."
Then, of course there's Damon Albarn and Alex James of Blur about whom Noel once said he wished they would "catch AIDS and die." He later took it back.
The assailant has been charged with assault but his Facebook popularity is about to skyrocket.
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