Noel Gallagher says he wishes Oasis hadn't broken up and reveals he never had plans to go solo

The High Flying Birds frontman said he never planned to go solo, but Oasis ended in a such a "mess"
Split: Noel and Liam Gallagher on stage in 2009
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Emma Powell8 December 2015
The Weekender

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Noel Gallagher has revealed he wishes Oasis had never broken up.

The Britpop band split in Paris in 2009 after nearly two decades together – and rumours of a reunion have followed the members ever since.

Recalling the night the band went their separate ways, Gallagher told Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2: "Leaving Oasis – that was a horrible night. I knew that it was going to be a decision that would follow me around – there’s still not a day where I don’t read something about us getting back together – so I knew what I was getting myself into.

“[It was the right thing to do], definitely. What Oasis had in its future was to do bigger tours and generate more money, which is great. I wasn’t planning on going solo, but it was such a mess that I was happier off [doing that]."

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He continued: "I wish – this is all in hindsight – that we hadn’t broken up. That we all agreed we’d all do different things, and then one day we’d all get back together – but it all got vicious, and I wish it had been handled differently. But I don’t have too many regrets."

Noel and his brother Liam’s relationship suffered following the band’s split, but the High Flying Birds frontman said he is hopeful that it will improve.

"It’s difficult for people to understand that to be in a working relationship for 20 years with someone you’re so close with is really difficult," he said. "And there’s a whole mess that’s gone on around it. But I’ve no doubt that, one day, it’ll be all OK again."

In a recent interview, Noel - who last week enjoyed a mini Oasis renunion with Gem Archer - said that fans hoping for a band reunion would have to wait at least five years, and that Liam would most likely reject it "out of spite".

Speaking to Esquire he said: "Ten years from now, if I wake up one morning and go, 'You know what? I think I'm going to do it,' I can guarantee you, just for spite, Liam would say, 'Oh, no, I’m not keen.' Because that’s the way s*** works.

"I can only tell you I’ve already got the next five years planned out. So it’s not going to happen in the next five years."

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