Robbie Williams has unveiled one other blue plaque in London to honour his former rivals Oasis, forward of the band’s return to the stage tonight (July 4).
The signal has been ‘put in’ on Berwick Avenue in Soho – the placement of the long-lasting cowl of the Britpop group’s second album, ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ (1995).
It reads: “Robbie Williams – heard it, noticed it, beloved it, lived it, wished it and snorted it… That’s The Story.”
Tagging Oasis within the put up, Williams wrote within the caption: “GOOD LUCK TONIGHT LADS.” He additionally recreated the ‘…Morning Glory’ cowl art work. The recreation sees the singer sporting the pink tracksuit he wore at Glastonbury 1995 when he partied with Oasis on the peak of the Britpop period.
Williams’ upcoming new album, ‘Britpop’, additionally options him in the identical outfit on its cowl artwork. Take a look at his tribute to Oasis right here:
Final week noticed Williams unveil a blue plaque at Glastonbury 2025 – 30 years on from his go to to the pageant in ’95. This led to rumours that he could be making a shock look at this yr’s occasion, however the star shortly confirmed that he was “not performing”.
Williams spoke final yr about being on tour similtaneously Oasis’ huge reunion reveals: “I don’t suppose anybody may compete with that – together with Taylor Swift, who’s the largest artist on this planet. So no, it’s not a contest, despite the fact that it bloody is.”
In Could, NME requested Williams if he could be attending any of Oasis’ live shows this yr. He responded: “Not solely will you not be seeing me at any Oasis reveals, you’ll not be seeing me at any reveals full cease. I’m an exquisite agoraphobe, and a really comfortable agoraphobe.”
He had beforehand commented on the reunion, saying: “The cleaning soap opera alone will both be thrilling and or ghoulish to look at. As for the reveals? They’re gonna be unbelievable, off-the-scale particular.” Williams mentioned the comeback could be a “therapeutic second for our nation”.
Williams praised the “charismatic” Liam Gallagher as nicely, earlier than making a slight dig at his older brother: “Noel can be there too.” The pop star jumped in to defend Oasis amid the dynamic pricing ticket controversy final yr.
A feud between Williams and Oasis ignited when Noel referred to him as “the fats dancer from Take That”. Williams went on to problem Liam to a £100,000 combat on the 2000 BRIT Awards.
In 2022, the singer known as the Gallagher brothers “gigantic bullies” however mentioned he was nonetheless “an enormous fan” of Oasis. Responding to the remarks, Liam defined: “I’ve by no means bullied anybody in my life I’m an enormous piss taker for certain and doubtless gone a bit of too far generally, but when I’ve ever damage anybody’s emotions I apologise.”
Williams additionally took a jibe at Liam upon the information of his 2022 return to Knebworth Park, which staged a few of Oasis and Williams’ largest ever reveals. Late final yr, he shared how he thought Liam and Noel would react to their depiction in his new biopic Higher Man.
In the meantime, Noel Gallagher has mentioned Oasis are “sounding large” forward of tonight’s first comeback present at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
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In different information, Williams has previewed the forthcoming ‘Britpop’ with the one ‘Rocket’ that includes Black Sabbath‘s Tony Iommi.
