Noel Gallagher wants his gigs to “feel like a sexless orgy”

He also wants the audience "begging for him to speak"

Noel Gallagher has spoken about the tension that he creates at his gigs, revealing that he wants his shows to “feel like a sexless orgy”.

The Oasis turned solo star was speaking to Q while on the road in America, before his UK tour kicks off later this month.

Speaking of the energy from himself and the High Flying Birds, Gallagher said of his current tour: “It feels like a sexless orgy, which is exactly what I designed it to feel like.

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“Musicians are only a few letters different to magicians. Sometimes they think that vibe continues backstage after the show. It doesn’t and is clearly specified in their contracts. ‘This is a job guys, it’s not the damn 60s.'”

Noel Gallagher live
Noel Gallagher live

As for his famous lack of stage banter, Gallagher continued: “I aim to get those cats begging for me to speak, that is the perfect state to have them in.

“Then all I need to do is drop a mumbled ‘good evening’ into the mic and the deranged bastards whoop and holler like I’m Martin Luther King talking about his dream. It has taken many years, countless diagrams, strange rituals and the suspicious death of a business partner to calibrate the balance of music and talk.

Gallagher added: “I feel I have it right at the moment but the world changes fast, I feel like a kitten in a tumble dryer some days.”

Noel Gallagher tour dates and tickets

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Meanwhile, Gallagher’s upcoming UK and Ireland tour dates are below. For tickets and information, visit here.

APRIL
Sunday 22 – BRIGHTON Centre
Tuesday 24 – GLASGOW SSE Hydro
Wednesday 25 – ABERDEEN AECC BHGE Arena
Friday 27 – LONDON SSE Arena, Wembley
Monday 30 – NOTTINGHAM Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
MAY
Tuesday 1 – BIRMINGHAM Arena Birmingham
Thursday 3 – NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Metro Radio Arena
Friday 4 – MANCHESTER Arena
Saturday 5 – ABERDEEN Cafe Drummonds
Sunday 6 – CARDIFF Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
Monday 7 – LEEDS first direct Arena
Wednesday 9 – BELFAST SSE Arena Belfast
Thursday 10 – DUBLIN 3Arena
Sunday 27 – WARRINGTON Victoria Park
JUNE
Friday 15 – WOODSTOCK Blenheim Palace
JULY
Friday 6 – SCARBOROUGH Scarborough Open Air Theatre
Saturday 7 – LONDON Old Royal Naval College
Thursday 19 – EDINBURGH Edinburgh Castle Esplanade
Saturday 1 – BRISTOL Clifton Downs

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