Noel Gallagher Slams Muse Star For Smoking Electronic Cigarette

Noel Gallagher has launched a tirade against The BRIT Awards for being too anodyne and “careerist.”

Illustrating his point, the former Oasis lynchpin hit out at Muse drummer Dominic Howard for eschewing the rock n’ roll spirit by smoking an electronic cigarette backstage.

Gallagher said: "There are no characters left in the music business. When we first started going there was a healthy percentage of people, and we were all dirt-kickers from council estates, and we all couldn’t believe our luck that we were at the BRITs.

“You go in now and everybody is a careerist. It’s very corporate, and you know what I’ve actually seen people doing at the Brits? Eating.”

He continued to Time Out Dubai: “I saw the drummer from Muse (Dominic Howard) smoking an electronic cigarette. A cigarette with a battery in. I had to say to him: ‘Really? Really? Is that where you are at? Do me a favour mate, either have a proper one outside, or don’t have one.’

“It lit up green when he had a drag of it. Nonsense. He said that immortal line – ‘oh you know how it is mate’. And I said ‘I’m sorry mate, I actually don’t.’”

Dubbing The BRITs as an “instantly forgettable night”, Noel’s rant continued: “There was nothing going on at the Brits, there was nothing going on at the after-show parties. There seemed to be a lot of young people in hats, with iPhones.

“They’re either all involved in some massive video game that they’re all hooked up to, or they’re just texting each other saying ‘where are you, what are you doing?’ And they’ve all got hats. Where did the hat come from?

“We’re going back to some Dickensian nightmare. I don’t understand it. People with hats and Blackberrys under the age of 30 should be shot. Or stoned to death."

Oasis won six Brit Awards throughout their career including, most recently, the BRITs Album of 30 Years in 2010 for ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?’