Sun, 14 January 2007 12:00:00 ET
Oasis' Noel joked they'd be like Sting, feeling old, as they will receive the Outstanding Contribution to Music at BRITs.
Noel Gallagher has joked Oasis will be just like "Sting" after they win the
Outstanding Contribution To Music award at tonight's BRITs (14.02.07).
The guitarist is unsure of whether he should be proud to receive the honour
because it means his band is officially getting old.
He told Britain's NME magazine: "We're finally up there with Sting,
Eurythmics and Sir Bob Geldof, so I'm not sure that congratulations are in
order. We're taking it now because otherwise they're going to ask us every
year. It seemed the right time. We'd put out our 'best of' album, 'Stop The
Clocks', and we're all under 40. So we just decided, 'F**k it, let's just do
it now.' "
Despite Oasis' wild reputation, Noel has warned anyone expecting him and
brother Liam to bring some drunken anarchy to the ceremony this year will be
left disappointed.
The rocker, who is famed for his hellraising behaviour, insists they want to
close the show with a blistering performance and then get drunk.
He said: "I hope people aren't waiting for us to smash the place up or
something. We're just going to play five songs, have a party and get f***ed.
We haven't got anything special planned - we're not that sort of band. The
organisers did say, 'Can you do a medley of your greatest hits?' But I find
that slightly pretentious."
Oasis have livened up many BRITs ceremonies with their outrageous antics.
In 1996, a drunken Liam famously insulted the late INXS frontman Michael
Hutchence on stage as he collected an award with the band, saying: "Has
beens shouldn't be giving awards to gonna bes!"
The group have won several BRITs during their career, including Best British
Breakthrough Act in 1995 and Best British Album in 1996 for '(What's The
Story) Morning Glory?'.
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