Liam Gallagher: Why I don’t like solo artists

Liam Gallagher has claimed that no one wants to be in a band anymore as they don’t want to share the spotlight.

The former Oasis frontman argued in a recent interview that solo artists shun the band life as they are all about “me, me, me”.

Last week he released a highly anticipated single Just Another Rainbow with John Squires, the fellow Manchester musician and Stone Roses guitarist.

The pair, who are working on a new album together, previously co-wrote the song Love Me And Leave Me, released in 1997.

“No one wants to be in a band and share success these days. It’s all ‘me me me’ solo stars,” the 51-year-old told The Guardian.

The duo agreed that they worked well together, with Squire saying: “I think we were both surprised at how complementary my guitar tone is with his voice and how the songs I’ve written worked for him.”

Gallagher added: “He definitely knows how to write a f—ing song.”

In 2022, Gallagher spoke out about how “boring” life as a solo artist was and that he would “much rather be in a band”.

Despite his success as a solo artist, which includes five solo number-one albums, he said at the time: “It ain’t what it’s meant to be.

“I’d much rather be in a band, all bashing it out together. But as long as it sounds good, that’s all that matters.”

Oasis split in 2009, which led to a public clash between Liam and his brother Noel at the Rock En Seine festival in Paris.

Liam opened up about the split saying his life “caved in” when his brother decided to quit the band.

At the time his departure was blamed on the fact that Noel “simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer”.

But when asked if he would do anything differently, Mr Gallagher said: “Yes, I’d fill ’em both in … They threw me under the f—ing bus. All my life caved in.”

The Stone Roses split up for the second time in 2019, after reuniting in 2011.

Squire joined Gallagher on stage at Knebworth in 2022, almost 26 years on from the two concerts Oasis had performed at the same venue in 1996.

Gallagher has had five chart-topping albums in the UK with As You Were (2017), Why Me? Why Not (2019), MTV Unplugged (2020), C’mon You Know (2022) and Knebworth 22 (2023).

At Reading And Leeds festivals this year he will perform the track list from Oasis’s debut album Definitely Maybe, 30 years on from its release.

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