Noel Gallagher admits he sold out letting John Lewis use Oasis song in Christmas advert
'The cheque makes it highly worthwhile'
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Your support makes all the difference.Noel Gallagher has confirmed what we all pretty much suspected, that the inclusion of an Oasis cover in John Lewis’ latest Christmas advert had more to do with money than his appreciation of the department store/advert.
Aurora’s cover of the track ‘Half The World Away’ incensed some Oasis fans, was described by their former manager as “rubbish” and led to Noel’s brother Liam allegedly describing him as a “sell out”.
“It will forever be synonymous with Christmas from now on and, as is well known, it's not my favourite time of year," Noel told Jo Whiley on her BBC Radio 2 show.
"Having said that, at least it comes with a cheque, which, believe me, is highly worthwhile."
He added: "Don't go buying me John Lewis vouchers for Christmas, trying to be a smart arse, inside a card that says 'Noel'".
Noel had recently been bemoaning the lack of rock ’n roll attitude in music right now, a grievance he clearly put to one side for the corporate sync of the song.
“I think it’s rubbish, I think it’s rubbish," former Oasis manager Alan McGee told Gigwise of Aurora’s version.
"I don’t know what anybody else thinks of it though. I’m pleased for Noel that he got his royalties, I hope they gave him a million quid but I thought actually it was rubbish."
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