Noel Gallagher says it was 'easy to quit Oasis' because he was 'bored' by the music

Noel Gallagher said Oasis began to write 'stadium rock'
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Jacob Jarvis27 June 2019
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Noel Gallagher said it was "not much of a struggle" to quit the band because he got bored by their music.

He said the Manchester band began to produce "stadium rock" because they thought that was what the fans wanted.

But their output left Gallagher "restless and bored", which prompted him to exit the group.

Speaking on boxing promoter Eddie Hearn's No Passion, No Point show on BBC Radio 5 Live, he said: "One of the reasons it wasn't much of a struggle leaving Oasis was that we'd allowed ourselves to be dictated to by our audience.

"They wanted stadium rock and we thought that was it.

"Towards the end of Oasis I was getting restless and bored with the music."

Liam Gallagher and Noel were known to have a fiery relationship
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He said he now trusts his "instincts" to decide the direction of his music.

He said: "And now I trust my instincts. And if it sounds good to me...

"I picked all the singles in Oasis and I got by on my taste running that band.

"And more or less I've got it right so when I'm in the studio and I've come up with (new single) Black Star Dancing, I think: 'Well if I like it, a healthy percentage of people will like it too'."

The 52-year-old, who releases under the Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds moniker, also told Hearn that Oasis was "all about the struggle".

He added that going solo had made his life "serene".

Gallagher quit Oasis in 2009.

This came following a backstage fight with his brother, lead singer Liam Gallagher, at Rock En Seine festival in Paris.

The singer-songwriter also explained his dislike of social media.

He said: "I'm quite a private person.

"I'm not interested in people seeing what socks I'm wearing or taking a photo of a croissant and going: 'Breakfast anybody?'

"I don't want anyone to know anything about me at all.

"I'm not interested in people seeing the real me."

The full interview with Eddie Hearn for No Passion, No Point is on BBC Sounds.

Additional reporting by Press Association.

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