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The internet criticized the Manchester native for not being part of the concert. Little did they know, Noel did something great.
In the past week, the 1995 Oasis classic, Don’t Look Back in Anger, written by Noel Gallagher and sung by Liam Gallagher, both Manchester natives, became somewhat of an anthem for the resilience shown following the Manchester terrorist attack.
Earlier this week, a benefit concert was held. Coldplay’s Chris Martin performed the song alongside Ariana Grande. Later, Liam Gallagher joined Martin and performed another Oasis hit, Live Forever.
Everyone was pleased to see a really hard to get Liam Gallagher perform for the tribute concert. With this, the singer took the chance to criticize his brother for not performing at the charity gig, calling him a ‘sad f-ck’.
Manchester id like to apologise for my brothers absence last night very disappointed stay beautiful stay safe LG x
— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) June 5, 2017
However, Radio X host Gordon Smart revealed just last night about how Noel “secretly” donated his royalties for the song Don’t Look Back in Anger to help the families of those killed and affected by the Manchester terror attack.
“I’ve seen some unpleasant headlines about Noel and why he never played the gig in Manchester at the weekend,” Smart said on his radio show. “It’s only right to point out, and I don’t think this is public knowledge because I’m sure he would never mentioned it, but I found out today that as soon as ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ started to appear spontaneously at the vigils, he made sure all the royalties went to the families. That was before any gig was mentioned”.
He added: “It seems wrong to me that Noel’s getting a hard time for a reunion he was never part of. It’s a shame any attention at all has been taken away from a really special occasion at Old Trafford [the location of the One Love Manchester benefit concert]. But there you go, true fact. He gave his blessing for the songs without any drama at all.”
Following Liam’s nasty comments, Chris Martin has defended Noel and thanked him for “lending” him his songs for the gig.
Martin wrote: “thank you @noelgallagher for giving your blessing and encouragement to play don’t look back in anger and live forever on sunday… everyone knew in advance you couldn’t be there physically, so thank you for being there in spirit… and for lending us those incredible songs. love cm.”
1/ thank you @noelgallagher for giving your blessing and encouragement to play don't look back in anger and live forever on sunday
— Coldplay (@coldplay) June 6, 2017
2/ everyone knew in advance you couldn't be there physically, so thank you for being there in spirit
— Coldplay (@coldplay) June 6, 2017
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