Blur star is keen to put the rivalry with Oasis to rest (Picture: Brian Rasic/Getty Images)
Oasis is back, bucket hats are on, and chart rivals Blur are weighing in on the reunion — it truly is a 90s renaissance.
The return of Noel and Liam Gallagher has sent the British public into meltdown with tickets becoming more valuable than gold dust after a chaotic general sale.
Prices and reselling became so insane that even the government got involved and slammed controversial dynamic pricing.
While some stars like Louis Tomlinson missed out on Oasis reunion tickets, one former chart-topper seems fairly confident he will land an invite.
Blur drummer Dave Rowntree teased that all Britpop rivalry could be put to bed as he said he would ‘definitely go and see’ the famously feuding brothers reunite.
He even added he would be ‘first in the queue’ as he had never seen Oasis perform live, despite their epic clashes.
Oasis is set to reunite next year for a huge stadium tour (Picture: Dave Hogan/Getty Images)
Dave Rowntree is hoping to score a ticket to the gig (Picture: Samir Hussein/WireImage)
‘Blur and Oasis combined changed what the pop music genre meant, and that doesn’t happen very often,’ the 60-year-old musician told BBC Sussex.
The two bands made up half of the Britpop revolution in the late 90s, with Suede and Pulp rounding out the genre.
Oasis was usually too busy hitting out at each other than directly at Blur but a huge rivalry was stirred up due to the chart competition.
When the Gallagher brothers rose to fame, Blur — consisting of Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave — was already established in the pop scene.
At the 1995 Brit Awards, Damon even gave Oasis a shoutout on stage after winning four awards, stating: ‘I think this should’ve been shared with Oasis.’
Graham agreed and said ‘much love and respect to them’ but at a celebration for Some Might Say’s chart success, things took a sour turn.
‘Number f***ing one,’ Liam reportedly said to Damon in his usual bolshy manner, prompting a little spark of competition in the Parklife singer.
Tension grew when Roll With It was scheduled for release the same day as Country House, putting them into a direct battle for number one.
Ultimately, Blur would take the top spot with it commonly agreed that they won the battle but lost the war as Oasis were cemented as icons.
Oasis dubbed Blur ‘Art school w**kers’ with many framing the clash as a north-south divide, which Dave acknowledged to the BBC.
Liam Gallagher threw some shade at Blur’s chart success (Picture: PA)
Blur vs Oasis was also a north-south divide (Picture: JMEnternational/Redferns)
Dave, who ran as Labour MP in Mid Sussex at the general election, added that people often placed ‘their particular prejudice’ on the rivalry.
‘So people wanting to see England as a North-South divided country could lay that on there, people that wanted to view it in terms of class could do that,’ he shared.
Despite the hotly contested charts, both bands have gone down in British history as huge influences on modern music.
30 years on, it seems Dave is ready to bury the hatchet — after all, if the feuding brothers can do it why can’t Oasis and Blur?
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