14 DAY TRIAL // This year’s Brit Awards was a rather lackluster affair, with only a few moments that were truly indicative of how the entire awards ceremony should have looked, music critics are saying. Liam Gallagher proved he was still the same moody rock ‘n’ roll god as ever, as he took to the stage to accept the award for best album in 30 years and did not leave until after he caused a scene, as the Telegraph can confirm.
Gallagher was there to accept an award on behalf of the entire Oasis band, though his brother Noel was notably absent, for the best album released in 30 years. He came on and thanked the fans who had made the win possible, at the same time reminding them that Oasis was the greatest band in the world. When it came to including other people who had made the win possible, Liam remembered his brother, threw the award and the mic in the audience, swore and left.
Peter Kay, who was hosting the ceremony, came on almost immediately and called Liam a name that we won’t reproduce here. “Gallagher made a surprise appearance at the music ceremony to accept the award for best Brits album of the past 30 years, which went to (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? He thanked his former band mates Alan White, Paul McGuigan and Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs, but pointedly omitted to thank his brother, Noel. The band split last summer. After praising Oasis fans as ‘the best fans in the [expletive] world’ and telling them to ‘live forever,’ Gallagher hurled his award and microphone into the audience before stomping offstage,” the Telegraph writes.
“Peter Kay, who was hosting the ITV ceremony, summed up the mood in the auditorium. ‘What a [expletive],’ he said, prompting the biggest laugh of the night,” the same publication goes on to say. Reports in the media say bodyguards were able almost instantly to find the microphone Liam had tossed, but the award is long gone and, should past occurrences of the type be any indication in this sense, it can probably be found now on eBay.
Even if the incident did cross certain boundaries, the BBC sees it as a sign that the British pop industry is in dire need for a change and for an injection of personality. Liam’s outburst shows that there hasn’t been a true rock ‘n’ roll god since the best years of Britpop and that, in many ways, no one will ever manage to be as “cocky, compelling and untameable” as Liam Gallagher.