1 week Ago By Ken Sweeney
WOLFE Tones singer Brian Warfield has said he fully understands the pressures brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher are under to stop rows undermining the Oasis reunion. Brian, 78, formed the famous band with his sibling Derek, 81, in 1963, and the two brothers released records and toured the world together for 38 years before rows saw Derek leave the band in 2001 to form the rival Young Wolfe Tones. Brian told The Irish Sun on Sunday: “I’d be the last one to offer advice to Noel and Liam , given what happened with us.
But I know it’s difficult for brothers to stay in the one band. In fact, it’s near on impossible. “With two brothers, there can be a lot of baggage hanging over from childhood.
In the case of the Wolfe Tones , Derek is three years older than me. “He always wanted to be the boss. I’m sure it’s the same thing going on with Oasis .
” Speaking to this journalist back in 2008 about their split, Brian said: “There is more chance of a united Ireland than a united Wolfe Tones. It was just a case of, after 36 years together, I wasn’t getting on with Derek and he wasn’t getting on with me “It was just a case of, after 36 years together, I wasn’t getting on with Derek and he wasn’t getting on with me. “So the three of us who did get on decided to keep playing together and Derek went off to do his own thing.
” Derek told The Irish World: “I got on with my life when the band broke up. I thank God that I’ve had my health to create a second Wolfe Tones.” While the two brothers had little contact in the intervening years, Brian and Derek were reunited at the funeral of their brother Bernard last July.
Brian revealed: “When I saw Derek, I gave him a big hug and he reacted by saying, ‘That’s nice’. “He tours much more than us so I mentioned how I was surprised he could keep doing it, being 81. But Derek said he loves seeing all the new places, he hasn’t seen before.
Fair play to him.” Despite the hugs and reunion, younger brother Brian has ruled out Derek returning to the stage with former bandmates Tommy Byrne and Noel Nagle for their final-ever shows at the 3Arena this October. Brian said: “Tommy said it won’t happen.
He just said it won’t happen. “You see Derek didn’t just fall out with me. The other lads say it won’t happen.
” By Emma Kilcawley Hemani and Jason Johnson THE competition watchdog has launched a probe into sale of tickets for the Oasis gigs after receiving more than 100 complaints. The investigation will focus on Ticketmaster Ireland and its handling of the sale of Oasis tickets on the weekend of August 2024. The move comes amid outrage over the dynamic pricing model which saw costs rocket for some fans as they queued up online.
It meant that prices on Ticketmaster, which originally traded tickets the reunion tour, soared in line with demand. Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Chair Brian McHugh said his team “has reviewed more than 100 contacts from consumers who are very disappointed and frustrated about their experience of buying tickets for Oasis concerts. “While companies in Ireland are allowed to respond to market demand, there are legitimate concerns over how consumers were treated and we have decided that an in-depth investigation is necessary.
If we find that consumer protection laws were broken we will take action.” Customers are invited to submit written complaints and any supporting materials from consumers about their experience with buying or attempting to buy Oasis tickets during the weekend of August 31 2024. This can be sent to the investigation team at CEDinvestigation@ccpc.
ie It comes after Liam and Noel Gallagher hit out at dynamic pricing themselves. So Brian looks on with interest at brothers Liam and Noel who have reunited Oasis. He said: “I’m not going to tell Liam and Noel what to do.
But I know doing four gigs in a row is tough. “The max the Wolfe Tones can do is three big concerts, and we are stretching it there. You feel it after two gigs.
“If you did four in a row, you would be wrecked. It’s difficult for people to understand the pressure Oasis are under going out to perform to 85,000 people, you give everything you have.” Brothers Noel and Liam were big fans of The Wolfe Tones growing up, crediting the rebel songs they sang as giving their own music an edge.
And Brian recalls the Gallagher brothers attending Wolfe Tones gigs in the UK . He said: “There were two kids who always showed up in Manchester to see us, Noel and Liam. I remember them telling us they were starting a band.
“It was only years later when I switched on the TV and saw them, I realised it was Oasis.”.
