Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher dubbed Edinburgh City Council bosses ‘f****** slags’ after their fans were branded ‘fat, drunk and rowdy’.
The Brit Pop singer launched a foul mouthed tirade against officials who claimed attendees of their Murrayfield gigs would be ‘mainly middle-aged men who take up more room’ with a ‘medium to high intoxication’.
Liam hit back at the comments during the band’s first Scottish gig since 2009, as they opened the first of three concerts in the city to 70,000 fans on Friday.
‘One second, where do I start here with everyone at the city council, the f****** slags,’ he told the crowd.
‘£1 billion pounds we’re bringing to this city over the next three days. £1billion. But you won’t see any of it because the Lord Provost will be splitting it between [his] posh ugly f***ing mates.’
He added the group were ‘still waiting do a f******* apology’ over the comments, which were made during a council safety briefing in October last year.
Papers obtained by The Sun through a Freedom of Information request revealed the council feared that acts would pull out of Edinburgh Festival Fringe due to possible clashes with ‘rowdy’ punters heading to the nearby Oasis show.
‘There is concern about crowds as they are already rowdy and the tone of the band. Middle-aged men take up more room. Consider this when working out occupancy,’ the briefings reportedly warned.
Liam Gallagher is seen onstage during a rant where he dubbed Edinburgh City Council bosses ‘f****** slags’ after Oasis fans were branded ‘fat, drunk and rowdy’
Liam hit back at the comments during the band’s gig at Murrayfield on Friday – their first Scottish gig since 2009
After the comments were revealed, Liam took to social media to warn councillors against attending the gig.
‘To the Edinburgh council I’ve heard what you said about OASIS fans and quite frankly your attitude f****** stinks I’d leave town that day if I was any of you lot,’ the singer wrote on X.
Fans also responded in disdain over the comments with one die-hard Oasis supporter claiming they represented a ‘sneering’ stereotype.
David Walker, 44, of the Oasis Collectors Group said: ‘To call fans drunk, middle-aged, and fat is a nasty, sneering stereotype — it’s a jaundiced view.
‘People want to have a great time. If reports of councillors’ drunken parties are anything to go by, they’d be better keeping their opinions to themselves.
‘The fanbase has changed a lot – there’s a new generation of young fans for a start, and parents are wanting to introduce their kids to Oasis for the first time.’
Scottish Secretary and Edinburgh MP Ian Murray earlier this week described the remarks as ‘classist and snobby’.
After the comments were revealed earlier this year, Liam took to social media to warn councillors against attending the gig
Oasis fans descend on Murrayfield stadium ahead of the first of three dates at the Edinburgh venu on Friday
As many as 210,000 fans will watch Oasis at Murrayfield over three nights
Oasis’s arrival in the Scottish capital comes at the height of Edinburgh’s festival season, with the population of the city nearly doubling over the course of the month.
TV and radio presenter Gordon Smart was among them, accompanied by his 15-year-old son Jimmy.
Also going to the sell-out concert was Sam Bidder, 36, with his wife Nicky, 37, and their girls Luna, 11, and Libby, nine.
Mr Bidder, who lives in East Lothian, said: ‘We were probably just a bit too young to go the first time round when we were teenagers.
‘So it’s great to have the chance when they’re still hopefully young enough to put on an amazing show and we’re still young enough to really appreciate it.
‘They’re the songs that we grew up listening to. And the girls are really into their music – I want them to experience a band like Oasis.’
The Mail has contacted Edinburgh City Council for comment.
