'Left-wing lesbian atheists': Oasis singer mocks liberal comedian who said he stole her audience



Oasis singer Noel Gallagher mocked a progressive comedian who claimed Oasis was the reason no one was showing up to her shows.

Kate Smurthwaite describes herself as a "comedian, writer, activist." Audiences may remember her from a plethora of culture-war clips dating back almost a decade, where she defended feminism, political correctness, and more, often resulting in her ridicule.

Smurthwaite was attempting the stand-up comedy portion of her career at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last week, and unfortunately her show coincided with an Oasis concert during the band's comeback tour stop in Scotland.

'What kind of a culture have we become?'

Smurthwaite posted a video from a venue last Wednesday that showed an empty room 25 minutes after her show was supposed to have started.

"This is the Oasis effect," she claimed. "Big groups of people in Oasis shirts are not interested in my show or anybody else's."

While Smurthwaite called it "heartbreaking" to have to cancel her shows, the Oasis singer — who is not known to bite his tongue — addressed her claims to a massive crowd in Edinburgh just two days later.

"Are there any left-wing lesbian atheists?" Gallagher asked the crowd, appearing in black and white on a massive screen.

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Gallagher then looked to see how many of Smurthwaite's fans had made it to the Oasis show as opposed to going to hers.

"Can we get a show of hands, please? ... Not a f**king one."

"What kind of a culture have we become?" Gallagher sarcastically asked. "Disgraceful."

The artist immediately dedicated his next song to "lesbian atheists."

Gallagher did not seem to be far off, as Smurthwaite has been described in a favorable tone as a "left-wing, feminist, atheist, polyamorous comedian and activist."

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In a follow-up video that showed off her armpit hair, Smurthwaite complained that the Oasis concert should not have been scheduled at the same time as the art festival, and that news outlets have "twisted the story" surrounding her claims.

She expanded on her original gripe that Oasis should be more considerate of fellow performers, adding that the story had been "spun to [sound] like, 'horrendous feminist comedian can't get an audience for her show because she's woke and she's not funny and nobody's interested and she's not as good as Oasis and she's bitter about it and she's furious.'"

Smurthwaite said the news coverage was overshadowing more important issues facing the United Kingdom, such as "climate change" and "horrendous racist immigration policies."

According to commenters on YouTube, the Oasis song Gallagher dedicated to the "lesbian atheists" was the 2000 single "Where Did It All Go Wrong?"

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It’s time to join the fight and expose Ticketmaster



Concerts are supposed to be fun. Unfortunately, the typical excitement and anticipation of attending a show or sporting event has been overshadowed by panic and stress. Nearly 50% of concertgoers recently admitted they’ve considered taking a second job just to afford tickets.

In addition to shelling out a small fortune for concert tickets, fans now have to worry if their tickets will vanish into thin air, thanks to one company’s epic data breach earlier this year. With the data from about 560 million people up for grabs, your ticket might just be the hottest item on a hacker’s wish list.

We find ourselves in this situation because Live Nation-Ticketmaster manages the artists, runs the venues, and sells the tickets — virtually every piece of the ecosystem.

Why is this all happening? The ticketing industry’s self-made monopolist, Ticketmaster, changed the game, and it’s time we as fans do something about it.

The merger of Ticketmaster with its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, back in 2010 has brought turmoil and frustration for artists, concert venues, and consumers alike. But while many affected by Ticketmaster’s monopoly in the live event and ticket ecosystem have spoken out, not much has happened.

Thankfully, the lawsuit from the Department of Justice and a bipartisan group of more than 40 state and district attorneys general compiles over a decade’s worth of evidence that true competition in live events and the ticketing industry is absent — leading to increased costs and fewer event opportunities for fans.

Ticketmaster's latest blunder with Oasis’ highly anticipated 2025 comeback tour underscores the company’s ongoing failure to put fans first. At the outset, overwhelming traffic caused Ticketmaster’s system to crash, leaving thousands of U.K. fans stuck in queues without ever getting a chance to purchase tickets, while others paid considerably more than they anticipated.

Sound familiar, Swifties?

We find ourselves in this situation because Live Nation-Ticketmaster manages the artists, runs the venues, and sells the tickets — virtually every piece of this ecosystem. Its overwhelming control over ticketing, touring, and promotions has led to restricted consumer choices and inflated ticket prices, all while Live Nation-Ticketmaster becomes ever more profitable.

The lack of real competition between Ticketmaster and other ticket sellers is evident. Live Nation owns or manages 60% of the highest-grossing venues in the United States, granting Ticketmaster exclusive rights for initial ticket sales at those venues. Additionally, Live Nation directly manages more than 350 musical artists and their tours. Guess which venues they use?

Then there are the concerns around its business tactics that box out other market participants. Its network of exclusive contracts eliminates choice, forcing venues and artists into the hands of a single corporate player.

And of course, as we just saw with Oasis and many other high-demand sales, the lack of competition results in poor execution and poor customer service.

In some instances, Live Nation even exclusively sells its own canned water — Liquid Death — at its venues. The list goes on.

The federal government must take decisive action to dismantle this monopoly and introduce real competition in the live event industry. With former President Donald Trump decidedly winning the election, we can only hope his new team at the Justice Department will continue to keep antitrust enforcement at the forefront.

Transparency in primary ticketing is nonexistent, while venues, artists, and promoters remain under the control of a single entity. Restrictive terms and conditions limit what people can do with a ticket.

Now is the time for fans to say, enough is enough — especially if you are one of the 145 million Americans who plan to attend a live event in the next year and don’t want to see the tickets you spent a small fortune on disappear.

Prince Harry blasted as 'f***ing woke snowflake' by rock icon Noel Gallagher for ripping Royal Family



Rock icon Noel Gallagher, formerly of hit-making band Oasis, blasted Prince Harry as a "f***ing woke snowflake" for ripping the Royal Family.

What are the details?

In an interview with the Sun, Gallagher — who led Oasis to worldwide superstardom in the '90s while feuding with his younger brother, Liam, the group's vocalist — said he sympathizes with Prince William for having a younger brother "shooting his f***ing mouth off with s**t that is just so unnecessary. I'd like to think I was always the William."

He added, "Prince William. I feel that f***ing lad's pain," the Sun noted.

Gallagher, 54, has endured many verbal shots from his younger brother, who's 46, after Oasis called it quits a decade ago, the paper said.

Which more than likely fueled Gallagher calling out "f***ing a**hole" Prince Harry for publicly "dissing your family" — and the guitarist-songwriter told him to "shut up," the paper said.

He even took a shot at the equally controversial Meghan Markle, Harry's outspoken wife, the Sun reported: "This is what happens when you get involved with Americans. As simple as that."

It's worth noting that Prince Harry also commanded top podcaster — and MMA fighter — Joe Rogan to "just stay out of it" after Rogan suggested that young people should not get the COVID-19 vaccine and soon after criticized the First Amendment as "bonkers," which drew lots of backlash.

Kudos from Piers Morgan

Outspoken British TV personality Piers Morgan — who parted ways with "Good Morning Britain" earlier this year over his criticism of Markle — loved Gallagher's take:

I've always thought @NoelGallagher had his finger on the pulse of the nation's thoughts.. 😂 https://t.co/pi0shiS9RL

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) 1623307193.0

Morgan also tweeted that Gallagher's interview with the Sun was "brilliant" and added "thank God there are still stars like @NoelGallagher who speak their mind, don't care who gets 'offended' & never whine about how awful their pampered privileged lives are. More please."

Not Gallagher's first shot across the bow

This wasn't the first time Gallagher addressed headline-grabbing subjects. Last September, he said he refused to wear masks in public and that "there's too many f***ing liberties being taken away from us now." And in 2017, he blasted the U.K. government for failing to stop terrorism.

"Our government are seemingly powerless to f***ing stop this s**t," Gallagher told the New Musical Express after a deadly bombing. "I have children, and they're growing up in London, and they take the tube, I take the tube – we all take public transport because I can't drive. And there's bombers roaming free around the whole f***ing city, and the government and the one before them and the one after that will be powerless to stop it because of some hippy ideal about people's religious beliefs."

Here's Gallagher singing one of Oasis' many hits, "Wonderwall":

Oasis - Wonderwall (live) - Later With Jools Holland - 02/12/1995youtu.be