In a vicious stage rant, Liam Gallagher has made clear he isn’t a fan of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival – branding it an oddball celebration of “thick s**t”.
Liam Gallagher has branded the Edinburgh Fringe Festival a celebration of “thick s***”.
Fringe performers are moaning Oasis’ decision to hold their reunion shows in Edinburgh at the same time as the festival is causing chaos.
But the Oasis frontman, 52, hit back in front of 70,000 fans at his band’s opening night at Murrayfield Stadium.
He said the annual arts event was for performers “juggling f***ing b******s”, “swallowing swords” and doing “s***ty card tricks”.
Liam said: “What’s happening in Edinburgh then? What’s all that thick s***?
“People juggling f***ing b******s and that?
“Swallowing swords… one-legged bicycles – what’s all that s**t about? S***ty card tricks?”
Among the performers complaining is comic Kate Smurthwaite, who said she had cancelled two performances due to the numbers of festival goers dropping due to the band’s sold out gigs.
She wrote on social media: “Oasis should be more considerate,” and claimed some performers had lost accommodation as landlords could make more money by letting rooms to Oasis fans.
Other Fringe performers have branded the impact of the Oasis tour on Edinburgh as “diabolical”.
They say floods of drunk fans of the band have caused havoc at venues, with transport also grinding to a halt on gig days.
Hotel rooms have also been listed for a massive £4,000 a night while Oasis is in town.
It has driven some performers at the festival to give up trying to get affordable accommodation – leaving them sleeping in their cars.
Liam’s rant about the festival came seconds after he also blasted bosses at Edinburgh Council for branding the band’s fans drunk, fat and old.
The councillors’ opinions were revealed in a secret file obtained under Freedom of Information.
Moments after walking on stage at Murrayfield on Friday night, Liam said: “One second, where do I start here with everyone at the city council, the f***ing slags.
“One 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.”
“Still waiting for a f***ing apology.”
He topped it off with another rant at the Saturday night Oasis gig, adding: “Two billion pounds we’ll have brought into this city over the next few days – two f***ing billion – and you’ll see none of it.
“And they’ve got the f***ing cheek to slag us lot off.”
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