Butler 'obsessively opposes' nostalgia

Bernard Butler has branded the current trend of 1990s bands reuniting "embarrassing".

The former Suede guitarist recently received the Music Producers Guild Award for producer of the year and is currently working with acts including Duffy and Black Kids.

He told the BBC: "There's an awful lot of Britpop reunions going on at the moment, and I find it embarrassing, personally. I think it's got no relevance to what's going on at the moment."

Butler said he has no intentions of reuniting with Suede, saying that he is "obsessively opposed to nostalgia" and that the idea "doesn't interest" him at all.

"What's important is not what I did last week, it's what I'm going to do next week. I made great records - I love them. My kids play them now. But that's for them and everyone else," he said.

The Verve was one act to recently reform, with their first LP in 11 years, Forth, debuting at No. 1. Meanwhile, Britpop four-piece Blur have recently revealed details of their first reunion tour date in Northern England.