Gallagher: 'Blur gigs exciting for fans'

Noel Gallagher has said that Blur's comeback shows this summer will be "exciting" for fans of the band.

The Oasis guitarist, who had a war of words with Blur in the mid-1990s, told BBC 6 Music that the London group's headline slot at Glastonbury will be an especially good prospect for newer fans.

Gallagher, who famously criticised the decision to book Jay-Z for last year's festival, said: "Blur are playing. That will be exciting for Blur fans.

"Particularly if you're a Blur fan that's come along since the however many years it is they've not been doing nothing, and you've almost waited a lifetime to see them, it will be quite exciting, I would have thought."

Regarding Bruce Springsteen and the rest of the Glastonbury lineup, he said: "I like Bruce. I don't know, do I like Bruce? I don't own any of his records.

"I like Crosby, Stills and Nash. I love Neil Young, he's playing isn't he somewhere? And I love The Specials, I've just been to see The Specials."

He added: "If I'd have had anything to do with that bill, Franz Ferdinand wouldn't have been on it. The Script are playing, though. They're brilliant, and The Wombats."