Brown: 'Gallaghers should go solo'

Ian Brown has said that the Gallagher brothers should record solo material.

Speaking about the recent Oasis split, the former Stone Roses frontman told PA that he had enjoyed working by himself.

"I would say go solo," he said. "I can heartily recommend it. It's a fine way to be."

He added that it is a "shame" that the brothers had to sort out their problems in the public eye.

"From being ten and six scrapping on the carpet in the front room, now they're doing it in public and worldwide," he said. "I think that's a bit of a shame for them."

However, Brown explained that he had always loved Oasis.

"When they came out, they did express that they loved us [The Stone Roses] and they saw that we did it and thought, 'We could do it too'," he said. "We're lads like they are, and that inspired them.

"That means a lot to me."