Noel Gallagher describes on-stage attack

Noel Gallagher has delivered a witness statement to a court describing his injuries from a gig in 2008.

The former Oasis guitarist and songwriter was attacked by crowd member Daniel Sullivan at the V Festival in Canada, suffering three cracked ribs.

The Sun quotes Gallagher as claiming: "I would describe the impact and shock as feeling as if I had been hit by a bus.

"I ended up in a heap. I have been told that I will never really recover from the damage, and still feel painful twinges."

The rocker added: "The emotional impact it had was essentially coping with the pressure to perform so as not to let the band down. For a considerable period I was operating at 50% of my capabilities."

Oasis had to cancel a set of gigs following Gallagher's injuries.