Noel Gallagher: 'Oasis failed in US because of Liam'

Noel Gallagher has blamed his brother Liam for their former band Oasis's lack of success in the US.

The singer-songwriter recalled how his brother once left the group before their US tour in 1996 to buy a house with his then-girlfriend Patsy Kensit.

"As I'm getting on the plane he's getting off because his wife called, saying, 'We need to buy a house'," he told The New York Times.

"What they were doing for the previous three months is anybody's guess. Probably picking gnats out of each other's hair like monkeys."

He added: "The first gig was a 16,000-seat arena, and the singer's not turned up. That killed us stone dead in America. This is rock'n'roll. Would Johnny Rotten have gotten a house on the eve of an American tour? Keith Richards? John Lennon?

"You either want it or you don't, and I blame him for us never becoming as big in America as we were in England."

Noel Gallagher unveiled short film 'Ride the Tiger' earlier today.

He recently dismissed rumours linking him with composing the theme to the upcoming James Bond film Skyfall.

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Watch Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds perform 'If I Had a Gun' on The David Letterman Show earlier this month below: