Gallagher: Hucknall's opinion irrelevant

Noel Gallagher has hit back at Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall, calling his opinion "irrelevant".

Hucknall previously accused Oasis of contributing to negative stereotypes of Mancunian people, referring to a Harry Enfield sketch in which Kathy Burke visits the city and returns with a Liam Gallagher-esque swagger.

Gallagher responded in an open letter to The Sun: "The last time I heard of you, Fanta-pants, you were getting slung out of Knebworth for being s**t and fat.

"What you have to say about Manchester and its righteous natives is irrelevant as you are from Warrington."

Gallagher was in Las Vegas last night to watch Mancunian boxer Ricky Hatton beat Paulie Malignaggi.