Noel Gallagher celebrated the completion of Oasis’ latest studio album last night in true rock n’ roll style:  he was up til the wee hours of the morning on a bender after a fan club gig at London’s swanky Groucho Club.  The next morning he had an interview scheduled on Chris Moyles breakfast show at Radio 1.  Noel got barely a wink of sleep before he had to report for duty, still drunk.

He and his bandmates had just finished their latest album, “Dig Out Your Soul”, which was definitely cause for celebration.  Moyles played the album’s first single “The Shock of the Lightning” for the first time on air.  The album itself will be released October 6, after which Oasis will hit the tour circuit for what is being touted as one of their biggest, most ambitious world tours yet.

You can listen to the interview on BBC’s website, but in the meantime here’s a few snippets of the transcript:

In the meantime, here’s a transcript of some of the best bits of their hilarious conversation.

(About what Noel did last night)

Moyles: What time did you get to bed?

Noel: Quarter to six, (slurring) what time is it?

Moyles: Seven minutes past eight! So you only got two hours?

Noel: Yeah just a bit

Moyles: So were you out last night?

Noel: We did a little gig for about 150 fans from our fan club, the last 150 fans left who could be bothered to turn up…A friend of mine, the 2nd biggest ticket tout in England, officially, was having a fight with some Spanish guy, the 3rd biggest Spanish ticket tout, they were rolling around the street at 6 o clock in the morning, not the best…that’s just an average night, I was saying to my missus, I’m too old for this. Scully good morning, he’ll still be up trying to justify his obnoxious behaviour. He’s just got back from ticket touting in China, he made seven grand.

Moyles: What concert was it?

Noel: It was the opening ceremony. Let’s just say we don’t condone ticket touting, first come first served, second come pay over the odds, the early bird catches the ticket. 

(About the new single)

Noel: Took me ten minutes to write that…eight minutes.

(About the new Oasis drummer)

N: It’s Zack on the drums, but now we got a new drummer (Chris Sharrock), I’ve known Chris for years, when Alan White got the boot by Liam, we actually offered it to Chris, I’ve known Chris for years, he’s brilliant, no we don’t audition, it’s like you know the songs, can you do it? Can you put up with Liam’s nonsense 7 hours in a row? Yep.

C: Zack is now Robbie Williams’ drummer, a straight swap

N: Robbie’s still officially on strike isn’t he? From being brilliant

(laughs)

C: Can’t believe you nicked Robbie’s drummer!

N: He’s just a session drummer, he’s not Robbie’s drummer

(About being drunk)

C: You’re in a good mood today

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