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Noel Gallagher says rock stars will become extinct

Noel Gallagher has claimed that rock stars will become extinct because of the lack of money in the music industry.

The former Oasis guitarist, who recently admitted he’d still be a roadie if his career hadn’t worked out, told the Sunday Express that he’s shocked at just how quickly the music business has changed over the last ten years:

“Rock stardom will die because nobody will make enough money any more to be rock stars. Everybody will be jobbing musicians. It’s unbelievable. The music industry has changed beyond all recognition. The music business we signed in to does not exist any more.

“What is fascinating about that is that there was a way of making money and selling records that got happened upon in the Sixties and it worked for 30-odd years then all of a sudden, in under a decade, it’s gone, never to return.

“It used to be about the A&R man going to see gigs, demos and people going into record labels saying ‘give us a chance’ and it’s not like that any more.”

The 45-year-old also revealed that he now feels detached from his audience because of the fortune he’s amassed during his career:

“You can’t be a hypocrite and write songs about the plight of the working man when you are sipping champagne at eight in the morning in the South of France with a supermodel.”

 

 

 

Watch a behind the scenes clip of Noel's latest video below: