Noel Gallagher has spoken out about his experience at the BRIT Awards 2013, saying that "people with hats and Blackberrys under the age of 30 should be shot".

The Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds star was at the ceremony alongside Blur frontman and former rival Damon Albarn to present the charity War Child with an award. However, the former Oasis guitarist was unimpressed with the night, slamming it as "very corporate" during an interview with Time Out Dubai.

He said: "There are no characters left in the music business. When we first started going there was a healthy percentage of people, and we were all dirt-kickers from council estates, and we all couldn’t believe our luck that we were at the Brits. You go in now and everybody is a careerist. It’s very corporate, and you know what I’ve actually seen people doing at the Brits? Eating."

He added: "There seemed to be a lot of young people in hats, with iPhones. They’re either all involved in some massive video game that they’re all hooked up to, or they’re just texting each other saying, ‘Where are you, what are you doing?’

"And they’ve all got hats. Where did the hat come from? We’re going back to some Dickensian nightmare. I don’t understand it. People with hats and Blackberrys under the age of 30 should be shot. Or stoned to death."

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