Pete Doherty’s first foray into fame came when he gave a hilarious interview while queuing to buy Oasis’ Be Here Now album in 1997.
The co-frontman of The Libertines, now 45, was just 18 years old when he was approached by a news team and shared some funny anecdotes about brother Liam and Noel Gallagher.
The band’s much anticipated third album Be Here Now was released on 21 August 1997, and Doherty was lining up to get his copy when he was interviewed by MTV.
He was unknown at the time stood among the hundreds of people queuing for the album – however his charisma and quirks were apparent as soon as the interview began.
Stood eating a croissant, he was asked how long he’d been queuing, to which he cheekily replied: ‘At least 17 minutes.’
Pete Doherty’s first foray into fame came when he gave a hilarious interview while queuing to buy Oasis’ Be Here Now album in 1997
The co-frontman of The Libertines, now 45, was just 18 years old when he was approached by a news team and shared some funny anecdotes about brother Liam and Noel Gallagher
He was then asked how he would sum up Oasis and replied ‘I subscribe to the Umberto Eco view that Noel Gallagher is a poet and Liam’s a town crier.
‘I’ve always seen that as a perfect combination.’
The interviewer then immediately looked taken aback by the then teenager’s reference to the Italian philosopher and writer Eco.
The journalist then asked if he could sum up Oasis with just one word which resulted in another funny response.
‘Trousers,’ he quipped straight-faced as he took another bite of his croissant and the journalist carried on laughing.
Years later on Phil Taggart’s Slacker podcast, Doherty revealed that he wasn’t actually looking to grab Be Here Now that day but just wanted to be interviewed by MTV.
He said: ‘I wanna clear this one up. I was working in the Trocadero Centre [in London] demonstrating wind-up frogs, and I knew that there was something going on cos there was all these TV cameras and photographers, and there was a giant cardboard cut-out of Noel and Liam, so I went down there – I just wanted to get on the telly’.
‘I joined the queue, grabbed the cardboard cut-outs, was doing these stupid ‘please photograph me’ things, jumping on the back of an open-top bus with these cardboard cut-outs and then the next morning running to the newsagents thinking I was gonna be on the front of the newspaper with these cardboard cut-outs.
The band’s much anticipated third album Be Here Now was released on 21 August 1997, and Doherty was lining up to get his copy when he was interviewed by MTV
He was unknown at the time stood among the hundreds of people queuing for the album – however his charisma and quirks were apparent as soon as the interview began
Stood eating a croissant, he was asked how long he’d been queuing, to which he cheekily replied: ‘At least 17 minutes’
He was then asked how he would sum up Oasis and replied ‘I subscribe to the Umberto Eco view that Noel Gallagher is a poet and Liam’s a town crier’
Pete is seen in 2022
‘I wasn’t queuing for an Oasis album. My sister was a big Oasis fan, and I later tuned into them and decided they were brilliant, but at the time, I was far more interested in getting photographed on the back of a bus with a cardboard cut-out.’
It comes as on Thursday Oasis announced three new UK dates to their reunion tour after an ‘unprecedented’ demand for tickets.
The iconic Britpop band has added extra shows at Heaton Park on July 16, Wembley on July 30 and Edinburgh on August 12.
The new concerts mean Oasis will play a total of 17 gigs in the UK and Ireland, with five of those at Wembley Stadium, as part of their planned world tour next year.
The band made the announcement on their X account just after 8am on Thursday.
They said: ‘Due to unprecedented demand, three new UK dates will be added to Oasis Live ’25.’
Millions of people are set to ‘go to war’ for tickets this weekend after Noel and Liam put their 15-year feud behind them to announce a mammoth comeback tour across the UK and Ireland next summer.
Fans who have entered a pre-sale ballot will find out tomorrow if they can apply for tickets ahead of their general release on Saturday.
Tickets are officially released on Saturday at 9am for the UK shows and 8am for the Dublin performances in what many are calling the ‘ticket bloodbath of the century’.
Details of how much the tickets cost will also be released today with many predicting they will be more than £100.
According to the bookies, Kasabian is the most likely contender to be opening the highly-anticipated shows.
Experts at William Hill are suggesting odds of 7/4 of the band to support Oasis on any night of their tour.
Spokesperson Lee Phelps told The Sun: ‘News of Oasis’ reunion tour has sent fans into a frenzy of speculation and there’s lots that’s still unknown about next summer’s gigs, including who will be the support acts and the finalised Oasis lineup.
‘Kasabian have always had a strong relationship with Oasis and, at 7/4, we think the Leicester band are likely to support at some point during the tour.’
Kasabian, consisting of Sergio Pizzorno, Chris Edwards, Ian Matthews, and Tim Carter, were formed in Leicester in 1997 and are known for songs Fire and Club Foot.
Back in June, they were one of the surprise bands who took to the stage at Glastonbury Festival.
Another source told the publication: ‘Talks are ongoing with groups like Fontaines DC and Kasabian, as well as Gene Gallagher’s band Villanelle who opened for Liam’s Definitely Maybe tour.’
The speculation came after Oasis broke their silence over rumours they would be playing at Glastonbury next summer to confirm they will not be at the festival.
Speculation was rife Liam and Noel Gallagher would be returning to Worthy Farm in 2025 ahead of their comeback tour.
But in a statement posted on the band’s X account just after lunchtime yesterday, they ruled out appearing at Glastonbury or any other festival.
Oasis said the only way to see the band in 2025 was by attending one of their shows during their world tour.
The journalist then asked if he could sum up Oasis with just one word which resulted in another funny response. ‘Trousers,’ he quipped straight-faced
It comes as on Thursday Oasis announced three new UK dates to their reunion tour after an ‘unprecedented’ demand for tickets
Liam and Noel Gallagher play to a sell out crowd at Wembley Stadium in July 2000
Noel was yesterday seen for the first time since the brothers announced they had put their 15-year feud to the side to reform Oasis.
The musician, 57, paid homage to the city from which he hails with an I Love Manchester keyring as he headed to his recording studio in north London on Wednesday.
Noel cut a casual figure as he emerged for the first time since fans were sent into meltdown by the news that he and his brother Liam will be reuniting in 2025.
The pair are expected to earn a huge £50 million payday from the shows, with the first show set to take place in Cardiff on July 4.
