An off-the-cuff remark from Noel Gallagher at a recent Manchester gig has cost Oasis £1million and the Gallagher brothers are hoping more people don`t cash their refund cheques.
Technical problems plagued the band’s hometown Manchester gig so Noel told the 70,000 strong crowd “thank you very, very much, this is a free gig. Anybody who has kept their ticket will get a refund”.He regretted the comment the very next day when told that his mouth cost the band a million bucks.
20,000 of the 70,000 have so far taken up Noel’s offer but Oasis are hoping to sway others from going for the refund by giving them a novelty souvenir cheque which they hope they won’t cash.
The refund cheques have been issued by ‘Oasis Bank of Burnage’, after the area of Manchester they grew up in, but are underwritten by NatWest Bank and classed as legal tender.
Oasis hope that the signed novelty cheque may be worth more than the £45 ticket stub and that most fans will keep it as a souvenir.
After making the refund statement, Noel later said anyone who took up the offer would be “cheeky”.
However, regardless of the initial comment, Noel and Liam Gallagher have stood by Noel’s word. Everyone who has cashed in their novelty cheque has been so far given a refund.
