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Liam Gallagher has hit out at the younger generation of musicians by describing their music as “beige dribble” while claiming that they were barely distinguishable from pop stars.

The former Oasis frontman was speaking with Dave Fanning of RTE2FM in the Republic Of Ireland when he made his withering assessment.

He said: "I love music as much as anyone. What I see going down is that I'm just 'leave it out mate, you can do better than that'. I can't tell a guitar band from a pop band these days. They've got guitars around their necks, but I don't hear guitars.

"You hear all these bands saying that they're coming back to save guitar music. I might not be the smartest tool in the shed - but I know you've got to put a guitar on a record to save guitar music and I don't hear any guitars.

"They've got guitars around their necks because they go with their shoes!"

Comparing contemporary musicians with football managers, Gallagher warned to his subject and continued: "That's what I'm back for. Bit of aggro to counteract the bullshit. That's what I'm here for and to speak my mind. You read these interviews with so-called rock stars and they need to get off the fence.

"Nothing interesting ever comes out of their mouths, it's just beige dribble. They're afraid to open their mouths in case their little career falls apart, so they just sit there like those football managers and say the same thing. Come on, give us a bit of passion."

We’ll see whether Liam Gallagher can live up to his own bluster when he plays his first festival show of the summer at Glastonbury this summer. He takes to the Other Stage at teatime on Saturday (June 24).

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