The comical day that Liam Gallagher was evicted from Mick Jagger’s house: “As usual”
The Rolling Stones’ rebellious frontman, Mick Jagger, is famous for his outlandish parties, but on one occasion, Liam Gallagher completely misjudged the atmosphere and found himself thrown onto the streets. They might’ve sang ‘Gimme Shelter’, but poor old Liam wasn’t offered any.
Judging from the singer’s memory of the evening, it doesn’t sound like the only time he found himself in this situation, either. What else would you expect from the man who once quipped, “Being a lad is what I’m about. I can tell you who isn’t a lad: anyone from Blur.” Yet, that fighting talk initially landed him in hot water with the Stones as Oasis rose through the ranks.
When Oasis arrived on the scene, Jagger was initially sceptical about the Gallagher brothers and had some harsh words to say about the band. However, in recent years, Liam Gallagher has supported The Rolling Stones as a solo act, which suggests Jagger has changed his thoughts on their music and has come to enjoy the Britpop icons.
During an interview with Absolute Radio in 2010, Jagger slated Oasis’ live show and questioned their ‘showmanship’. “Well, that’s what they do, they don’t move – that doesn’t mean to say they don’t connect – they do connect sometimes, sometimes [they don’t always connect] in a good way,” he explained.
The crowd-pleasing Jagger continued, “What was that famous story when they were in New York, and they didn’t think the New York audience was loud enough, and they said something like ‘You’re rubbish’ or something, ‘New York, you’re a load of crap’ or something like that – which is not what you do anywhere really, especially in New York.”
As frontmen, Jagger and Gallagher are polar opposites. If you watch the Mancunian live, he will not pull out any dance moves. However, the vocalist is equally equipped to whip up hysteria at concerts in a similar vein as The Stones leader, even if their methods are incomparable. Gallagher’s stationary nature is, to some extent, part of his appeal. As Bob Dylan said in a critique of Jagger, “To see him jumping around like he does – I don’t give a shit in what age, from Altamont to RFK Stadium – you don’t have to do that, man.”
Maybe that makes the respective frontmen very different characters, too. While he’s more stone-faced on stage than Jagger, when Gallagher was invited to The Rolling Stones singer’s house, he proved himself to be a true party starter. Unfortunately, nobody else at Jagger’s abode was in the mood, and he was evicted from the premises.
In 2017, Gallagher told NME, “And Jagger? I went to his house once, in Richmond. Got invited there. Dunno why. I remember getting out of the car and I’d had a pill, I went into the house and I was thinking, ‘that wasn’t a good idea’. There was no music on and I remember coming down the stairs, a bit late, and I was coming up, and I was stood at the end of the stairs, tutting, going ‘where the fuck have you been?’ and ‘where’s the tunes?'”
Much like the classic New York skit, this didn’t go down well. Liam later confessed, “I think I might have got asked to leave again, as usual.” He didn’t hold this eviction against the group. After all, he was pilled-up at the quiet gathering of an elderly man.
As he soberly added, “But the Stones, as much as The Beatles were great, The Stones were the ultimate rock n’ roll band as far as I’m concerned. The Beatles were like wizards, where the Stones were the boys, man.” In fact, you can find his favourite Stones songs here.
Despite getting kicked out of Jagger’s house, Gallagher doesn’t seemingly hold a grudge toward The Rolling Stones frontman, and he understood it was probably best he found a more pill-friendly environment than a dinner party.
