Noel Gallagher’s shock new rider revealed – with very un-rock and roll drink top of the bill
AS one of the hardest-partying stars of the Nineties and Noughties, it looks like Noel Gallagher nowadays prefers a more sedate tipple – Evian water.
Backstage at Hardwick Festival in County Durham, onlookers told me how the Oasis and High Flying Birds star asked for the venue’s standard bottled water to be replaced with the posh French brand.
A source said: “Noel knows good wine and beer – and he clearly has his favourites when it comes to the water he would drink.
“He had the normal bottles of water which were put in his dressing room exchanged for chilled bottles of Evian because it’s the brand he likes best.”
Noel, who was spotted clutching a bottle on stage during his performance and during a fan Q and A in London last week, previously joked he used Evian to fill his swimming pool.
Talking about his annoyance when Oasis tracks used to leak online, Noel quipped: “Pinch as many Kaiser Chiefs as you like, get The Pigeon Detectives. Don’t nick any Oasis.
“I need to keep the Evian water topped up in my swimming pool.”
At this rate, Noel, they’ll be sponsoring your next tour.
RAYE OF HOPE
RAYE brought the crowds at Luno Presents All Points East to tears when she gave a moving speech before singing her song Ice Cream Man – a track she wrote about her experience of sexual assault.
Addressing tens of thousands of fans who got tickets to the event in London’s Victoria Park, Raye said: “It is one of the hardest songs I ever wrote.
“What I also know is one in four men and women will experience this in their lifetime.
“When you experience them things, there is no instruction manual on how to get better.”
Her moving performance was a highlight of this weekend’s performances, with The Strokes also blowing me away on Friday night.
But a special mention has to go out to dance duo Jungle, who sounded phenomenal when they took to the stage on Saturday night for their debut headline festival set.
The group, made up of Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland, played a massive four song encore, including their biggest hit Busy Earnin’, with 40,000 fans around me dancing non-stop throughout the set.
I predict only bigger things to come for these two.
BIEBER SO BRIGHT
HAILEY Bieber was like a ray of sunshine on my overcast Bank Holiday weekend.
The model was pictured on a night out at the Giorgio Baldi restaurant in Santa Monica in a white mini dress with a bright orange and yellow print.
She was joined on the night out by her best pals, fellow clothes horses Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner.
Hailey, who is married to Canadian pop superstar Justin, has just come back from a mini-break with Kendall.
The pair were photographed living their best lives on a yacht earlier in the weekend and given the depth of Hailey’s tan – it seems the sun was definitely shining on them.
During their trip on the boat, Kendall was dishing out shots of tequila to help kick off their weekend of fun.
Naturally, as Kim Kardashian’s younger sister, Kendall made sure her turn as a bartender was a good promotional opportunity, as she was dishing out her own brand of 818 tequila.