Roy Stride loves Oasis too much to get into fisticuffs with Noel Gallagher over his “Scouting For Idiots” jibe.
Scouting For Girls’ Roy Stride doesn’t hold a grudge against Noel Gallagher for branding the group “Scouting For Idiots” and will attend the Oasis Live ’25 Tour.
The She’s So Lovely hitmakers are playing the Britpop group’s biggest rival Blur’s bassist Alex James’ Big Feastival on August 22.
Back in 2008, an ever-mouthy Noel gave his opinion of popular artists of the time, including Scouting For Girls, during an interview on BBC Radio 1.
Quizzed by Contact Music if he ever retaliated, frontman Roy Stride said: “I would never retaliate.
“He was like a God. Did it hurt? Not really. I never heard it. My wife heard it live on radio because I think he said it on Radio 1, but she was like, Oh, he basically sounded like he’d been out all night and he came in, and was just reviewing every single band, and he was just saying that about every band. I’ve never met him since.
“You can see on my vinyl here. And I’ve got, yeah, I’ve got everything. I’ve got Oasis and Blur.”
Asked if he was lucky enough to bag a ticket to Oasis’ first tour in 16 years – which kicks off on July 4 in Cardiff – he said: “I have one, but I didn’t get it in the original bout. I was like, there for eight hours. I spent my entire day in a bad hotel room trying to get tickets. But I’ve since managed to get one because I’m currently in LA and so I’ve got one for the Rose Bowl in California, which is going to be quite a mad thing, because I can’t imagine seeing Oasis in California.”
Scouting For Girls have a busy summer ahead, and a tour in 2026, while they have a new album on the way.
Roy says they are gunning for the 2026 Easter number one with the follow-up to 2023’s The Place We Used to Meet.
He said: “The album’s not going to come out till next Easter, and we’re going for Easter number one, because This Ain’t A Long Song was Easter number one. And nobody ever dreamed of having an Easter number one before or since.”
Big Feastival takes place on Alex James’ Cotswolds farm between 22 – 24 August. Weekend and day tickets are on sale now via bigfeastival.com.
