PARIS, Might 17 (Reuters) – A 1960 Gibson electrical guitar utilized by Oasis star Noel Gallagher earlier than it was smashed up by his brother and former band mate Liam Gallagher throughout a row on the night time the band cut up offered at public sale in Paris for 300,000 euros ($315,900) on Tuesday.
Liam Gallagher wrecked the pink Gibson at a pageant within the French capital in 2009, shortly earlier than the band had been due on stage, in a match of fury that was to change into a cult second in music historical past.
It was later painstakingly repaired by a French luthier.
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“This 1960 Gibson 355 serial #A34884 was the guitar that Liam Gallagher smashed up in Paris 2009 the night time Oasis cut up up,” Noel Gallagher wrote in a word introduced with the guitar.
“It was additionally my #1 favorite guitar that I used to each writing and recording utilizing it on many Oasis recordings in addition to utilizing it dwell! Peace, love + bananas!!”
Fashioned in Manchester in 1991, Oasis had its heyday on the top of Britpop fame within the Nineties, with hits comparable to “Don’t Look Again In Anger” and “Wonderwall”.
However the brothers’ well-known feuds led to a break-up in 2009, after tempers flared on the Rock en Seine pageant in Paris, prompting Noel to give up the group
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Reporting by Lucian Libert; Enhancing by Richard Lough and Jonathan Oatis
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