Oasis and Starsailor were reportedly involved in a backstage fight at T in the Park over the weekend. Word is Starsailor’s James Walsh asked Noel Gallagher about a remark he made about him recently in the NME where Gallagher called him “a cock”. Noel is meant to have replied: "I don’t know what you’re talking about. But you must be a cock then and by the way, you’re wearing my T-shirt." Liam apparently butted in to defend his brother and the encounter got very heated. Talking about the scuffle Walsh told NME.com "I was a huge fan of Oasis," he added, "We’re a band who were inspired by them. It tarnishes the spirit of it."
Meanwhile Noel has been talking to the American media about the state of British record sales in the US. "I think when we first started coming to America, the radio was saturated with British music," he told reporters. "Whether it be Depeche Mode, the Police, or the Smiths. But I think America has reclaimed its own airwaves. I don't know why that is, but these things come in cycles. In England now, the American bands are the bands that are en vogue. So it's funny that there are no English bands on American radio, and when you got over to England, all the people are talking about is American music." Heathen Chemistry entered the Billboard Album Chart at number 23 last week lacking the media hype of old. However the album has received a more positive reaction in the US music press to 2000’s Standing on the Shoulder of Giants so Oasis’ position in the US music world may not yet be dead.