Noel Gallagher has been paying people compliments, which makes a change, though he did manage to include one slightly ambitious claim regarding his own band's influence on the wider world of British pop music.
Anyway, here's what he told Virgin Radio at his previously reported Royal Albert Hall show in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust: "I don't think pop music will ever go away, the British Isles make the best pop music. What's cool is that great pop music is being made with guitars, I guess Oasis opened the door for that. There's some really great pop music being played coming out of the pages of NME like Klaxons and Hot Chip, not necessarily guitar music. I think it's pretty good actually ... Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, I love the Kings of Leon, and possibly nearly every band in Liverpool. Klaxons make great singles, Babyshambles maybe".
Asked about his support band at the Monday night gig, The View, he continued: "I like them but I can't understand a word they are saying. I'll bring my missus down later so she can do some interpreting for us because she is Scottish. I love their singles".