We probably wouldn’t have done anything if Michael Hutchence hadn’t come out and said his little bit, ‘I heard Liam wants to fight me.’ We were like, ‘Don’t f–ing try and pick a fight with us, man, because we’re the best at giving verbal abuse,’ and off we went.” It wasn’t scripted or anything like that. We decided that, every time we hit that stage, we’re going to give it to everyone, and we f–ing duly did. So when he came out to present the award, we went, ‘Right, these BRITs organizers have stitched us up here, because they know what’s going on.’ It was the first award of the night and there’d been words said before the ceremony in the papers.
Noel Gallagher discussed the incident in 2000, 3 years after Hutchence’s death, telling Uncut Magazine, “The second night of The BRITs, 1996, we didn’t know Michael Hutchence was going to present us with an award. “…We’re the best at giving verbal abuse.” – Noel Gallagher To Michael Hutchence’s friends, Noel Gallagher’s remark was said to have humiliated him. Hutchence took his own life in November of 1997. Bono kept the peace, but Hutchence was so infuriated with the event that he headed back to the studio and added a background vocal to the title track that said, “I’m better than Oasis.” He was at a bar one night with Bono of U2 when Liam Gallagher supposedly walked in and got into a verbal altercation with the INXS frontman. Sometime after the BRIT Awards, Hutchence was in Dublin, Ireland working on the INXS album, Elegantly Wasted. This helped to create a situation resulting in a lot of personal and business friction within the band, as well as the record label… It just seemed like the logical time to take a break.” “I’m better than Oasis.” – Michael Hutchence As a band, we have recorded an album every 12-18 months over the last 5 or 6 years. Hutchence would tell The Album Network magazine in 1997, “We really wanted to get off the old carousel for a while. “We really wanted to get off the old carousel for a while.
INXS ELEGANTLY WASTED FULL
The band had come off an extended hiatus after their last record in 1993, Full Moon Dirty Hearts, which was a commercial disappointment due to lukewarm responses from critics and changing musical tastes. Oasis took to the stage to accept their award, but as the band left the stage, guitarist Noel Gallagher hurled an insult at Hutchence, “Has-beens should not be presenting f–ing awards to gonna-be’s.”ĭuring the time of the BRIT awards, INXS had started writing their final album with Hutchence, 1997’s Elegantly Wasted.
Hutchence, who was an Oasis fan, presented an award that night to Oasis for Best British Video Of The Year for their single, “Wonderwall”. “Has-beens should not be presenting f–ing awards to gonna-be’s.” – Noel Gallagher There wasn’t much follow-up reporting but at the 1996 BRIT Awards, it seemed like it was water under the bridge, at least initially. 1995 MTV European Music AwardsĪt the 1995 MTV European Music Awards, Ultimate Classic Rock reported that INXS frontman Michael Hutchence and Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher nearly came to blows backstage over Hutchence’s then-lover, Paula Yates. INXS frontman Michael Hutchence presented Oasis with an award for their hit “Wonderwall” at the BRIT Awards in 1996 but the happy occasion resulted in one of Oasis’ members hurling an insult to Hutchence as they left the stage.
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