The Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard has shared memories of “comparing chest hair” on a night out with Noel and Liam Gallagher.
The band released their seventh studio album ‘Never/Know’ earlier this month, and it was while promoting the record that he gave an interview with Radio X in which he reminisced about socialising with Oasis before they split.
After listening to a clip of Noel saying he was impressed that the ‘Naive’ singer was able to survive a night with them, Pritchard recalled: “It was the Q Awards and we did get invited and maybe even by Paul Weller as we were kind of friendly with Paul Weller. He’d been to a few of our shows. Maybe he was the guy who swooped us into their entourage.”
“It was a brilliant night, I remember,” he continued. “I think me and Noel were comparing our chest hair for some reason and then Liam got involved. He had more of course, then that was that. But I did stay the distance… Yeah, we’ve had a few nights out.”
“Actually, it’s really sad for us because we were booked to play the gig after the famous Paris gig,” he continued, referring to the show at which Oasis officially split up. “The Kooks was on a bill. It was Kasabian, The Kooks and then Oasis. […] It was in Spain somewhere and they flew in Deep Purple to cover Oasis because they had split. So we were on the bill, so we always felt sad we never got to do that.”
Pritchard also revealed that he tried unsuccessfully to secure tickets to the 2025 Oasis reunion shows: “I tried to get [tickets] online, but I hope this lasts quite a long time and I’m sure I’ll get my chance”.
The Kooks are heading on a UK arena tour later this year, kicking off at Manchester’s Co-op Live on October 3. Find the full list of dates here and find any remaining tickets here.
They will also return to the UK this summer for performances at TRNSMT and Reading & Leeds 2025.
The band also recently admitted that they had to Google Fontaines D.C. after meeting them backstage at a show last summer.
