Noel Gallagher has slammed Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance and called it “absolute nonsense”.
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This past Sunday (February 9), the Compton rapper made history by becoming the first solo rapper to headline the coveted Halftime Show. For the performance, he was joined by SZA and featured cameos from Samuel L. Jackson and Serena Williams.
He performed a slew of tracks from his latest offering ‘GNX’, some cuts off ‘DAMN.’ and two Drake disses ‘Euphoria’ and the acclaimed, Grammy-winning ‘Not Like Us’. Lamar’s Super Bowl performance also became the most-watched Super Bowl halftime show of all time with a heafty 133.5 million viewers from 8:30-8:45 p.m. ET.
While appearing on TalkSPORT today (February 11), the Oasis hitmaker was asked about his views on the rapper’s performance. Speaking to hosts Andy Goldstein and Darren Bent, Gallagher shared: “I had to switch it off. It was absolute nonsense.”
When asked about what specifically he didn’t like abitu Lamar’s performance, the ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ singer said: “I didn’t watch it all, I just switched it off. There was like 300 people getting out of a car in the first two minutes”.
He continued: “But no I don’t like the halftime nonsense, it’s usually artists I don’t like.” When asked about his favourite past Super Bowl Halftime performances, Gallagher admitted: “I never watch it, I’m not interested it.”
Gallagher also opened up about his concerns over the mixing of music and sports and said: “Americans are taking over our sport, they’re taking over the Premier League, they’ll take over the Champions League, trust me, 20 years from now it will all be nonsense”.
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Lamar’s performance has received mixed reactions from fans and viewers. Some have labelled it a “masterpiece”, while some have called it the “worst Super Bowl performance in the last decade”.
NME has ranked Kendrick’s performance as the third best Super Bowl performance of all time, only behind Michael Jackson’s 1993 showcase in second place and Prince‘s 2007 performance in first.
In other news, Kanye West recently revealed that he’s a fan of Lamar‘s Super Bowl Halftime Show, calling it his “favourite” since Michael Jackson‘s iconic 1993 performance.
