Guitar smashed by Oasis frontman fetches €300,000 at auction

Guitar smashed by Oasis frontman fetches €300,000 at auction

The 1960 Gibson electric guitar was destroyed by Liam Gallagher on the night the band split in 2009.

The 1960 Gibson electric guitar was owned by Noel Gallagher before being smashed by his brother Liam on the night the band split up. (Reuters pic)
PARIS:
A 1960 Gibson electric guitar, used by Oasis star Noel Gallagher before it was smashed by his brother and former frontman Liam Gallagher during a row on the night the band split, sold at auction in Paris for €300,000 (approximately RM1.4 million) yesterday.

Liam wrecked the red Gibson at a festival in the French capital in 2009, shortly before the band had been due on stage, in a fit of fury that was to become a cult moment in music history. It was later painstakingly repaired by a French luthier.

“This 1960 Gibson 355 serial #A34884 was the guitar that Liam Gallagher smashed up in Paris 2009 the night Oasis split up,” Noel Gallagher wrote in a note presented with the guitar.

“It was also my #1 favourite guitar that I used to both writing and recording using it on many Oasis recordings as well as using it live! Peace, love + bananas!! (sic)”

Formed in Manchester in 1991, Oasis had its heyday at the height of Britpop fame in the 1990s with hits such as “Don’t Look Back In Anger” and “Wonderwall”.

But the brothers’ infamous feuds led to the breakup after tempers flared at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris, prompting Noel to quit the group.

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