Oasis legend Noel Gallagher told RTE producers he had to mime during his performances on The Saturday Night Show.
The singer performed two songs during the show hosted by Brendan O’Connor this weekend.
After Goss.ie revealed viewers lashed out at the singer when they started to realise he wasn’t singing live –Â RTE have confirmed he asked to mime.
“RTE would ask for live performances as a general rule, but Noel and his record label took the decision not to perform live on this occasion,” a spokesperson said.
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Meanwhile a show insider said host Brendan tried to convince Noel to sing at least a few verses live.
“When we were told he was planning to mime we tried to convince him not to,” a source revealed.
“Also Brendan asked him yesterday would he consider doing a few verses on the couch with his guitar but he didn’t want to do that
either,” the source told the Irish Sun.
