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| Oasis cancel V gig due to illness | Oasis cancel V gig due to illness |
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| Oasis have pulled out of their headline performance at the V Festival in Essex on Sunday after Liam Gallagher contracted viral laryngitis. | Oasis have pulled out of their headline performance at the V Festival in Essex on Sunday after Liam Gallagher contracted viral laryngitis. |
| The lead singer has been advised by his doctor not to take to the stage. | The lead singer has been advised by his doctor not to take to the stage. |
| "After a year of being on the road this is the first performance to be lost to a band member's illness, so naturally we are all gutted," a spokesman said. | "After a year of being on the road this is the first performance to be lost to a band member's illness, so naturally we are all gutted," a spokesman said. |
| Snow Patrol will headline instead. The Oasis spokesman said Gallagher should be fit for a Paris gig on Friday. | Snow Patrol will headline instead. The Oasis spokesman said Gallagher should be fit for a Paris gig on Friday. |
| Oasis performed on Saturday night at the Staffordshire venue for the V Festival, Weston Park. | |
| But Gallagher said in his blog on the band's website that he did not enjoy himself and was not feeling well. | |
| "Boo! Just come off stage at V in Stafford. And I don't mind admitting that I didn't enjoy it one bit. Dunno know. Couldn't get into it. Very strange," the blog read. | |
| "Don't feel too clever. Outrageous stomach ache. Feel like I'm coming down with summat. Bugger. Might have to get the doctor out in the morning. Hope it came out of the speakers ok. Gutted. Oh well, there's always tomorrow," it continued. | |
| The news comes amid speculation over the band's future following Liam Gallagher's revelation that he and his brother Noel have "nothing to say to each other". | |
| "He doesn't like me and I don't like him, that's it," Liam told NME magazine earlier this week. | |
| "He hasn't told me what he thinks of anything this year," he added. | |
| Oasis had to reschedule a tour date in Dusseldorf, Germany, earlier this year after they were forced to cancel a show. | |
| Liam Gallagher was found to have fluid on his vocal chords after complaining of a sore throat and was advised to rest for 48 hours. |