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UK prime minister Tony Blair hosts a private party at No10 Downing Street, London, England, to celebrate the success of the UK music industry, with guests including Oasis and Pet Shop Boys.Full article:
Noel Gallagher (Oasis) : Got this invite, rang me mam. She said, ‘You’ve got to go. It’s the Labour Prime Minister. It’s not John Major. It’s Tony Blair. I said, ‘You’re fucking right. I’m gonna go.’
I thought, ‘I pay the rent on Downing Street. I paid for the carpets.’
Hundreds of photographers begging me to do a V-sign on the doorstep. I’m thinking, ‘I’m not turning up here in jeans and trainers so they can say, ‘Look at this yobbo.’ No! I’m gonna go and buy a suit, get the Rolls’Royce polished up, and I’m walking up that street, in my brand-new suit and I’m gonna shake his hand.
I said to the Prime Minister, ‘It was the greatest thing when you won the election and you turned up at the big party at seven in the morning. How did you manage to stay up all night?’ Tony Blair said, ‘Probably not by the same means as you do.’ And I thought, ‘He’s a smart cunt, him’.
Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) : When Labour won the election in 97, Chris and I went to the infamous Downing Street reception where Noel Gallagher was. I remember Chris and I were laughing with someone and Peter Mandelson came up to us and said, ‘There’s an unholy air of hilarity about this little group.’
Noel Gallagher : If there’s one thing I regret, it’s that photograph of me with the glass of champagne.
Noel Gallagher : I'm glad I did it to have a look, but in terms of New Labour, I recognise now that we were conned. We thought he was John F. Kennedy, when in fact he was John Major with a better PR. team!
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I thought, ‘I pay the rent on Downing Street. I paid for the carpets.’
Hundreds of photographers begging me to do a V-sign on the doorstep. I’m thinking, ‘I’m not turning up here in jeans and trainers so they can say, ‘Look at this yobbo.’ No! I’m gonna go and buy a suit, get the Rolls’Royce polished up, and I’m walking up that street, in my brand-new suit and I’m gonna shake his hand.
I said to the Prime Minister, ‘It was the greatest thing when you won the election and you turned up at the big party at seven in the morning. How did you manage to stay up all night?’ Tony Blair said, ‘Probably not by the same means as you do.’ And I thought, ‘He’s a smart cunt, him’.
Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) : When Labour won the election in 97, Chris and I went to the infamous Downing Street reception where Noel Gallagher was. I remember Chris and I were laughing with someone and Peter Mandelson came up to us and said, ‘There’s an unholy air of hilarity about this little group.’
Noel Gallagher : If there’s one thing I regret, it’s that photograph of me with the glass of champagne.
Noel Gallagher : I'm glad I did it to have a look, but in terms of New Labour, I recognise now that we were conned. We thought he was John F. Kennedy, when in fact he was John Major with a better PR. team!