The 1997 Bentley Turbo R, as soon as owned by Noel Gallagher, is now on the market on Autotrader for over £1million. Take a look at the main points under.
The traditional automobile appeared in a brand new itemizing on the positioning, and comes with an Oasis-inspired quantity plate studying ‘OASI5 2’. It’s going for an asking value of £1.2million and has six earlier homeowners – probably the most notable being the Britpop icon.
“This gorgeous Bentley was beforehand owned by the well-known Noel Gallagher from the legendary Band Oasis,” reads the itemizing.
“The automobile is in glorious situation with an excellent inside and is surprisingly dependable though hardly ever pushed. Comes with personal registration marking the second coming reunion of this once-in-a-century band,” it added, earlier than describing the sale as a “probability to spend money on the lead singer and songwriter’s as soon as delight and pleasure”.
Erin Baker, Editorial Director at Autotrader shared: “Automobiles listed by music legends don’t come round fairly often, and Noel Gallagher’s Bentley Turbo R is actually one for the Autotrader historical past books. With over 80million visits to Autotrader each month, we anticipate this rock ‘n’ roll experience to ring a bell with music lovers and automobile collectors alike.”
Whereas the automobile was as soon as owned by Gallagher, it’s price noting that it was probably by no means pushed by the musician as he by no means obtained a driving license – giving up on the concept within the mid-’90s, whereas Oasis had been on the peak of their fame.
Talking on Radio 2 in 2023, the Excessive Flying Birds founder recalled how he gave up the prospect of driving as a result of variety of Oasis followers that may collect round throughout his classes.
“I’m in a purple Nissan Micra with an enormous nice massive triangle on the highest of it with an ‘L’, with all these children popping out”, he mentioned (by way of Night Normal). “That is on the peak of Oasis mania. I used to be like, ‘By no means, by no means once more am I getting in a automobile’.”
Regardless of calling it quits when it got here to getting a license, Gallagher has gone on to personal quite a few costly automobiles through the years.
Probably the most well-known was a brown Rolls-Royce that was purchased by him by document label proprietor and music trade government Alan McGee – who helped launch Oasis to stardom. Talking as a part of a documentary in 2010, the label boss recalled how he practically backed out of the concept and saved the automobile for himself.
“I’m at all times seen as having made a grand, selfless gesture giving Noel that chocolate brown Rolls-Royce as a present,” he mentioned within the Upside Down documentary, which explored the story of his document label, Creation. “What folks don’t know is that 5 minutes earlier than I gave him the automobile I used to be sat in it, pondering how good it was and going, ‘Why the fuck am I giving this away?’ I practically saved it for myself.”
The Oasis co-founder additionally owned a Mark 2 Jaguar that he reportedly solely drove 9 miles in 5 years and, extra lately, was issued a six-month driving ban regardless of nonetheless not having a license. The fines had been in regard to the £120,000 chauffeur-driven Vary Rover he makes use of to commute, which racked up quite a few rushing tickets.
Showing at Lavender Hill magistrates courtroom in 2023, Gallagher was handed a six-month driving ban and ordered to pay £1340 in fines, £110 prosecution prices, and a £536 courtroom charge.
In a letter to the courtroom, he mentioned he was unaware of the penalties as they weren’t “dropped at my consideration by my workers”, and his driver cited the postal strikes as the rationale for the dearth of response.
The sale of Gallagher’s former Bentley comes as Oasis are set to play their first gigs collectively in 16 years this summer time, kicking off with a run of UK and Eire dates that includes help from Richard Ashcroft and Solid.
Earlier this 12 months, sources near the exhibits revealed particulars completely to NME about who will be a part of Liam and Noel for the exhibits. Guitarists Gem Archer and Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs had been mentioned to be on board, in addition to drummer Joe Waronker – believed to be one of many “new faces” that Liam teased.
Bassist Andy Bell additionally confirmed he can be returning to the line-up earlier this 12 months, and was lately pictured coming into a London studio alongside Noel, Bonehead and Archer. Whereas Liam was not in attendance, they had been joined by keyboardist Mikey Rowe, who performed with the band within the ’90s and likewise labored with Noel in Excessive Flying Birds.
Within the run-up to the dates, the band have partnered with Amazon to launch new merch that pays homage to the long-lasting moments all through their profession.
