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OASIS fan Ben Hayes knows what it’s like to have a rock and roll star play in his front room - after Noel Gallagher dropped by for a special gig.
Noel played three Oasis classics - Don’t Look Back in Anger, Half the World Away and The Importance of Being Idle - during the acoustic set which went out live on Radio 1.
Chef Ben, from Poynton, Stockport, won a competition for a rock legend to perform from his house by clinching a tie-breaker question during the Chris Moyles breakfast show.
Ben, 22, said: “Since then the whole thing has just been totally unreal.
“I was allowed to invite my mum and dad, brother and sister over for the session, and we all spent the weekend going out buying new gear for the occasion.
“I have loved Oasis since they first started out, but never met any of the band in person.
“To have Noel playing and singing in your own front room is just absolutely incredible.
“Opening the front door and seeing him there on the doorstep is something I will never, ever forget.
“He said `Hello’, shook my hand and walked in like a mate.
“When he’d done the session he seemed quite at home chatting to everybody.
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“He signed all my Oasis albums, my guitar and even gave me the plectrum he’d used for the broadcast.”
The Manchester-born songwriter spent more than two hours at the Hayes’ home in Abbey Court before heading on his way.
He even took time out to teach Ben how to strum a few chords from the band’s 1995 hit Wonderwall.
Ben and girlfriend Kate Silvers were still celebrating with a Champagne Supernova hours later.
The performance capped a week of Radio 1 Live Lounge sessions in which stars including The Kooks, the Lostprophets and the Ordinary Boys played from locations which meant something to them.
Radio 1’s Jo Whiley, who broadcast her entire show from Ben’s living room, said: “It was a pretty amazing show.
“Noel said it was like performing a gig in Brookside and I think he really enjoyed it.
“Ben’s mum served up the most delicious croissants and cups of tea and it was a real change from the Radio 1 studio.
“The whole crew had a great time. At one stage we had about 15 people packed into the living room with the neighbours listening in at the windows.”
Ben, who has been to nine Oasis concerts, won the competition after naming the band’s three drummers - Tony McCarroll, Alan White and Zak Starkey.
source: manchestereveningnews.co.uk
