Jake Bugg dropped in to speak with Chris Moyles on Radio X this morning, where he revealed he’s yet to receive a call from Oasis asking him to be one of their coveted support acts on their huge reunion tour next year. Jake also admitted that he doesn’t think he would be offered a record deal if he was started out in music today due to how much the industry has changed.
Jake Bugg – JB
Chris Moyles – CM
Dominic Byrne – DB
Pippa Taylor – PT
James Robinson – JR
Jake Bugg says he hasn’t had the call from Oasis to support them on their reunion tour, in what he calls the gig ‘everyone in the world will be trying to get’
CM: “Were you out with Liam [Gallagher] and John Squire as well, did you do that?”
JB: “Yeah. I did, yeah. That was brilliant, to be honest. It was like, you know, two people I grew up listening to, so to watch them on the same stage together – and I enjoy those support shows. I forget how fun they are, you know, a half-an-hourer.”
CM: “Haha!”
JB: “Pub’s still open after.”
DB: “Have you had the call for the new Oasis tour?”
JB: “No. I think everyone in the world will be trying to get that gig, I think. You know, of course, I’m sure if there was any opportunity it would be great. But no, I think every band and their dogs want that gig, I think.”
Jake Bugg claims that he wouldn’t get a record deal today if he was starting out in music as the industry has ‘changed so much’
CM: “When you look back now, you signing your deal… So, forgive me if I if I’m taking you back a bit, but I don’t know if I’ve asked you these questions before. How did you get the deal? Did it all happen kind of naturally and organically?”
JB: “Yeah, it happened really quick, to be honest. Well, I originally started doing some, like, demos and stuff, and I was like 15, 16 and then, one of my other managers now, Jason, who introduced me to my other manager, Keith, who knew someone at a label at that time.”
CM: “I love getting into it, because I know there are people listening going, ‘How do you get that?’ So, is that round where you lived?”
JB: “Yeah. Well, Jason, yeah, he’s from Nottingham as well, and he gave me a bit of free recording stuff, and he knew Keith, and then it just kind of snowballed. In about six months, I already had a deal, and which kind of blew my mind, because the whole talk and everything up to that point was like how difficult it was to get one. And then, well, my mum had to sign it. I wasn’t 18, so she had to sign it, yeah. And you know, she starts crying. I’m like, ‘Don’t start crying now, put that then on that paper!’”
DB: “And she gets all the money now. So that’s good as well.”
JB: “No, that doesn’t happen.”
CM: “But do you look back now and see… Because at the time, you were probably like, ‘Wow, that was amazing!’ Because they were saying, ‘You know, it might happen, it might not.’ Now, you look back, and after being in the game for a long time, it is one in a million chance, isn’t it?”
JB: “Absolutely, and I think a lot of people think once you get the deal, that you’ve kind of made it. But the reality is that’s when the hard work starts. And I didn’t realise until I’d signed that, you know, you’d be like one of maybe eight or 10 other artists that actually get to release their record as well. So, yeah, getting signed, you know, you haven’t just made it really. But, but at the same time, it’s, you know, kind of… I enjoy those early days and how mad it was in some ways. And, yeah, I wouldn’t change it for anything. But I think in the current climate, I don’t know, I think it’s even more difficult to get a record deal now, I think. Much harder. People still bought CDs when I put my first album out, and it’s changed so much since then. So, yeah, I wouldn’t even know if I’d get one now. You just never know!”
