The Wiggles have revealed that they aren’t familiar with Oasis and “controversially, like Blur more”.
The Aussie children’s music group made an appearance on Nova 96.9’s Ricki-Lee & Tim radio show to promote new song ‘Sparkle’, and put their music knowledge to the test by listening to snippets of famous songs and having to guess the artist.
At one point, members Anthony Field and Lucia Field – the father-daughter duo performing as the Blue Wiggles – heard a segment of the classic 1995 Oasis hit, ‘Wonderwall’, but were unable to identify it.
Lucia revealed that she didn’t recognise it, and after being told it was the Britpop giants, responded: “Controversially, I like Blur more… that is why I have no idea.”
Her comments refer to the rivalry between Oasis and Blur that ran throughout the height of Britpop in the 1990s. It came to a head in the summer of 1995, when fans went head to head and debated if Blur would top the charts with ‘Country House’ or whether Oasis would seal the victory with ‘Roll With It’.
Blur went on to win that battle, but the band’s Alex James later said that Oasis won the war. Last year, the feud even inspired a West End play.
After revealing that she wasn’t familiar with Oasis’ huge hit – which is nine-times platinum and has over 2.3billion streams on Spotify – host Tim Blackwell joked that the blunder was “going to go everywhere”.
Anthony Field then revealed that he was aware of the hit song, but had limited knowledge about the band – even confusing them with The Beatles previously.
He recalled visiting Abbey Road Studios with his son, where the Fab Four recorded their final album and took the iconic photo on the zebra crossing, and accidentally buying an Oasis souvenir.
“I bought him what I thought was a Paul McCartney and John Lennon poster and he said, ‘They’re the guys from Oasis’… I am so out of touch, mate,” he said.
Coincidentally, Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher was spotted leaving Abbey Road Studios with The Stone Roses’ John Squire last week. The two Manchester icons released their first album together, ‘Liam Gallagher John Squire’, in 2024, and now it looks like a follow-up could be on the way.
Before then, the singer got fans talking by poking fun at Suede and Manic Street Preachers – saying that they were “both shit and lack attitude, swagger and style” – and also fuelled rumours about another Oasis tour in 2027, telling Italian fans they will “without a doubt, 100 per cent” play in Rome next year.
They are set to enter the Rock n’ Roll Hall Of Fame later this year, having already been nominated in 2024 and 2025, and the induction comes following them wrapping up the mammoth ‘Live ‘25’ reunion tour last year.
NME gave the band’s tour kickoff in Cardiff on July 4 a glowing five-star review, which read: “Lord knows we needed a taste of that halcyon ‘90s hope and abandon in 2025 – especially for the raving and craving Gen-Zers. The world is a rotting shitty bin-fire and tomorrow never knows, but tonight, you’re a rock’n’roll star.”
