Noel Gallagher Fires Back At Critics After Latest Brit Award Win Raises Eyebrows

Noel Gallagher has come back swinging at critics who were somewhat confused about the special award he’s set to receive at the upcoming Brit Awards.

Last week, it was announced that the Oasis musician was being awarded the Songwriter Of The Year prize at this year’s Brits – which raised eyebrows after it was pointed out he’d not actually released any new music in the last 12 months.

Speaking about the accolade during a recent appearance on TalkSport, Noel quipped: “I haven’t written a song for two years. I’m not sure how I’ve got away with that one but I’ll take it.”

Defending his new award, Noel pointed out that the 2025 Oasis tour led to a resurgence in streams for the band’s old material.

“I think the Brits is all based on record sales, and I’m not sure there was another single songwriter that sold [as much as me in 2025],” Noel continued. “I mean, we sold a million records last year. Didn’t even get off the couch and I’m not sure there’s a songwriter that can match that.”

He added: “You know, if anybody’s got a problem with it, meet me there. We’ll have it out on the red carpet.

“If any of those wet wipes songwriting teams – all 11 of them, want to write a song between the lot of them – want to have it out on the red carpet, I’m there.”

The 2026 Brit Awards are being held in Noel’s hometown of Manchester for the first time, with the ceremony taking place at the Co-Op Live Arena on Saturday 28 February.

Lola Young and Olivia Dean are leading the way with five nominations each, with Mark Ronson set to receive the Outstanding Contribution prize and Jacob Alon having already been named the recipient of the Critics’ Choice award.