A Bentley once owned by Noel Gallagher has gone up for sale, with the news coming ahead of the musician going on the much awaited Oasis reunion tour with Liam Gallagher
A car once owned by Noel Gallagher has gone on sale priced at £1.2 million. The Oasis guitarist’s 1997 Bentley Turbo R has been listed, with it teased that the red vehicle is set to “strike a chord” with both fans and car collectors.
The four-door saloon car listed on Auto Trader was previously owned by Noel, 58, although he can’t drive. He once suggested that he gave up learning to drive after being mobbed by children whilst parked near a school on a lesson.
Speaking about the sale, Erin Baker, editorial director at Auto Trader, told PA: “Cars listed by music legends don’t come around very often, and Noel Gallagher’s Bentley Turbo R is certainly one for the Auto Trader history books.”
They teased that it’s expected to attract attention. Erin told the outlet: “With over 80 million visits to Auto Trader every month, we expect this rock ‘n’ roll ride to strike a chord with music lovers and car collectors alike.”
The car has the number plate ‘OASI6 2’. It’s in reference to the Britpop band Oasis, which was formed by the likes of Noel’s brother Liam Gallagher in 1991.
Noel has previously spoken about having once learned to drive. He spoke about his experience to Zoe Ball whilst a guest on her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show two years ago.
Speaking about his driving lesson in the 1990s, he said in 2023: “I have had one driving lesson in the 90s and I was driving round a housing estate in Slough and [the instructor] said to me, ‘if you just indicate and pull over here’ then I pulled over.”
He shared: “She got out the car she said, ‘I’ll be back in a minute’, she came out with her mum, she drove me to her house. Then the local comprehensive bell went and they all came out. This is at the height of Oasis-mania and I was like, ‘never, never again’.”
As previously reported, Noel said on the radio show that he had been learning in a red Nissan Micra at the time. He recalled the vehicle having a “great big triangle on the top of it with an L”.
The news comes ahead of Oasis reuniting for a run of gigs this year in the UK and Ireland. The tour was announced last summer and comes following the disbanding of the group in 2009.
The tour will launch at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium next month. It will then be at Manchester’s Heaton Park, London’s Wembley Stadium, Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium and Dublin’s Croke Park, over the course of July, August and September.
The group is then set to embark on a world tour. It includes gigs in Asia, South America, Australia and North America.
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