Noel Gallagher has gained respect for Ed Sheeran after the singer turned down a charity gig offered to him, saying he's a "dude".
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The former Oasis singer revealed that when he personally called Ed to ask him to sing at a fundraiser in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust, it was turned down, and Ed deserves his respect for being the only person who was honest enough to tell him he couldn't perform.
Speaking in the new NME magazine issue, Noel explained: "The only one f***ing person that has ever ever ever said, 'I can't do it, I just got back from Australia I can't be f***ing arsed man, I'm f***ed, but I will definitely do it next year' - and I crossed his name off the list - was Ed Sheeran!
"He actually called me back, you know what I mean, he said, 'Right I'm ready now, I wanna do it', and I thought, 'You know what, what a f***ing dude.'"
Appreciating his upfront nature, he went on to comment on how most artists will agree to perform right away but then use opportunities at a later date to pull out.
"You'll be there on the phone listening to someone blatantly lying to you. People say they can do it and then get their publicist to call up later and say, 'Oh we can't do it now, he thinks his cat's gonna have a stroke that particular afternoon'.
"You're there, cajoling, with some **** who plays a banjo about whether they're gonna turn up."
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