‘As an Asian and as a Chinese person I could not deal with it just by keeping silent and accepting what he was saying’
An Oasis fan has said she was left “completely heartbroken” and decided to sell her ticket to the opening gig for Oasis following frontman Liam Gallagher’s now-deleted social media post, which included an offensive phrase.
The 52-year-old singer came under fire after he used a racial slur on X, formerly known as Twitter. Social media users were quick to respond to the post with one fan telling him: “Liam, you can’t say that” after he had posted an offensive term that is used to mock or imitate languages spoken in China or people from east Asia or of east Asian descent.
Liam deleted the post and issued an apology. He wrote: “Sorry if I offended anyone with my tweet before it wasn’t intentional you know I love you all and I do not discriminate. Peace and love LG x”.
However some fans have expressed dismay over the matter. Read the biggest stories in Wales first by signing up to our daily newsletter here.
Yue Xiong, who is originally from Shanghai in China but now lives in London, said she had been a huge fan of the Mancunian band since she was 16 years old and that their music had “saved [her] life”.
However Yue described Liam’s remark as “completely not acceptable”. As a result the Goldsmiths student said she had sold her ticket for the opening night of Oasis’ reunion tour, Live ’25, in Cardiff on Friday, July 4.
On Thursday the 23-year-old student had decided to travel to Cardiff for the day to protest.
“I’ve been I’ve been a huge fan since 2017,” she told WalesOnline. “All of my adolescence I was just listening to Oasis – it got me through life and the music really saved my life.
“But I kind of stopped being a fan two days ago because what Liam said is completely not acceptable. As an Asian and as a Chinese person I could not deal with it just by keeping silent and accepting what he was saying.”
She added: “I just can’t participate in that anymore. Otherwise it will be disrespectful for my own community where I come from.”
Yue also said she was disheartened by the lack of response to Liam’s comment. She said: “I felt people would need to speak up about it.
“So if no-one talks about it it just add more pressure to everything. But I felt the need to say something.
“It is not okay for someone to say something extremely racial, targeting an Asian community, on a social platform.”
Yue explained that she had sold her ticket on Wednesday, after the incident, as a “gesture” – two days before she was intending on heading to the Cardiff gig.
Although she said she was sad about giving away her ticket she said she would be “completely heartbroken” if she attended the show.
Being an avid fan Yue also said she had met Noel Gallagher a few times and issued an apology to the singer-songwriter for not attending the Cardiff show, saying she still admired him and his music.
Despite Liam issuing an apology Yue explained she felt like it was not enough.
“It was not sincere,” she said. “It was not really an apology. I see it more as a PR strategy but it’s not even enough for a PR move because what he said was extremely controversial and when people pointed it out he said: ‘Whatever’.
“He didn’t see it as a problem. He then deleted that tweet. So he definitely feels it is not appropriate for him to say anything like that.”
While Yue said she would not be attending the gig she visited Cardiff a day before the gig as a protest.
When asked about her reasons for protesting she said: “The C-word is not acceptable in any circumstances.
“If Liam said the N-word or anything against transgender people the media would stand up for that community. But it seems like it’s okay for people to treat and make fun of the Asian community like that.”
She added: “[The protest] is not coming out as an attack to Oasis but it’s about defending our own right – it’s about speaking up for our own community. It’s about making the world right again.”
She continued: “My partner, he’s white, his friends and people in the industry found it not acceptable. But they were just really surprised as nobody said anything about it.
“I’ve been talking to loads in the Chinese community fan groups. They’re completely shattered, they’re completely heartbroken.”
Oasis will be performing in Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on Friday, July 4, and Saturday, July 5, with fans flocking to the Welsh capital in the lead up to the event.
When enquired by WalesOnline, Oasis’ public representative did not want to comment.