Oasis have dropped a song quoting lyrics written by Gary Glitter from their upcoming reunion tour this summer, according to reports.
Noel Gallagher, 57, and brother Liam, 52, have struck out Hello from their set list, as it references Glitter’s 1973 song Hello, Hello, I’m Back Again.
Its ending notes sees Liam sing the line “Hello, hello, it’s good to be back” while the melody of the original song plays faintly underneath.
As a result, Glitter and his writing partner Mike Leander share a writing credit, The Sun on Sunday reports.
Hello famously served as the opening track of Oasis’s 1995 album (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?.
A source told the newspaper: “The lyrics of the song would obviously have been a good fit for the reunion tour but the band have decided to leave it in the past.
“It would be inappropriate to play it given its connotations to Glitter and his convictions.”
Glitter, 80, whose real name is Paul Gadd, became notorious in 1997 when police uncovered he had 4,000 child sex abuse images.
He later served jail time in Vietnam for abusing two girls.
In 2015, he was handed a 16-year prison term for abusing three girls between 1975 and 1980.
Snapper Music, which owns the rights to Glitter's back catalogue, stated he would receive no royalties when his track Rock and Roll Part 2 was used in The Joker film in 2019.
Representatives for Oasis have been approached for comment.
