Richard Ashcroft was amazed by Liam Gallagher's "discipline" when he joined them on Oasis' reunion tour this summer.
The Verve star - who has been pals with Liam and his formerly estranged brother Noel for years - opened for the reunited rockers on their Oasis Live '25 tour and Ashcroft has revealed the singer is putting in the work to make sure he doesn't "go off track".
Ashcroft told The Independent newspaper: "It’s a bit like if there’s stuff going on within your family ...The beautiful thing about it is, Liam’s discipline is amazing.
"I don’t think he’s allowing himself to be in any situations where he can go off track or whatnot. Noel seems to be in a really good space. The whole band seems to be. They’re blown away by it, I reckon, without having had too many massive conversations about it. In life, stories generally don’t [have] this incredible coda."
Oasis split in 2009 following a massive bust-up between Liam and Noel with the brothers going years without talking before they eventually mended the rift and got the band back together for a world tour.
Ashcroft was supporting Oasis on tour and he admits the shows gave him a massive energy boost.
He told the publication: "The energy of this summer, I’ll probably never experience anything like it again. On stage, it was great.
"The reaction from the crowd was just incredible. For someone like me, as a songwriter or a performer, your camel hump gets drained and you don’t know where you’re gonna find any sustenance.
"And then something happens like this and you think, actually, I’ve got new energy. Even just the art of writing a tune, refocusing on that, it’s inspiring ...
"It really brought home to me, wow, Noel, what a songwriter, undeniable. Liam, wow, what a force, what a power, what a voice, what a dude."
However, seeing Oasis back together has not inspired Ashcroft to reunite his band The Verve - who were together from 1990-1995, 1997-1999 and 2009-2007.
He told The Sun newspaper: “We’ve already played that hand. I don’t think it would work. The Verve’s situation was a tougher one than Oasis - it was a different dynamic to Oasis."
