LIAM GALLAGHER - GALLAGHER BROTHERS WADE INTO DOWNLOADS ROW

GALLAGHER BROTHERS WADE INTO DOWNLOADS ROW

Rocker LIAM GALLAGHER has hit out at music-lovers who download albums for free, insisting he does not want them as fans.
The Oasis frontman says the idea of giving away records on the internet "doesn't sit right with me" because it costs bands money to record.
And his brother Noel also waded into the row by comparing music company executives to "Wall Street idiots" who drive sports cars in the middle of the credit crunch.
Singer Liam tells USA Today newspaper, "This is my living. It costs me to make it, and it's going to cost you to buy it. If they won't buy it, I don't want them as our fans."
Record company bosses estimate that illegal downloads cost the industry 25 per cent of profits.
But guitarist Noel insists executives are wrong to complain, because the lost money would only have been frittered away.
He adds: "That's what was spent on champagne and limos. It's good when record companies panic. They need to streamline. Just like these big banks going under, and those Wall Street idiots driving Ferraris. What about people who had a hurricane rip apart their community? That's real pressure, my friend."