Noel! Firstly, how are you doing after being attacked on-stage in Canada recently?
I'm alright. Because it had been raining and there were puddles around the stage, I thought I'd been stabbed. For a split second, I shat it!

Dig Out Your Soul is released next week. Pleased with it?
Yeah. If you know what you're doing before you get into the studio, it's painless. It's the working class work ethic. I don't want to mess around for three days on a keyboard - I'm not an experimenter. It's like drugs: middle class kids "experiment with drugs", but working class kids just get stuck in! "Right, let's get these drugs done..."

We've noticed Liam contributed more than ever to the album...
He's really good! The thing about Liam is, you've not even heard the half of it. He couldn't even be bothered to finish some of the songs he started and they're amazing. But he suffers from the curse of the Gallaghers - it's like, "Fucking hell, I can't finish it!"

How are the two of you getting on these days? Any "disagreements" during recording?
Not really. Liam walked out once over this song called The Boy With The Blues, which I still maintain I could've got a better ending for. He got in some backing vocalists who would've been more suited to a Westlife record. You know, four big mamas doing the soul backing vocal thing. They were shrieking and I was like, "Is this what it's fucking come to?" And bless him, he walked out. Then he realised he was in the middle of LA and can't drive. So he had to come back and say, "Can someone give me a lift?"

When was the last time you went for a pint together?
A pint together? The two of us? I don't think we've ever done it. Ever.

Really? Never?
When I was 20, he was 15. Do you know what I mean? You're not hanging around with your little fucking brother. Nowadays, there's no cause for us to really see each other away from the music.

You and a certain American rapper dominated the news over the summer. Are things now cool with Jay-Z after your Glastonbury row?
Jay-Z's idea to perform Wonderwall was genius. But the whole thing turned into a moral issue, like I was some kind of musical racist. I actually like Jay-Z. The ironic thing about it all is, I've fucking hung out with him before! We did gigs together in Japan and he's cool as fuck! But there's no point going on about it or you end up sounding like Heather Mills. Look, after Glastonbury, his profile went through the roof and Wonderwall charted again - so at the end of the day, everyone's a fucking winner!

What would you say to people like Kaiser Chiefs singer Ricky Wilson, who said, "Oasis have disappeared up their own arse"?
I just don't give a fuck what spotty, divvy little indie bands think about me. My peers are Bono, Chris Martin, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. I don't give a fuck about what some cocksucker from The Wombats thinks of Oasis, or anyone from the fucking Last Shadow Puppets, you know? I'm not arsed about any of them. They're so beneath me it's unbelievable.

So what does the future hold for the band?
I'd like for us all to take on separate projects after this album. But we'd all have to agree on that, so it'll probably never happen! I've got loads of new songs. Somewhat predictably, they're all brilliant!

Dig Out Your Soul is released 6 Oct.

PUB FACT: Oasis' Be Here Now remains the fastest-selling album in UK chart history.