Vernon Kay claims Liam Gallagher branded him a lanky b*****d’ after he accidentally insulted the Oasis star

Vernon Kay claims that he insulted Liam Gallagher at a Prodigy gig after he asked whether the Oasis frontman was wearing fake tan.

The 51-year-old broadcaster revealed Liam called him a ‘lanky b******d’ after Vernon asked Liam, 52, if he’d had some help with his bronzed look back in 2009.

Writing a piece about the ’90s Britpop band for The Sun, Vernon recalled: ‘Back in 2009, I was at a Prodigy gig when I bumped into Liam and his then-wife Nicole Appleton. 

‘They’d been on holiday and I’d had a couple of lagers and cheekily yelled at him, “Is that fake tan you’re wearing?”

‘For a minute, I thought he was going to hit me. He shouted, ‘No, I’m f*****g not you lanky streak of p**s.’

‘I think he then called me lanky b******d. But he’s brilliant company.’ 

Vernon Kay, 51, claims that he insulted Liam Gallagher at a Prodigy gig after he asked whether the Oasis frontman was wearing fake tan

The broadcaster has revealed Liam called him a ‘lanky b*******’ after Vernon asked Liam, 52, if he’d had some help with his bronzed look back in 2009

MailOnline has contacted Liam’s representative for comment.  

The BBC Radio 2 broadcaster is a massive Oasis fan and he will be attending the first show of Liam and Noel Gallagher’s reunion tour.

It is taking place at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on Friday and Vernon will be joined by his 16-year-old daughter Amber and his younger brother Stephen.

He insists Supersonic singer Liam would be among his top 10 dinner party guests.

Vernon said: ‘People ask, “Who would be your top ten dinner party guests?” Well, Liam would certainly be one of mine. 

‘And I think you would want him to be the one who arrives last, with a 24-pack of Guinness, slamming them down on the table. Everyone would go, “Alright then, let’s have one of them.”

‘For me – and countless others – today’s show will be a return to the golden days of our youth.’

Oasis mania is well and truly taking over the nation ahead of the iconic Britpop band’s first reunion concert. 

The band previously confirmed they would be hitting the stage at 8.15pm after warm up act Richard Ashcroft begins his set at 7:00pm.

Vernon is pictured with Liam’s brother Noel during an appearance at BBC Radio 2 

The BBC Radio 2 broadcaster is a massive Oasis fan and he will be attending the first show of Liam and Noel Gallagher’s reunion tour 

But some music lovers have been left scrambling for last minute seats, with some that boast a £489 face value being sold for as much as £2,500.

Viagogo has several seated spots on sale for more than £1,000 and reported on its page that 34,000 people had looked at tickets for Friday’s performance. With seats for Saturday’s second night in the Welsh capital have even higher price tags.

Meanwhile many fans have found themsleves falling foul of scammers in their desperate attempt to bag a spot in the crowd and have taken to X to share their frustrations.

‘Half the accounts on Twitter are fake and trying to scam by selling Oasis tickets’: ‘pls stop trying to scam me, i just want an oasis ticket fml’: ‘Anyone else’s tickets for Oasis in Cardiff been voided and then been reassigned worse tickets without even an email to note this change ?’.

They have collectively lost more than £2m to scams since tickets for its reunion tour went on sale last year, a major bank estimated. 

Lloyds Banking Group based the calculation on the volume of fraud reports made by its own customers.

Oasis fans make up more than half of all reported concert ticket scams so far this year, according to Lloyds’ data, losing £436 on average. 

The biggest amount lost in a single case so far was more than £1,700, suggesting many fans are willing to pay well over face value, the bank said.

Oasis mania is well and truly taking over the nation ahead of the iconic Britpop band’s first reunion concert at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on Friday