Oasis plan Proms Stones cover

By Georgie Rogers
6 Music news reporter

Oasis' new album Dig Out Your Soul sold nearly 90,000 units on its first day

Oasis say they hope to cover Rolling Stones' We Love You at their BBC Electric Proms show at the Roundhouse on 26 October.

Noel Gallagher told BBC 6 Music they plan to perform the legendary rock band's 1967 hit with a 50 piece choir.

The choir, Crouch End Festival Chorus, were due to feature on Oasis' Dig Out Your Soul, but the plans fell through.

Instead they will join the Manchester giants for their gig, which rounds off this year's Electric Proms run.

Noel said: "Out of the all the songs on the album, there's two that didn't make it that have got a 50 piece choir.

They're going to sing on maybe a third of the set and we're hoping to do We Love You Noel Gallagher on the Crouch End Festival Chorus

"The original idea for this album was to record it with this choir in Abbey Road and for whatever reason, their availability and that, it didn't happen.

"So when we got offered the Proms, we called them up and said: 'I know we let you down last time but do you fancy getting up and doing a few tunes?'

"So I think they're going to sing on maybe a third of the set and we're hoping to do We Love You."

The Oasis mastermind said they'd kept frontman Liam out of the organisation for the show: "We kind of just skate around that with Liam, we don't try and freak him out too much."

He joked: "Liam's just like; 'What's happening with this Proms then? What's a prom?'

"I'm not sure, it's not something you put your child in though'."

Scottish quartet Glasvegas will be providing support for Oasis on the night of their BBC Electric Proms gig.