The Oasis guitarist called James's music "terrible" almost two decades ago and this week James, 50, described Noel, 57, as "two-faced". "I bumped into Noel Gallagher the other day," James told the How to Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast. "He'd said he was leaving Ibiza and selling up his house because he couldn't handle me writing my s**t songs down the road from him." The You're Beautiful singer explained that in contrast to his interview insults, Noel was always friendly in person.