“I was gonna have a year off after Knebworth, but when John rang up saying, ‘Look, I’ve got these tunes,’ I thought, ‘I’m in, mate’”: Liam Gallagher on why John Squire is like Hendrix and the best guitarist of his generation

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You can read all about the Squire/Gallagher indie-rock supergroup collab from the guitarist’s POV in our in-depth exclusive with John Squire himself, in which he takes us through the electric guitars behind the tracks, talks Stone Roses, and explains why, no, we’ve got it wrong – he is no guitar hero.

But let’s take a moment to hear from the singer, as Liam Gallagher joins us to set the record straight: Squire is a guitar hero – and he’s his generation’s Jimi Hendrix.