The Enemy hit back

Tom Clarke slams rumours his band weren't up to supporting Oasis

14 July 2009 - The Enemy's frontman Tom Clarke has hit back over claims the band pulled out of supporting Oasis at Wembley Stadium because they couldn't be bothered.

The Coventry trio said that they were forced to pull out of their performance on July 11 because their singer Tom fell ill.

"The fact of the matter is we smashed a hole in Wembley for two nights and we couldn't do one because I had a reaction to some lillies," he told Radio 1. 

"It's pathetic that in 2009 a man can't walk past a lily without getting a sore throat but what can you do?"

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This is the second time The Enemy have pulled out of a support slot during Oasis' UK tour.

Last month, Clarke's band were forced to cancel a performance at Heaton Park because he was struck down with food poisoning.

Reports at the time suggested that the singer believed Oasis were "past it", prompting Liam Gallagher to criticise the band on his Twitter page.

But Clarke was quick to point out that he was misunderstood.

"Why don't they just write Oasis, Kasabian and The Enemy smashed a hole in Wembley?"  Tom Clarke, The Enemy

Now, Clarke has hit back and launched a scathing attack on music journalists.

"There's not that many interesting bands around at the minute," he said.
 
"There's us, Kasabian, Oasis, maybe Muse but to be honest they've been quiet for a bit, Reverened And The Makers and that's pretty much it.

"So all these petty little music journalists have to sit in a room and decide what they're going to write about and normally they pick on the exciting bands and then try and make it more exciting.

"Why don’t they just write Oasis, Kasabian and The Enemy smashed a hole in Wembley and if you go down there just off the A40 you'll find it?"

The Enemy are due to perform at this year's Ibiza Rocks line-up on 4 August.

Damian Jones