How ironic that Noel leaves the Oasis world tour during the same week as Billy Corgan announces the breakup of the Smashing Pumpkins. Both bands have had a history of infighting -- frankly, nobody with a casual interest in either band can be too surprised as to either of these announcements. Toward the end, both bands pretended to be something they are not -- a cohesive unit in the case of the Pumpkins, and a five piece band in the case of Oasis (as opposed to Noel Gallagher's songwriting ego). Due to these recent events, the critics will have the last laugh. Those who claimed that SP have been less a band than a showpiece for Billy Corgan's ego can now claim they were right all along. Those who claimed that Oasis have been less a band than a seven year ongoing Celebrity Deathmatch between Liam and Noel can also toast themselves. They say you can only fool most of the people for some of the time -- no reason to believe that rock bands are the exception to this rule.