{
  "id": 10250600,
  "title": "Rachel Chinouriri Performs And Oasis Are Revealed As Russian Psyop On SNL UK",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/rachel-chinouriri-performs-and-oasis-are-revealed-as-russian-psyop-on",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-27T16:26:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Stereogum",
    "slug": "stereogum",
    "url": "https://stereogum.com/2512776/rachel-chinouriri-performs-and-oasis-are-revealed-as-russian-psyop-on-snl-uk/news/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 27, host Amelia Dimoldenberg kicked off the second season of Saturday Night Live UK with Rachel Chinouriri as the musical guest. Dimoldenberg, who recently announced the cancellation of her show Chicken Shop Date, delivered an opening monologue filled with humor, including a jab at Ed Sheeran who she described as the world famous red-headed puppet with a hand up his ass telling him what to say.\n\nChinouriri performed two songs during her set: \"One Song Away From Crying,\" taken from her upcoming sophomore album \"I Think I Spoke Too Soon,\" and \"Never Need Me,\" a track from her 2024 debut album \"What A Devastating Turn Of Events.\"\n\nThe show also featured a cold open sketch involving the newly appointed Prime Minister Andy Burnham meeting with Oasis members Liam and Noel Gallagher. The Gallagher brothers approached Burnham to join their band, but their offer turned out to be a Russian internet phishing scam. At the end of the sketch, Noel Gallagher, going by the name Nolakov Galagski, revealed that Oasis, and has always been, a Russian PsyOp. Liam Gallagher, or Liamovich Galagov as he added, confirmed that all the band's songs were created in a lab by Kremlin scientists. The week's most important music stories and least important music memes were then discussed.",
  "summary": "Last night, Sept. 27, Amelia Dimoldenberg hosted SNL UK and Rachel Chinouriri was the musical guest. Dimoldenberg, who recently announced that she was ending her show Chicken Shop Date , had some good laughs during her opening monologue, especially a dig at Ed Sheeran who she called \"the world famous red-headed puppet with a hand up his ass telling him what to say.\" The post Rachel Chinouriri…",
  "key_points": [
    "Rachel Chinouriri debuted as musical guest on SNL UK",
    "Oasis revealed as Russian PsyOp on sketch",
    "Noel Gallagher claimed band's songs created in lab"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}