Chris Greaves

It's never too late to be what you might have been… @Oasis 🎵@StephMcArvail1 ♥️ @IlkestonTown_FC ⚽️@FooFighters @F1 🏎️

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Why is it I’m seeing articles with headlines such as ‘we’re heading for catastrophe’ because of this latest UK heatwave but yet, in the same article it mentions temperatures being broken from 1976 - so if the heat now is because of climate change, what was it in 1976?

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@piersmorgan @NoniMadueke_ 💥💪🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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@F1HardWalls4K @HillF1 for me 👍🏻

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@scyhodotcom @oasis I’ve got this on CD… one of the first bootlegs I ever bought, played it to death!!

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@fuzzyrkid Terrible interviewer… you can tell the band wanted to be anywhere else but there…

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@aestheticsguyy

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@OasisMania @NoelGallagher I doubt he’d say yes to some Joe Bloggs even if he was working on new Oasis music… means nothing

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@NME @NoelGallagher @oasis Surly to keep the momentum going it’ll be under Oasis whatever’s released… can’t see it going down as well if he released new music under the HFB

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@karunchandhok Absolutely loving the look of these 2026 cars! 😍

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@MaxiGonzalez_23 @Muster_oficial @liamgallagher @oasis Has a Status Quo vibe!

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@SkyNews 14 months… 😠

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@HustleBitch_ Or he just didn’t want his receipt which is perfectly normal, I often say no thanks when offered the receipt as I usually put it straight in the bin…

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@JVMonte2 Kings of Leon

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@scyhodotcom @oasis @liamgallagher @NoelGallagher @foofighters @thecoralband @Razorlight Was There Then…. Great night from what I remember! I believe The Subways were also on the bill

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Suicide.

I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis.

You take a rope.
You put it up in a garage or a tree nearby or far away.
You're thinking about every loved one you'll leave behind as you put that rope around your neck.
Then you drop.

Some are decapitated.
Some aren't.
All are found by someone who has a lifetime of trauma that will never leave them.
A son.
A daughter.
A brother.
A sister.
A mother.
A father.

I know 2 men who hung themselves.

One was found by his Mom.
One was found by his brother.
Neither have recovered fully. 20 and 30 years on.

A life sentence for people who were already worrying, terrified their loved one may do something.

So just visualise the above and ask, "is there another way"?

A segway for a moment.

I do a few Q&A's every year. Tales of yesterday with a 99% male audience of my age group.

After the stories and fun, my last question back to the audience is..

"Hands up if you struggle with a mental health issue".

Nobody ever puts a hand up. Despite 1 in every 3 of 500 attendees statistically struggling.

"Ah, nobody, that's fucking brilliant! Well I do! ". I then graphically tell people, stunned into silence about how a rope around my neck in the middle of nowhere jolted me to go home and cry like a baby to my Mom.

After the Q&A has finished, something always happens. I'll be chatting to a few guys, saying bye and one by one, men will come over and whisper " I struggle".

Or my mailbox the next day will have 30 emails from guys, their partners or kids saying " Dad/Uncle /Brother was there last night and what you said hit them hard".

And that's how some people realise that it's time to speak to a pal or family member or even rant to me in an email. It works, I often get a follow up email a year or 6 later saying that they took responsibility for their suicidal feelings and are now flying.

Humans are programmed to want to live, to have families and to keep the species growing and thriving. So for a human to want to short circuit that desire isn't normal, and it should never be spoken of as normal. It's the ultimate red flag.

If you suspect your mate, Dad, Brother, Uncle is struggling mentally, they deserve your intervention.

They deserve a " are you OK, please tell me what's up".

They deserve an opportunity to get past wanting to hang a rope over a tree or in a garage and slowly struggle until they die and you find them.

If you've been there and trust me I have plenty, then you'll know that text out of the blue, or a footie mate or one of your kids asking jow you are can open the curtains to some sunshine.

Because when suicide is your only answer, the room is already dark, and you can't see a way out.

So please, fucking pretty please, ask that husband, Dad, Uncle, Cousin, footie pal TODAY how they are.

You may be shocked what comes back but extremely glad that you asked.

For those who struggle, you're not alone.

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@liamgallagher Absolutely gutting news….

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Absolutely love this version! ⁦@oasis⁩ #WTSMG30 https://t.co/1vVgm80oH3

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@OasisPodcast Unfortunately not… although I am going to Rockfield at the end of the month, can’t wait!

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@FooFightersUK @foofighters @ObservatoryOC Best live venue in the UK, Rock City, Nottingham

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@oasis Amazing video… goosebumps 🤩