It's been praised as one of the great Christmas adverts and has reduced viewers to tears.

But one person wasn't moved by John Lewis' Man On The Moon advert is rocker Noel Gallagher.

Oasis' Half The World Away, performed by Norwegian singer Aurora, features in the ad and Noel, who famously dislikes Christmas, has expressed his dismay that the song will forever be associated with the festive season.

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Christmas cheer: Noel Gallagher, 48, has expressed his dismay that Oasis' Half The World Away will forever be associated with the festive season thanks to it's appearance in John Lewis' Man On The Moon advert

Speaking during a concert for BBC Radio 2 in London, he said: 'It will forever be synonymous with Christmas from now on and, as is well known, it’s not my favourite time of year.

'Having said that, at least it comes with a cheque, which, believe me, is highly worthwhile.'

The 48-year-old rocker then joked: 'And don’t go buying me John Lewis vouchers for Christmas, trying to be a smart a**, inside a card that says "Noel".'

Strong message: The John Lewis advert has been widely praised for its bid to help raise awareness of lonely pensioners at Christmas time

Noel was joined by his former Oasis bandmate Gem Archer - who was also part of Gallagher’s brother Liam’s band Beady Eye - as he performed the intimate and semi-acoustic set, filled with B-sides of Oasis singles and hits from his first High Flying Birds album, at the BBC Radio Theatre.

The Manchester-born musician introduced Archer as 'my former right-hand man, who is now my left-hand man'.

Four hundred fans watched Gallagher play live, although more than 50,000 people applied to attend the gig, which included past Oasis hits Wonderwall, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? and Don’t Look Back In Anger.

He also dedicated the Oasis track, Slide Away, to his absent wife Sara MacDonald, 'who couldn’t be bothered to come tonight'.

Rock on: Noel has had a musical renaissance as of late, with his High Flying Birds winning Best Album at this year's Q Awards (pictured performing at the 02 Apollo in Manchester)

Gallagher, who performed at Lincoln’s Bishop Grosseteste University with Archer on Saturday, will next play at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday.

The frontman has previously expressed his aversion to Christmas, saying: 'I hate the silly music on the radio, I hate the adverts, I don’t like mince pies and I hate turkey. I can’t be a****d getting involved.'

Noel has had a musical renaissance as of late, with his High Flying Birds winning Best Album at this year's Q Awards.

Lonely this Christmas: In the advert a little girl on Earth makes contact with a lonely elderly man living on the Moon

Receiving his gong, the singer quipped that he wasn’t impressed with his award, saying:

‘First of all, I've been coming here for years. They need to f***ing sort this s**t out, these [the awards] are rubbish! I've got hundreds of these you can't put them anywhere.’

He then joked about thanking himself for being the best producer, saying: ‘I'd like to thank my producer - who was me, you were f***ing brilliant.'

Beating the likes of old Oasis rivals Blur, Florence and The Machine, Everything Everything and Jamie XX, the rocker collected the band's award from Coldplay's Chris Martin.