Why did Oasis split? Inside Liam and Noel Gallagher's vicious fall-out and desperate bid to end it

Liam Gallagher kicks off his headline slots at reading and leads festivals today and it's a pretty big occasion the former Oasis rocker is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Manchester band's debut album Definitely Maybe but there will be no sign of brother N Gallagher on stage with the star the iconic album which featured Classics rock and roll star cigarettes and alcohol and supersonic thrust the group into the line light back in August 1994 30 years on songwriter Liam who has been bouncing around the house in excitement said of his performances I'm going to be playing reading and leads the most RNR festivals we have left in the UK be there or be square but to the devastation of many Oasis fans the tour isnt a sign of a reunion as the brother's 14-year strong Feud persists the pair notoriously shared spats and bust UPS throughout the duration of their time together in the band and even after Noel quit in 2009 they couldn't help but exchanged Savage remarks about one another in interviews and online with Liam's later attempts to reconcile famously going amiss here the mirror takes a look back at how their long-standing dispute began and Liam's desperate call to get back together again as he prepares to take to the stage at bramham Park in Leeds and Richfield Avenue in read ing Liam 51 and older brother Noel 57 have had major tensions ever since Oasis hit the big time in the 1990s the first notable cracks in the relationship between the pair emerged on their first American tour in 1994 where Liam frequently changed the lyrics of Noel's songs to annoy both his brother and American listeners this resulted in a physical clash between the boys and a chair being thrown prompting Noel to abruptly quit the tour similar anger emerged a year later during recording sessions as Liam invited an entire Pub's worth of people to the studio where the band were working and this considerably riled Noel so much so that he hit Liam with a cricket bat during the same period the brothers were interviewed by music mag and Emmy but couldn't refrain from repeatedly telling each other to FK off in a rather memorable spot the next bus stop came in 199 6 as Oasis MTV Unplugged performance arrived and Liam pulled out at the last minute but viewed from a VIP box and heckled Noel as he sang his brother's Parts things appeared to calm down until the time the New Millennium came but a tour in Spain saw a drunken altercation occur between the pair Noel punched his brother and split his lip open after Liam questioned the paternity of Noel's child with Meg Matthews onise this even prompted Noel to briefly depart the band before returning Days Later Liam went on to have what Noel described as a diva fit when performing in Japan by acting up and walking off of the stage during the show however the final straw came for Noel in 2009 when he publicly quit the band Noel said in a statement that he couldn't work with Liam for a day longer the Elder Gallagher had said of Liam to enmy I don't know know who the guy is who's in these interviews he seems really cool because the guy I've been in a band with for the last 18 years is ained solo careers Noel went on to have a successful solo music career and created a new band the highflying birds in 2011 however Liam couldn't shy away from a dig and referred to them on Twitter as the highflying turds Liam has also won plaudits for his solo effort since Oasis was wound up including his 2017 album as you were while time can be a Healer the rift between the brothers did not seem to have softened by 2016 when the documentary film supersonic about the band was released Liam asked about the prospects of Noel turning up to the premiere and said oh no Noel won't be here has in one of his really really really really really really really really really really big houses probably eating tofu while having a face peel isnt that right man of the people the following year there were renewed hopes of a reunion for the Manchester one love concert that saw their home City remember the lives lost in the Manchester Arena bombing however when the reunion failed to materialize Liam took to Twitter to blame his brother Liam tweeted Manchester i d like to apologize for my brother's sick absence last night it ain't about Oasis it's about people helping other people and has once again shown his truth ging colors since then Liam has continued to speak about his desire to patch things up even if just for their mother's sake speaking to Radio 1 in 2017 he said HEK speak to him someday it's all very sad but we'll get over it I guess it mustn't be nice for my mom and speaking to DJ Joe Wy on Radio 2 Liam said our kid in Noel has been called many times to get the band back together it just so happens this time he wants it is when he has an album out the way I see it I won't be calling him he will be calling me I want him to call it would be lovely for my mom I'm not asked about the band it would be lovely for two brothers to be talking and for my mom the families have not seen each other and my kids haven't seen his kids I haven't seen his kids all that would be great and then maybe we could get the band back together or maybe not but that would be nice a version of this story was first published on October 20th 2023 follow Mira celebs on Tik Tok Snapchat Instagram TT Twitter Facebook YouTube and threads