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Noel Gallagher has confessed his love for younger brother Liam after drawing a line under their decades long feud and reuniting for a blockbuster world tour.
The Oasis legends are close to finalising a lucrative 41-date stadium tour that will earn them an estimated £50 million each, with further shows rumoured to be taking place in Knebworth next year.
And Noel, 58, admits the bitter backstage brawl that led to the abrupt dissolution of Oasis in 2009 is now a thing of the past as he re-establishes his once fractured relationship with his brother.
Discussing their bond in extracts from forthcoming book Oasis: Trying to Find A Way Out of Nowhere, he said: ‘Liam’s become more mad. He’s totally f**kin’ mental. He lives in this weird bizarre, bizarre concept.
‘I love the geezer, and I don’t say that just because he’s my brother. He makes me laugh. He’s so surreal.’
Currently enjoying a two week break after completing the north American leg of their Live ’25 tour, Oasis will return to the stage for two shows at Wembley Stadium from September 27.
Noel Gallagher has confessed his love for younger brother Liam after drawing a line under their decades long feud and reuniting for a blockbuster world tour
The Oasis legends are close to finalising a lucrative 41-date stadium tour that will earn them an estimated £50 million each
The reunited Brit Pop pioneers will then travel to South Korea, Hong Kong and Australia before moving on to South America and five final shows, culminating in São Paulo on November 23.
The demand for tickets has prompted speculation that Oasis will return to Knebworth next year for a 30th anniversary celebration of their legendary 1996 shows, at the time the biggest outdoor gigs in UK history.
More than 250,000 people gathered across two nights at the Hertfordshire venue to see Oasis perform at the height of their fame, but Noel admits they treated it like any other performance.
He said: ‘Before we went on for one of the biggest gigs of all time, there was no kind of band huddle. I had a cig. Liam had a beer.
‘Someone came in and said “Right, that’s it.” We just walked on stage and did it and then came off stage. There was no “Right, everybody out. We need to pray.”‘
The forthcoming book contains never before seen pictures of the Gallagher brothers over the years, captured by photographer Jill Furmanovsky and edited by Noel.
Reflecting on the band’s early years, Noel recalled his first meeting with Jill, while the band were still performing to small crowds across the United Kingdom.
Comparing the 72-year-old to his own mother Peggy, he said: ‘We loved Jill from the moment she rolled up at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge in 1994.
Noel discusses their bond in extracts from forthcoming book Oasis: Trying to Find A Way Out of Nowhere, featuring images captured by photographer Jill Furmanovsky (pictured)
Noel admits the bitter backstage brawl that led to the abrupt dissolution of Oasis in 2009 is now a thing of the past as he re-establishes his once fractured relationship with his brother
‘I met her on a stairwell backstage. She kind of reminded me of a dinner lady – and that’s not an insult. It’s a compliment because my mother was a dinner lady.
‘During the gig, I’m kinda rocking out and there in the pit is the dinner lady with a professional camera.’
He added: ‘At the time she was working on a book of her photography called The Moment and I saw an early draft of it. The first photo in it was a picture of Paul McCartney outside his house taken by Jill as a schoolgirl.
‘She was looking to end the book with a contemporary band that was on its way up. We were just blowing up at that point, so we were perfect.
‘After that initial shoot she appeared at everything we did. To us, and again this is not an insult at all, she looked like all our mums. She’s kind of the same size as my mum.’
Oasis: Trying to Find A Way Out of Nowhere is available to buy from September 23.
