While it seemed impossible 15 years ago, Liam and Noel Gallagher finally drew a line under their long-standing feud and reunited for a blockbuster world tour this summer.
The Oasis legends are close to finalising the 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.
Currently enjoying a two week break after completing the north American leg of their Live ’25 tour, they will return to the stage for two shows at Wembley Stadium from September 27.
The brothers 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.
Formed in the 1990s, the Britpop group rose to fame with hits like Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back In Anger and Stop Crying Your Heart Out, going on to become arguably one of the biggest bands in British music history.
But Noel and Liam’s fractious relationship nearly spelled an end to Oasis for good, with 30 years of backstage bust-ups, walk-outs and Twitter tirades between the siblings.
From using tambourines as weapons, no-showing gigs and numerous booze-fuelled altercations, here are the Gallaghers’ most explosive fights.
While it seemed impossible 15 years ago, Liam and Noel Gallagher finally drew a line under their long-standing feud and reunited for a blockbuster world tour this summer (seen August)
Mr. Tambourine Man
The first notable cracks in the relationship between the pair emerged on their first American tour in 1994.
During the shows Liam frequently changed the lyrics of Noel’s songs to annoy both his brother and American listeners.
The duo’s fractious relationship hit an all-time low at a showcase gig at the Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles, infamously known as one of the band’s most chaotic gigs, when Liam started to fling insults at the band.
This culminated with him chucking a tambourine at his brother, causing a furious Noel to storm off stage and disappear for a couple of days.
He eventually returned after cooling off in Las Vegas, but turned the incident into the song Talk Tonight.
The duo’s fractious relationship hit an all-time low at a showcase gig at the Whiskey A Go Go in LA when Liam started to fling insults at the band and chucked a tambourine at Noel (seen in 1997)
Wibbling Rivalry
During the same period, the brothers were interviewed by music mag NME when they infamously repeatedly told each other to ‘f**k off’ in a memorable spat.
A 14 minute audio recording of the interview with John Harris, called Wibbling Rivalry, was released the following year, showing the public an in depth look of the pair’s tumultuous relationship.
The duo can be heard bickering and throwing insults at each other, with Noel comparing Liam to a football hooligan.
While Liam shoots back at Noel: ‘You can stick your thousand pounds right up your f***ing a**e ’till it comes out your f***ing big toe.’
Hit for six
In 1995, Noel get his own back for the tambourine incident, this time using a cricket bat to hit his his brother in what he later called their ‘biggest fight’.
While recording their hit album What’s The Story, Morning Glory? in Wales, things escalated to the point where Noel took a cricket bat to Liam’s head.
Liam had headed to the pub during the recording session, bringing party-goers back to the studio while Noel was trying to work.
‘As I recall, Liam was going pretty f***ing mad. Somebody let a fire extinguisher off in the farmhouse,’ Noel recalled in a later interview.
In 1995, Noel get his own back for the tambourine incident, this time using a cricket bat to hit his his brother in what he later called their ‘biggest fight’ (pictured in 1995)
‘I think maybe one of my guitars got damaged, and I blamed him. […] I ended up having a proper fight with Liam. It might have been the biggest fight we ever had. I remember smashing his head in with a cricket bat.’
Liam has his own version of events, remembering: ‘The whole studio got smashed to pieces, everything just got blitzed to bits.
‘It was probably me not giving a f***, and him trying to write f***ing ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, and me going, ‘B*llocks, let’s have it’.’
The cricket bat in question was rescued and later sold at auction in 2011 for £1000.
Pulling a sickie
In August 1996, Liam pulled out of Oasis’ MTV Unplugged performance at the last minute.
Noel announced at the time: ‘Liam ain’t gonna be with us ’cause he’s got a sore throat, so you’re stuck with the ugly four’.
However despite pulling out due to ‘illness’, Liam then proceeded to watch the whole show from the crowd, heckling his brother with a beer in hand.
Butting heads
Things kicked off after Liam questioned the paternity of Noel’s daughter, Anaïs, from his marriage to ex-wife Meg Matthews (Noel and Anaïs seen in 2022)
More physical altercations came in May 2000, when the two brothers got into a drunken altercation while on tour in Spain.
Things kicked off after Liam questioned the paternity of Noel’s daughter, Anaïs, from his marriage to ex-wife Meg Matthews.
An enraged Noel headbutted Liam and split his lip, telling him he’d never forget or forgive him.
He then left the band for the second time and the band completed the rest of the European tour without him.
War of the words
The feud kept on simmering, but in 2005 the two siblings moved from physical blows to verbal attacks.
In an interview with Spin magazine Noel was the one hurling insults, referring to the ‘psychological warfare’ nature of their fighting.
‘I can read him, and I can f**kin’ play him like a slightly disused arcade game,’ he said of his working relationship with his brother.
‘I can make him make decisions that he thinks are his, but really they’re mine. Without fightin’. It’s an art I’ve learned.’
The feud kept on simmering, but in 2005 the two siblings moved from physical blows to verbal attacks (pictured in 2005)
‘Our relationship’s the same, but we’re getting older. Instead of insults and fist fightin’, it’s now more veiled psychological warfare through the press.’
By April 2009, the beginning of the end was obvious, with Noel issuing the now infamous quote in an interview with Q Magazine: ‘He’s the angriest man you’ll ever meet. He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup.’
A whole decade later, Liam responded to the quote on Twitter with a video of himself eating soup with a fork.
In the video, which is posted to thank people for buying tickets to his tour, he quipped: ‘You’ve made a very so-called-angry man, very very happy.’
The Break-Up
After 15 years of fights and walk-outs Oasis split at their final concert in Paris – Rock En Seine after yet another backstage bust-up.
According to reports an argument broke out, with Liam wielding Noel’s guitar around ‘like an axe’.
It was the last straw for the duo and the show was cancelled, along with the rest of the tour.
Noel issued a statement at the time, saying: ‘It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight.
After 15 years of fights and walk-outs Oasis split at their final concert in Paris – Rock En Seine after yet another backstage bust-up (seen in 2008)
‘People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.’
In another statement a few days later, titled ‘Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere’, Noel added: ‘The details are not important and of too great a number to list.
‘But I feel you have the right to know that the level of verbal and violent intimidation towards me, my family, friends and comrades has become intolerable.
‘And the lack of support and understanding from my management and band mates has left me with no other option than to get me cape and seek pastures new.’
The duo quickly went their separate ways when the band disbanded and their infamous decade-long feud has been running ever since.
