PAUL, THE GALLAGHER IN THE BACKGROUND

Paul Gallagher is Noel's and Liam's older brother, but he has been clever enough not to be notorious for it. A writer, a sports journalist, a band manager and now a sought-after DJ, Paul has made a name for himself.

As the eldest brother, he was the one who started bringing cool records home. He was also the one who brought a guitar home, but lost interest in it and so eight-year-old Noel started practising on it for hours every day. At home, chatterers Paul and Liam would be hanging around while moody Noel would play guitar alone in his room. Paul has never played in any of his brothers' bands, but he has always been there supporting them. Paul was the one who got Andy Bell in Oasis and who introduced guitarist Jeff Wootton to Noel. 

The night Oasis announced their split-up, Paul, booked for the Rock in Seine festival too, DJ-ed right to the end of the aftershow party.

Recently he has been DJ-ing on Noel's solo tour dates, and he is regularly in touch with Liam too. Paul is convinced the Oasis reunion will take place again: "This is a big business. I'm sure the Oasis reunion will happen one day, there's too much money for it not to. They're a premier band. Regardless of what they say... money talks."

He added: "Whatever Liam does the crowd goes mental. Noel has the songs but not the presence and he'll never have it. Noel is a frontman now but he's not a frontman, he's a sideman being a frontman. There's more than getting up and singing to being a frontman." 

Paul wrote a book about the Gallaghers´ childhood: "Brothers from Childhood to Oasis: The Real Story", which is on sale here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brothers-Childhood-Oasis-Real-Story/dp/1852276711

"AND AFTER ALL, YOU'RE MY WONDERWALL"

October 2nd, 2015. It's been 20 years since (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? was published. Yes, that's right. 20 years. But who's counting. Most of the songs in the album will probably outlive us, though critics at the time described them as "banal", "tiresome" and "unoriginal".

The band recorded the album in just two weeks, averaging almost one song every twenty-four hours. In Noel's view, “Whilst Definitely Maybe is about dreaming of being a pop star in a band, What’s the Story is about actually being a pop star in a band”.

This is what Liam said about What's the Story: “There's s**tloads of meanings in the songs. I don't know what they mean, but there's still meaning there. They mean things but I just don't know exactly what.”

And although the album is among the greatest of all time, I'd like to highlight all of the B-sides taken from its singles, so different from each other, and at the same time so good. Most of you will agree with me when I say “Talk Tonight” and “Rockin’ Chair”, the impressive “Acquiesce” and “The Masterplan”, and definitively “Round Are Way”, the B-side from the Wonderwall single, could have been singles themselves.

20 years later, songs like 'Wonderwall', 'Don't Look Back In Anger' and 'Champagne Supernova' are no longer songs but anthems.

"6 YEARS SINCE NOEL LEFT OASIS"

August 28th, 2009: Noel Gallagher issued a statement on the band's website, saying he was leaving the band.

"It is with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight," Noel Gallagher wrote shortly after the cancelled show. 

There had been warning signs in previous months of escalating tension. In April, Noel mentioned that he wanted to spend time focusing on his first solo record rather than write the follow-up to the band’s 2008 album, "Dig Out Your Soul". The day he issued his statement, Noel had fought against his brother Liam backstage at the Rock en Seine Festival in Paris before the show they were about to perform, which was cancelled just minutes before it was to begin. According to witnesses, the brothers were arguing fiercely backstage when Liam smashed one of Noel's guitars. Then they started pummeling away at each other. 

The band also immediately cancelled upcoming shows in Germany and Italy.

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