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Yahoo
6 hours ago
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Noel Gallagher's Ex Meg Mathews Reveals Real Reason She Left Oasis Gig Early
Noel Gallagher's ex-wife Meg Mathews has spoken out after her decision to leave Oasis' comeback show early on Friday night ended up making headlines. On Friday night, Meg was in attendance when Noel and his brother Liam Gallagher performed their first gig as Oasis since 2009, kicking off a much-hyped reunion tour. However, The Mirror reported that she left the concert during the encore, shortly before the brothers performed Wonderwall, a song for which she is widely believed to have been the inspiration. While much was made in the tabloid press about the fact Meg chose this moment as her cue to leave the gig, she has since insisted she simply wanted to duck out before the end to avoid the 'carnage' of leaving the stadium at the same time as everyone else. Posting on Instagram the following morning, Meg echoed the sentiments of critics by giving the gig 'five stars' and saying that she 'loved every minute'. 'It was worth the countdown,' she added, before turning her attention to 'all the f**king papers' commenting on her early exit. Meg wrote: '[I left during] the encore as I have left many a stadium at the end and it's carnage. But yes, I could hear Wonderwall as I walked to my car!' 'Happy now?' she added. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 🖤𝕄𝔼𝔾 𝕄𝔸𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕎𝕊 🖤 (@megmathewsofficial_) Noel and Meg were married for four years between 1997 and 2001, and share a daughter, 25-year-old Anaïs Gallagher. He also has two sons, 17-year-old Donovan and 14-year-old Sonny, with his second wife, Sara McDonald, from whom he split up in 2022. Oasis kicked off their comeback tour with two shows in Cardiff on Friday and Saturday, with dates currently scheduled in Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin across July and August. The brothers will then take the tour overseas to Canada, the USA and Mexico, before arriving in South America and Asia later in the year. Critics Are All Saying The Same Thing After The First Of Oasis' Long-Awaited Comeback Shows Saturday Night Live's 'Grim' Oasis Sketch Featured Some Extremely Questionable British Accents Liam Gallagher's Tweets About Noel's Concert Prices Come Back To Haunt Him After Oasis Ticket Chaos
Yahoo
2 days ago
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Rock Legend's Daughter Reacts to Reunion of Iconic '90s Band
Rock Legend's Daughter Reacts to Reunion of Iconic '90s Band originally appeared on Parade. English rock band Oasis sent fans into nostalgia as the iconic group performed at Cardiff's Principality Stadium for their highly anticipated tour. On Friday, the legendary '90s band kicked off the UK leg of their Oasis Live '25 tour, marking the long-awaited onstage reunion of brothers Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher after 16 years. Among the songs that they played were 'Supersonic,' 'Morning Glory,' 'Some Might Say' and, of course, their hits such as 'Wonderwall' and 'Champagne Supernova.' During the first night of the reunion tour, the emotional moment stirred strong emotion, particularly from a special member of the audience. In a touching twist, Noel Gallagher's daughter Anaïs Gallagher witnessed this in person and was determined not to miss the chance to see the legendary band perform. In an Instagram story, she reposted a black-and-white photo of the duo as they took the stage together, along with a sweet message. 'Best. Night. Of. My. Life,' she wrote, expressing her overwhelming joy and deep emotional connection to the moment. Besides her, Noel Gallagher himself couldn't hold back his emotions and appeared visibly moved at the end of the concert. Originally formed in 1991, Oasis is among the notable Britpop groups of the 1990s. The 58-year-old Gallagher is the main songwriter and guitarist, while his brother served as the charismatic frontman. However, in 2009, Noel Gallagher announced that he would be stepping away from the band. 'It is with some sadness and great relief … I quit Oasis tonight,' he said during the Rock en Seine festival in Paris following a backstage fight. As for their reunion, the band is set to perform in Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin during the summer of 2025. Global fans can also catch Oasis live as they take the stage in countries including the United States, Mexico, Brazil and Legend's Daughter Reacts to Reunion of Iconic '90s Band first appeared on Parade on Jul 5, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 5, 2025, where it first appeared.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Anais Gallagher reveals the one key piece of advice her famous parents gave her growing up as she poses with fellow Oasis offspring Lennon, Gene and Molly ahead of reunion tour
Liam and Noel Gallagher 's children are firmly moving into the spotlight as the Oasis offspring posed for a group shot for W Magazine this week ahead of the band's highly-anticipated reunion tour. The duo are getting back together for a string of sold-out shows after a rocky past - the first of which takes place on July 4 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Ahead of the show the musicians' children have spoken candidly about their upbringings with such famous parents and what they are expecting from the show. Anaïs, 25, - the daughter of Noel and Meg Mathews - shared the one key piece of advice she took from her parents to keep her grounded while growing up in the spotlight. She told how when she was a child she had assumed that every kid got the opportunity to do incredible things like being taken to see the Harry Potter film set until her parents firmly spoke to her about it. Anaïs explained: 'They said, ''You're different, but that doesn't mean you're better than anybody else.'' I think I've kept that in mind throughout my whole life.' She also said that her mum and dad never put any pressure on her to follow a certain career path or live up to their success in a similar field. The photographer explained: 'My generation has been told that the sky is the limit and that if you dream big, you can invent an app and become a billionaire. 'But that is such a small fraction of the population. My parents were always like, do whatever makes you happy - you don't need to be this big superstar.' For the shoot she posed with her three cousins wearing a stylish blue and grey checked outfit. Elsewhere in the interview her cousin Lennon, 25, - the son of Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit - gave some exciting hints about the upcoming shows and what to expect. He said: 'I can't wait. It's a massive, monumental thing, and it's going to be fantastic.' The model then joked he was 'pre-preparing his liver now' by drinking a lot of electrolytes ahead of the shows as he plans to go to as many as he can in the UK. Liam's pregnant daughter Molly Moorish looked stunning for the shoot as she posed in a red leather jacket. Liam fathered Molly, 27, in 1998 with singer Lisa Moorish - two months into his marriage with Patsy Kensit - but was not involved in her life until 2018. Gene, 24, meanwhile is the son of Liam and All Saints singer Nicole Appleton. It comes as Oasis's 23 song set list for their much-anticipated reunion tour, which kicks off on Friday, can be exclusively revealed by MailOnline It comes as Oasis's 23 song set list for their much-anticipated reunion tour, which kicks off on Friday, can be exclusively revealed by MailOnline. The eldest of the duo Noel, 58, was seen arriving in Cardiff on Wednesday as rehearsals for their opening gig at the city's Principality Stadium on Friday have started. Sources close to the brothers told MailOnline: 'It's all gearing up now. Technical rehearsals for the band started on Monday and then Noel and Liam joined them a couple of days later. 'But Liam barely even stayed for the first eight songs before leaving the rehearsals early and Noel continued on his own.' After 15 years, the brothers will finally reunite for 41 shows across Europe and the 900,000 fans who have eagerly snapped up tickets will not be disappointed with the set list which is crammed with the nineties band's classics. Opening with Acquiesce - a song from their first 1995 album, they will follow with Morning Glory the titular song of the second studio album with Supersonic playing sixth. Elsewhere Liam, 52, and Noel will play Half the World Away, Slide Away, Live Forever before finishing with their three most popular songs Don't Look Back in Anger, Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova. And ahead of the highly-anticipated evening, footage and pictures from a special drone show over Cardiff Principality enticed. Ahead of the brothers' reunion, the duo lit up the sky with brightly coloured drones which spelt out the word 'OASIS'.
BBC News
6 days ago
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- BBC News
Oasis and me: How the Gallaghers changed the lives of their fans
Since they burst into the public eye more than three decades ago, Oasis have been central to their fans' love stories to heartache, from teenage high-jinx to family drama, from being young, free and reckless to getting older and facing life's challenges, the music made by Liam and Noel Gallagher has been the soundtrack of many of the band's reunion shows, some of those fans have shared the stories of how Oasis have impacted their lives with an exclusive series presented by Noel's daughter Anaïs Gallagher for BBC Sounds. 'Liam gave me a platinum disc' In 1996, teenage Oasis superfans Anthony Lanni and Paul Hannington travelled from Stevenage to London with one aim - to meet their hero Liam Gallagher. Anthony, who is now 43, said what followed was an afternoon beyond their wildest dreams. "I was just 15 when this happened," he said."There wasn't much to do so we just figured let's go on this random quest to London and see if we can go and meet him." The pair had tracked down Liam's home address, but on arrival, their courage was tested as there was no indication the singer would be leaving his waiting outside for about 15 minutes, Paul suggested to Anthony that he should knock on the front door. "I was just this cheeky chappy and just thought 'go on then, why not?'," he said. The response the pair received was typically Gallagher-esque."To say he wasn't happy puts it mildly."I remember him saying 'you don't just come and knock on my door alright'." The door then slammed in the teenagers' faces, leaving them unsure what to do 10 minutes later, the door opened again. "He sort of apologised for being a bit rude and started chatting to us," Paul said. Regaining their wits and warming to the unexpected interaction, Anthony spotted a number of platinum discs on the wall behind Liam and decided to ask for one. "He handed [one of them] to me," he said."He said, and I'll never forget these words, 'if you don't ask, you don't get'."He said I can keep it."It's giving me goosebumps just talking about it. I was in sheer disbelief." Paul said he could not believe what his friend had achieved in that moment."I felt a bit left out and I said 'what can I have?'," he said."I was just joking really and he reached out and picked up a hole punch off the desk beside the front door and said 'how about that? You can have this'."I looked at it and I thought 'yeah – I'll take that'." 'Oasis brought my mum back to me' As a teenager, Karen Kelly would listen to Oasis on repeat, blasting the songs from her bedroom in New Ross, County Wexford in as much as she loved them, the volume was not as warmly appreciated by her mum Helen, who would bang on the ceiling with a brush telling her to turn the music down."She said she liked some of their songs," she said."She couldn't help it, as that's all that was coming out of my house."But when Don't Look Back in Anger came out, I used to catch her in the kitchen with the piano at the start and she would be tapping the toe and the head would be going." Years later, she started to notice her mother was struggling with her memory, before she was eventually diagnosed with dementia."We've got to the stage where she doesn't know who I am at the moment," she said."It's sad because the mother I knew isn't there any more."That's how bad it's gotten. It's hard."It's true what they say with dementia. You lose them twice." One day, her father called to say her mother was having a bad day. She decided to take her on a drive to do "car karaoke" and Don't Look Back in Anger came on."I looked over and the head was going," she said."The next minute she started singing. "My mouth was open." She said with tears flooding down her face, she joined in, singing in unison."She sang every word," she said."She hasn't a clue who I am, doesn't know my name from Adam but she knows Don't Look Back in Anger, which I think is magical."She said it was a moment she would cherish forever. "To have a few minutes where the two of you just connect through a song... I think it's just about the most amazing thing ever." 'Channelling Liam helped me come out' Comedian Susie McCabe, 45, discovered Oasis through her older brother's record collection."I'm a working class little lesbian from the east end of Glasgow who tells jokes for a living and absolutely adores all things Oasis," she said. "I will never forget the first time I heard 'Definitely Maybe'. "I had found my band. "Just from them opening chords, I was absolutely hooked."It was music for me and it was music for my generation." At 17 years old, she said she channelled the swagger of Liam Gallagher to share her sexuality with her family. "His influence gave me the chance to be me," she said. "At this point in time, I'm pretty much aware of what my sexuality is going to be – that's a tough time. "But suddenly you could listen to that music and you could have that swagger and you could have that strut."You knew at some point you were gonna need to strut into your family home and break the news to your family that you're gay." She said listening to Oasis's music made her feel like there were no barriers."What Liam gave us was a belief that people like us could actually make it," she said. "That guy gave you permission to be you."That's probably one of the most important thing he could have ever have done for a generation." 'I wasn't going to be the only Oasis fool' Lily Dimelow could not believe her luck when her father Dean Hughes managed to book Oasis to play at their pub in North had been a huge fan since she first heard one of their songs during a karaoke session when she was nine. "It was Don't Look Back In Anger," she said."My cousin Joey sung it. "It was just the fact the whole crowd got up to sing it with him. It was like everyone was just connected in the building."So when her father revealed the pub's latest booking, she said she was "absolutely buzzing". Unbeknown to her though, things were not quite as they seemed."I remember booking the Oasis tribute," Dean said."I told her it was Oasis [but] I didn't think she would believe me. "She sucked it up like a sponge."As soon as they started, I just looked at Lily and her eyes lit up." Mad For Oasis: Anaïs Gallagher explores the legacy of the band, telling stories of the music through the eyes of the fans Lily, from Warrington in Cheshire, said it was an amazing night, but she did not have the nerve to approach the band."I was really shy as a kid so I definitely wasn't going to go over and say anything to them especially after seeing some of the interviews I'd watched," she then-11-year-old was elated and could not wait to go to school to tell her said that three years later, the penny dropped when she went to watch an Oasis tribute band. "I sent a video to my dad and he was like 'that's the one we had on in the pub, I think'," she said. She said that rather than trying to get even with Dean, she decided to pass the prank along and trick her younger siblings at a family festival years later. "I wasn't going to be the only one who was made a fool of so I had to pass it on," she said. She told her siblings the real Oasis were in fact on stage. "It's nice that she's carrying it on," Dean said."It's becoming a bit of a family tradition."I can't wait for her to get shouted at when they find out." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
Daily Mail
20-06-2025
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- Daily Mail
Anais Gallagher supports her father Noel and uncle Liam as she attends Oasis x Adidas Originals event while the brothers gear up for reunion tour after estrangement
Anaïs Gallagher showed her support for her father, Noel, by attending the Oasis x Adidas Originals event on Thursday. The iconic band are set to reunite in July for their first tour in 16 years, dubbed Oasis Live '25, after Noel, 58, and his brother Liam, 52, finally buried the hatchet last year after a decades-long estrangement. The Manchester band has been busy rehearsing the past few days, and the Gallagher brothers have also teamed up with sportswear giant Adidas for a new collection and campaign, titled Original Forever. Celebrating over 30 years of shared history between Oasis and the brand, the collaboration features a three-minute mini-film and an Adidas Originals x Oasis Live '25 apparel collection inspired by the 1990s. And Noel's daughter Anaïs, 25, showed her support for the reunion as she took to Instagram to share a series of snaps of herself at the launch event. In one smiley selfie, she joked: 'Least indie person at Oasis x Adidas event. It wasn't foretold in the prophecy. But it is indeed canon.' She also gave fans a glimpse at one of the band's football jerseys, which was neatly folded in a picture frame alongside several throwback snaps of the brothers. The event included a DJ to get the crowds going and drinks were served in Oasis-branded glasses. Meanwhile, clothing items from their new collection were on full display as excitement gears up for the reunion tour. Later in the evening, a large crowd gathered as event organisers showed their new advert on a projector, which showed models wearing the new apparel as well as shots of Noel and Liam. Oasis split following a backstage disagreement between the Gallagher brothers at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris in 2009. Their return to the stage has been one of the most anticipated music events over the past decade. A new book titled Live Forever by John Robb has detailed just how bitter the band's split was at the time. However, fans and friends are hoping that nothing happens on tour like the row they had backstage, which took them more than a decade to move on from. And later in the evening, a large crowd gathered as event organisers showed their new advert on a projector, which saw models wearing the new apparel as well as Noel and Liam themselves One witness said: 'Liam was goading Noel constantly and then the two snapped.' Another witness remembered: 'There were proper punches and Liam smashed up one of Noel's guitars. Liam was like a man possessed. They continued: 'He was swearing constantly and really angry. Medical staff were called along with security. Noel got out as quickly as he could. This was a truly vicious fight - quite horrible.' In his statement confirming he had quit the band at the time, Noel wrote: 'The level of verbal and violent intimidation towards me, my family, friends and comrades has become intolerable.' But thankfully, the duo have now made up and it is believed that Liam made the first move to patch things up with his brother. On X, formerly Twitter, Liam replied to a fan last year, saying: 'I called him but don't tell anyone as I do t wont folk thinking I'm a soft lad and stuffs keep it between me n you cheers x.' Book author John, who is a close friend of Noel, has reportedly written the programme notes for the upcoming tour. Discussing the reunion in his new book Live Forever, John said: 'The reformation rumours never did end. 'Every now and then there would be rumblings…Every year they would go from a whisper to a scream. And then silence. Venues would be booked and unbooked. Fans hopes and despaired. 'On August 27 the band announced they had reformed and everything went crazy. A tour was announced where the band were playing bigger stadiums than they had ever played before. 'Somehow by splitting up and reforming 15 years later they had become the biggest band in the world again.'
