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Daily Mirror
08-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Oasis' Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher launch collaboration with surprise brand
Oasis fans have been given an announcement today, with Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher sharing that they have both worked on special edition Adidas Spezial trainers A collaboration between Oasis and a sportswear brand has been unveiled today amid the band's reunion world tour. Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher have announced that special edition Adidas trainers will be available this month. Noel, 58, and Liam, 52, are currently on the Oasis Live '25 tour together, with them having performed at Wembley Stadium and other venues in the UK already, after having launched the much-awaited tour five weeks ago. They will soon be heading abroad for a host of international concerts. It's now been revealed that the brothers have each put their name to a pair of trainers that are set to be released in select stores later this month. It comes after Paul Weller reve als the unusual reason he refuses to watch Oasis concerts. Noel and Liam have collaborated with Gary Aspden, who is credited with creating the Adidas Spezial range, known as adidas SPZL, which was first introduced in 2014. The trio announced the new partnership on Instagram today. The NG Marathon SPZL, designed by Gary in collaboration with Noel, is a black trainer with pale blue stripes and detailing. The tongue, behind dark blue laces on the shoes, features a photo of the singer-songwriter and his name. Whilst the LG Achille SPZL, a collaboration between Liam and Gary, is a beige trainer with brown stripes and detailing. White laces are over the tongue, which showcases a photo of the former Beady Eye member and his name. Both trainers "will be available via adidas SPZL stockists, adidas Carnaby and adidas MCR retail stores" from August 16, it's been announced. It's also been shared that Adidas Confirmed app sign- ups will be live from August 13. Gary gave an insight into the creation of them in posts on his page this morning. He said that Liam "knew from the outset" that he wanted to do "a version" of the adidas Achille based on archival versions of that silhouette, whilst Noel had "always liked" the silhouette of the Marathon 85. He also teased what to expect from them. It included him writing about the NG Marathon SPZL: "The shoes come in the blue box with Noel's image used on the side in the same style as 70s athletes would have on their signature shoes." Fans shared excitement over the news in the comments section of the Gallagher brothers' respective posts. Someone responded to Noel: "I need to get these immediately." Another told him: "Love it." Whilst a third fan said: "I want them." There was similar anticipation in response to Liam's post about his trainers. One person wrote: "Omg I want." Another commented: "Beautiful." And sharing their thoughts, someone else reacted: "Why do I need these in my life so badly."
Glasgow Times
08-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Liam or Noel Gallagher? Oasis fans declare who they prefer
These are the difficult questions we put to hardcore Oasis fans who were attending Oasis' first of three shows at Murrayfield Stadium tonight. The Supersonic hitmakers will perform at the Edinburgh stadium on August 8, 9 and 12. This will be their only Scottish shows on the Oasis Live '25 Tour and their first gigs in the country following the band's split in 2009. We spoke to four groups of people and though some answers aligned, some were radically different. Definitely Maybe or Morning Glory? What's the Story and Definitely, Maybe are often considered to be Oasis's biggest and best records. While Definitely, Maybe featured hits like Rock n Roll Star, Supersonic and Slide Away, What's the Story came out a year later in 1995 and has huge bangers like Wonderwall, Roll With It, She's Electric and Champagne Supernova. So, which do fans prefer? While three groups answered Definitely, Maybe without hesitation, one said What's the Story - much to our shock, given the previous answers. (Image: Newsquest) (Image: Newsquest) Liam Gallagher or Noel Gallagher? Noel and Liam were once just two brothers who grew up Burnage, Manchester. But after creating Oasis in 1991 and releasing their debut album in 1994, they became sensations in the rock and roll music scene and to this day, they remain legends in the eyes of fans. After seething tension on stage and off, the brothers were torn apart and the band split in 2009. Then, Liam formed Beady Eye and Noel Gallagher created the High Flying Birds and both made a number of solo albums. 'He couldn't handle the vibes. He couldn't handle the rock n roll,' Liam once quipped. Noel once described Liam as 'the angriest man you'll ever meet,' adding, 'he's like a man with a fork in a world of soup.' But now that the brothers and the band have reunited this year, who do people prefer? It's probably no surprise that pretty much everyone said Liam, apart from two women who said Noel. READ NEXT: Oasis at Murrayfield stadium LIVE updates for Edinburgh show Meet the Oasis fans attending tonight's Murrayfield show We asked Oasis fans for fashion advice ahead Murrayfield gig - here's what they said High Flying Birds or Beady Eye? Noel's High Flying Birds formed in 2010, one year after Oasis split. Meanwhile, Liam created his own band in 2009, Beady Eye. While Beady Eye released two albums, High Flying Birds have released four, including their debut self-titled record. So, which band are people more a fan of? This question was one which fairly divided the fans with an equal split. However, two people said they were fans of neither. Some clear Oasis and Noel and Liam loyals there! Parka or Bucket hat? Aside from their discography and attitudes, Oasis is known for their fashion. From round sunglasses and parkas to bucket hats, fashion is a huge part of the band and its fans. So, we asked fans which they preferred - parkas or bucket hats? Bucket hats certainly took the win for this one, while a few were parka loyals. However, with the sea of bucket hats we saw at the stadium, we knew this answer was going to shine through. (Image: Newsquest) (Image: Newsquest) Seeing Oasis in the 90s or now? It's safe to say that everyone said the 90s for this one. Having formed in 1991 and released their debut album in 1994, the Manchester band were broke out and found fame in the same decade. One man we spoke to, Cian Fitzgerald, who lives and works in Edinburgh, saw the band in the 90s, as did two other women who saw the group twice, including once in Loch Lomond. Wonderwall or Don't Look Back in Anger? Now, if you're an Oasis fan, you'll know why we asked this. For years, this has been a huge debate with these two songs, which are arguably the band's biggest hits. While Noel wanted to sing Don't Look Back live on stage, Liam disagreed. But which song do fans think is the best? Everyone said Don't Look Back in Anger aside from one group who claimed to love Wonderwall.
Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
First picture of Liam and Noel together as Oasis finally reunite at Cardiff Principality Stadium
It is the moment every Oasis fan has been waiting to see - Liam and Noel Gallagher back on stage together. The brothers from Burnage finally reunited at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff tonight, for the first gig of their huge reformation tour. It is the first time Oasis have performed live since a gig at 2009's V Festival, which came after three nights at Heaton Park. The Heaton Park residency infamously began with the first having to be pulled after a generator failed. A row before a subsequent show in Paris led the Mancunian legends to split. But tonight, at 8.15pm, after millions of fans clamoured to get hold of tickets, the tour finally began. READ MORE: 'I've sold my Oasis opening night ticket after Liam's unacceptable post' READ MORE: Oasis fan left devastated after £730 tickets cancelled days before gig The brothers emerged on stage as an intro tape and the 2000 track F**kin' in the Bushes rang out, before storming into first track Hello. The gig had started with support slots from Richard Ashcroft and Cast. But the crowd almost blew the roof off the Principality Stadium when the band took to the stage. It is also a momentous night for Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs, a founding member of Oasis who left the group in 1999 but has since performed with Liam Gallagher's band Beady Eye, and on the frontman's solo tours. The rhythm guitarist took to the stage with both Gallagher brothers for the first time in over two decades. Also forming the Oasis live band are bassist Andy Bell and guitarist Gem Archer, who both joined the band in 1999. Completing the line up is new drummer Joey Waronker, who recently performed on Liam Gallagher and John Squire's recent album. Touring members also include Christian Madden on keyboards, Jessica Greenfield on backing vocals, Alastair White on trombone, Steve Hamilton on saxophone and Joe Auckland on trumpet. Fans have been travelling from around the world to be in Cardiff for the first show of the tour. Lifelong fans Lachlan Weekes and Jayden Helm spent more than a day travelling from Sydney, Australia to attend the concert in the Welsh capital. 'We've been lifelong fans – we're 22 and 21, so haven't really had a chance to see them before," Jayden said. "We always said it was worth it to come, we wouldn't miss it for the world,' he added. 'To take time off work to come over here, it's more than worth it.'
Telegraph
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
How Liam Gallagher went from laughing stock to national treasure
In 2015 Liam Gallagher considered moving to Spain. The downcast singer's career was in the doldrums and he was worried that he couldn't afford to live as he wanted to in London. Oasis – the band with which Gallagher made his name – had split up six years previously and his follow-up group, Beady Eye, had withered on the vine of public indifference. Without a band or a record deal, just through a bitter divorce, at war with his older brother and former bandmate Noel, running low on cash and drinking too much, the then-42-year-old pondered starting afresh. 'I was depressed and really f------ bored,' he told GQ in 2017. He started 'Googling properties. It weren't f------ Magaluf, I'm not that broke, but not far off,' he said. Friends and family were worried. 'He was very down and fed up with himself,' Gallagher's mother, Peggy, said in 2019. His brother Paul described his younger sibling as 'pretty much at the bottom'. Former bandmate Bonehead said Gallagher was 'f------ terrified' that his career in music was over. Fast forward a decade and Gallagher is about to embark on one of the most anticipated rock tours in decades. The Oasis reunion will see the Britpop stalwarts play over 40 vast concerts from Edinburgh to São Paulo as part of a world tour that will net Liam and guitarist Noel between £75 million and £100 million each, if industry estimates are to be believed. Some 14 million people tried to snap up the 1.4 million available tickets for the 17 UK dates when they went on sale last summer, meaning that Oasis would need to play 170 stadium shows just to satisfy domestic demand. When the tour – which kicks off in Cardiff on July 4 – is done, it's safe to say that Gallagher will be able to live where and how he wants. So what went right? Lazarus Liam's resurrection must rank as one of the most impressive in music history. How exactly did Gallagher go from 'sitting at home being Billy No Mates', as he put it to the Evening Standard in 2017, to this? Analysis of Gallagher's comeback, via interviews with insiders, reveals a series of steady year-on-year incremental gains since he launched a solo career after almost becoming an episode of A Place in the Sun in 2015. What's equally note-worthy is that as Gallagher rebuilt, he pulled in a whole new generation of fans who weren't even born during Oasis's mid-1990s heyday. 'There's no one quite like Liam,' 20-year-old Oasis fan Jettson Dearlove tells me. 'I can't really think of anyone that's come after that's been as interesting in terms of his personality.' Some have gone so far as to suggest that this summer's reunion shows wouldn't be happening without the solo success that Liam has enjoyed in recent years. 'Without question, the respect that Noel had for his brother increased enormously with the success [Liam] had as a solo artist. What Liam did, I would argue, more effectively than anyone else, was actually lay the ground for the comeback,' says Mike Smith, the industry A&R veteran who signed a publishing deal with Gallagher as boss of Warner/Chappell UK in 2016. To understand the peak, you have to understand the trough. And, boy, was Gallagher in one. So let's go back to 2015, some six Prime Ministers ago, when Adele's 25 was the year's best-selling album and Wayne Rooney was the England football captain. Gallagher seemed lost. Beady Eye – essentially Oasis without Noel – had split up in 2014 and his life lacked structure. An expensive divorce from second wife Nicole Appleton, the former All Saint who he'd married in 2008, didn't help. Nor did his brief fling with New York Times freelancer Liza Ghorbani, which resulted in a 2014 child support squabble in a New York court over their baby daughter Gemma. These issues aside, insiders say that Gallagher was exhausted. He'd leapt into Beady Eye soon after Oasis imploded backstage at Paris's Rock en Seine festival in August 2009 (Liam threw a plum at Noel, an almighty fight followed, the band was over). 'Let's not forget, Liam probably hadn't had a holiday since 1990,' says Smith. 'Being in a band is like being in campaign mode. When you stop it's like coming back from Waterloo. All you know is life on the road with the five members of that band.' Money was tight. 'His bank account was dwindling and for the first time in over two decades, Liam Gallagher was without a band… He was spending more and more time down his local,' wrote biographer PJ Harrison in his new book Gallagher. Even 'our kid' – as Noel called Liam in the good times – was tiring of his 'mad for it' shtick. 'Do I really wanna be Liam Gallagher?' he asked in an interview with Huck Magazine. 'Can I be arsed with the bulls--t that goes with it? Maybe it's time to walk away and not do anything.' Two things lifted Gallagher from his funk. Firstly, he 'got bored' of being bored, he told Huck. Secondly, he started a relationship with the eminently sensible Debbie Gwyther, formerly his PA and now his co-manager (and fiancée). Gwyther encouraged him to get fit, look after his voice and stop moping. She 'pulled him through', says Smith. 'You can't overestimate Debbie's input,' says Andy Prevezer, who was director of PR at Warner Music, the label that'd later sign Gallagher. 'He was absolutely at rock bottom and humbled by the experience. Now he was listening to people.' Smith suspected a mojo revival when Gwyther, who he knew, invited him over to the pair's Highgate flat. There, Gallagher – a solid if unspectacular songwriter – picked up a guitar and played Smith embryonic versions of four or five songs he'd been working on. 'He'd got the coffees and the pastries in. He was a little bashful when it came to showing me the songs that he'd written,' recalls the music exec. Numbers included Bold and Greedy Soul, which would go on to form the core of Gallagher's first solo album, As You Were. Smith was impressed. No business was done that day but they discussed possible songwriters that Gallagher could work with to flesh out other song ideas. Months later, Gallagher signed a record deal with Warner Bros Records in the UK (different from the Warner that Smith worked for). The label was run by a man called Phil Christie who 'stuck his neck out' to bring Gallagher in from the wilderness, says Prevezer. The strategy involved teaming Gallagher up with gold-plated songwriters such as Greg Kurstin, who co-wrote Adele's Hello, and Andrew Wyatt, who'd worked with Bruno Mars and would go on to co-write Lady Gaga's Shallow and the Barbie soundtrack. 'The masterstroke was to make a record on which all the tracks, like lead single Wall of Glass, sounded like they could sit very comfortably on an Oasis record,' says Prevezer. Smith, at Warner/Chappell, then signed a deal for Gallagher's publishing (as opposed to his recorded music). 'Liam could have sung the phone directory at one point and it would have sounded beautiful. He was the greatest rock 'n' roll star this country produced in the last 30 years. It seems crazy to say this now, but I felt he never quite got the level of respect that he was due,' Smith says. All the ingredients for a revival were in place. In May 2017 Gallagher played a comeback show at the modestly-sized O2 Ritz in Manchester. Crucially his set included six old Oasis songs, something he'd assiduously avoided with Beady Eye. With considerable chutzpah, he walked on stage to Oasis's old intro track F-----' in the Bushes. Bonehead guested. The buzz was off the charts. The particularities of the singer's rift with Noel are not for this article – it would take a whole book – but it's safe to assume that his older brother took note. Gallagher's comeback concert was same month as the Manchester Arena suicide bombing in which 22 people died at an Ariana Grande concert. Days later, he appeared at the One Love Manchester memorial concert at the Old Trafford cricket ground. There, he sang the Oasis classic Live Forever with Coldplay. In devastating circumstances, the world was reminded of that track's poignancy – and the power of the voice behind it. Weeks later, Gallagher played Glastonbury. When As You Were was released in October 2017 it went straight to number one. From there, momentum grew. Gallagher's formula – bit of the old, bit of the new, strong voice, work hard – was bearing fruit. His next two solo albums, in 2019 and 2022, also went to number one. The venues got bigger. In a gigantic 'Oh, hi!' to Noel, Gallagher played two vast concerts at Hertfordshire's Knebworth House in 2022, equalling the brace of nights that Oasis famously played there at their zenith in 1996. 'It was a juggernaut. It was kind of nostalgia but the key thing was that he wasn't avoiding Oasis, he was embracing Oasis,' says Prevezer. The comeback might have wobbled when, in 2018, The Sun published CCTV footage appearing to show Gallagher grab Gwyther by the neck in a corridor of the Chiltern Firehouse in London. Gallagher wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that he'd 'never put my hands on any women in a vicious manner', while Gwyther called it 'fake news'. He was questioned by police but no action was taken. The narrative swiftly moved on. Gallagher's final action as a solo artist prior to the reunion announcement was to play a huge arena tour last summer to mark the 30 th anniversary of Oasis's debut album Definitely Maybe. I recall sitting on the tube near London's O2 and being surrounded by young men in their late teens belting out Oasis tunes en route to one of the shows. They were loud and larky – just like the original Oasis fans. Gallagher had hooked in a younger cohort of rabid acolytes. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Oasis (@oasis) One such fan is Gabriel Bird, 25. He got into Oasis after seeing the 2016 documentary Supersonic. 'I love the story, I love the sense of humour and I like the swagger and charm. Maybe at the time some people found it exhausting but if you're a bit younger, you didn't really have all that [growing up],' says Bird. Gallagher is a 'complete counterbalance' to the more sensitive frontmen of Bird's own era, like the 1975's Matty Healy or the Arctic Monkey's Alex Turner. For people who came of age with so-called normcore stars like Ed Sheeran and Lewis Capaldi, Gallagher has a powerful, stylish and edgy 'aura', Bird says. He filled a void. There's another factor behind Gallagher's resurrection, slightly less tangible but equally important: his humour. Gallagher is often the funniest and most cutting man on X, formerly Twitter. His surreal posts – heavy on capital letters, with grammar and spelling secondary to impact – have regularly taken shots at Noel. In May 2016, Liam posted a photo of his brother with a one-word caption: 'Potato'. The next month he posted a picture of Noel with his lips pursed. The caption? 'Pouting Potato'. He has ribbed Noel relentlessly about his experimental solo music with his band High Flying Birds, often taking the mickey out of the group's use of instruments like the 'saxaphone' [sic] and (yes) scissors. Noel had gone 'all Pink Floyd', Liam wrote. His use of puns and his distinctive 'LG' sign-off have seen him develop his own vernacular on the social media site. 'Snore patrol Noel Gallaghers high flying smurfs who said rock n roll is dead LG,' from 2012 is a typical post. He once posted a paparazzi shot of Noel buying milk. 'Scary clown buying milk last seen in waitrose Maida Vale call the cops as you were LG x,' ran the caption. You get the idea. Gallagher has regularly seemed to tease non-existent Oasis reunions and taken on critics whose reviews he didn't agree with. Scary clown buying milk last seen in waitrose Maida Vale call the cops as you were LG x — Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) October 14, 2016 But there's a serious point to all this. Gallagher's humour has reminded people, quite brilliantly, that he's not a mindless knuckle-dragging rock star. Young people I've spoken to cite his very British humour as one of Gallagher's most attractive assets. His followers on X have risen from 830,000 in 2014 to 3.8 million today. That's seven times the population of his native Manchester. Gallagher follows no one. Two days after Gallagher headlined last August's Reading Festival to a Gen Z audience comprising people like Bird and Dearlove, Oasis announced their reunion. From zero to hero in 10 years; a decade in which 'our comeback kid' turned the heads of the music world, Britain's youth and his estranged sibling. Quite the feat. The astonishing revival highlights another undeniable facet of Gallagher's appeal, one that perhaps – ultimately – explains everything. 'He backs himself in a fight,' says Bird.
Metro
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Liam Gallagher apologises after tweeting ‘racial slur' ahead of Oasis reunion tour
Liam Gallagher has been forced to apologise to South Korean Oasis fans on social media after appearing to publicly tweet out a 'racial slur'. The Oasis frontman, 52, will be taking to the stage again with older brother Noel, 58, from Friday, July 4 when the worldwide Oasis Live 25 tour gets under way in Cardiff. After originally splitting up in 2009, the Gallagher brothers are back together for the first time in 15 years – they announced their sold-out reunion gigs last year. On the tour, the duo will be stopping over at the Goyang Stadium in October – a 41,000-capacity arena situated to the northwest of South Korea's capital city, Seoul. However, Liam has left some South Korean Oasis fans feeling hurt after screenshots posted on X appeared to show him tweeting the phrase 'chingchong'. 'Chingchong' (believed to have originated in the 19th century) is understood as an offensive or derogatory phrase that's used to mock or denigrate East Asian languages. So Chingchong ain't right, A racist slur burning bright… Your "ancient thought" — a lie, Five thousand years reply: Stop the hate you bring! Don't look back in anger — LEARN RESPECT INSTEAD. @liamgallagher #Liam Gallagher — 哦哦哦 (@Satrununcle) July 1, 2025 While usually intended to insult people who speak Chinese languages, it has also been applied towards languages and speakers from Japan and South Korea. Liam deleted the post shortly afterwards, with the original tweet generating a flurry of responses from South Korean fans, criticising his choice of words. @Hrpss8 tweeted, 'Liam, you can't say that' to which Liam appeared to respond 'Why?' When @Icey_Melted warned Liam that he might be about to 'offend his own fans', the former Beady Eye frontman joked, 'Chill out Birdy'. In further screenshots, Liam then apparently described 'chingchong' as being an 'ancient thought process' and informed fans that was actually 'zillions of years old'. When one fan – @LiamPurrs – said that Liam's tweets had made them feel 'aggressive', a still-readable tweet said: 'You need work on that and don't be blaming other people for your weaknesses'. South Korean music fan account @KK10000 tweeted: 'When your favorite global singer goes rogue and tweets a racial slur instead of their next hit—yikes!' However, a few hours later, Liam retracted his comments and apologised, saying: 'Sorry if I offended anyone with my tweet before, it wasn't intentional, you know I love you all and I do not discriminate. Peace and love LG x.' Before his apology, @Icey_Melted forgave Liam for the slip-up and understood he hadn't behaved maliciously, saying: 'I hope that you don't actually think that I have a lot of hate in my soul or whatever, you know that I love you and that I'm grateful for you right.' Liam replied: 'Only kidding, I know you're a good egg.' Oasis' long-awaited reunion tour kicks off in Cardiff on Saturday at the Principality Stadium, with more than 74,000 people expected to attend. Over on X, someone standing outside of the Welsh capital's stadium was listening to the band's soundcheck on Monday afternoon and revealed the Whatever hitmakers sound 'biblical'. The group are playing Cigarettes and Alcohol in the video, and Conor quipped: 'Oasis soundcheck in Cardiff just now. @liamgallagher sounding biblical.' Fans have gone wild over the video on social media, although there's been some debate around whether or not it was a live soundtrack or simply a recording to test sound levels until everyone is on site later this week. Metro has reached out to Liam Gallagher for comment. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you.
