Name: Liam Gallagher
Age: 44
Appearance: Recently rescued hiker
Occupation: Solo artist, former member of Oasis, along with brother Noel.
I always get those two mixed up. Which one is Liam? The one least likely to have read Middlemarch.
Got it. Are they getting back together or something? It’s never looked likely. The pair haven’t spoken since the band’s acrimonious split in 2009, although a recent birthday tweet from Liam to Noel seemed, initially, to mark the beginnings of a thaw.
Sounds promising. In a recent interview Liam even admitted that he wished he was still in Oasis.
Then what? Liam made a surprise appearance at the Manchester One Love concert, organised in honour of the victims of last month’s terrorist attack.
And Noel joined him on stage for a heartfelt rendition of Champagne Supernova? No, that didn’t happen. Unfortunately Noel was out of the country.
Oh, well. Maybe next time. Or perhaps not. On Monday Liam tweeted, “Manchester id like to apologise for my brothers absence last night very disappointed stay beautiful stay safe LG x”
Yes, but Noel was abroad. “Noels out of the fucking country weren’t we all love get on a fucking plane and play your tunes for the kids you sad fuck,” Liam continued.
That’s the reunion out the window then. Someone made that identical remark to Liam on Twitter.
And what did he say to that? He said, “Fuck the reunion mate it ain’t about oasis it’s about people helping other people and he’s once again shown his true fucking colours”.
It must have been tough for him to get up there and sing Oasis songs without Noel. He was ably supported by Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland from Coldplay, who performed with him on Live Forever.
Always nice when an old friend can step in. They’re not exactly mates. Liam once said that Martin “looks like a geography teacher” and also likened him to a “plant pot”.
I’m sure that was a long time ago. Just last year he described Coldplay as “beyond shit”.
I get the feeling it can be difficult to know where you are with Liam. Even he probably finds it hard to keep track.
Do say: “Don’t look back in anger”.
Don’t say: “But by all means look forward in anger.”
