Inside Noel and Liam Gallagher’s fortunes as pair set for ‘£400m’ tour
It was a bitter sibling feud that led to one of Britain’s biggest bands splitting up 15 years ago.
But warring brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher today put their differences to one side as they announced Oasis are reuniting for a mammoth tour of the UK and Ireland next summer.
Fans of the Manchester rockers feared they would never see the brothers on the same stage again after their infamous split in 2009, which was prompted by a backstage brawl at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris.
But after weeks of speculation over a shock comeback, the Gallagher brothers have confirmed they will perform 14 shows across Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin for a tour which could generate £400million.
Liam, 51, and Noel, 57, are expected to pocket about £50million each, which will go a long way to raking back the money they lost during bitter divorce battles and reigniting their rock and roll lifestyle which peaked in the 90s.
The eight-figure sum is said to have persuaded Noel – who once said ‘I liked my Mum until she gave birth to Liam’ – to bury the hatchet with his younger brother. Liam has also opened up about money being ‘tight’, including moaning about how he now has to make his own teas.
Noel’s divorce from Sara MacDonald last year after 12 years cost him £20million of his rumoured £53million fortune. His net worth is believed to be far larger than Liam’s rumoured £6million, as Noel wrote most of the Oasis songs and continues to collect the lion’s share of royalties.
Meanwhile back in 2015, Liam and his ex-wife Nicole Appleton, a singer with the 1990s group All Saints, ran up more than £800,000 in legal bills while arguing about how to divide assets worth almost £11million after their messy divorce.
Noel Gallagher (left) with ex-wife Sara MacDonald, and Liam Gallagher (right) with ex-wife Nicole Appleton in October 2005
Claridge’s Hotel in London’s Mayfair served as a bolthole for Noel Gallagher as he sought to get over his ‘£20million’ divorce
Noel bought a classic Jaguar sports in 1997 for £110,000 during the height of Oasis’ fame – but it sat in his garage for 25 years since he never learned how to drive
Liam Gallagher moved into a £16,950-a-month mansion in the Cotswolds with his fiancée Debbie Gwyther, which is complete with a meditation room. Pictured: With his dog Buttons
The singer sold the vintage 1967 car, which featured red leather interior, after it sat around gathering dust
The judge ruled at the time that the assets should be split in half, with both getting nearly £5.5million. Gallagher was represented by Baroness Shackleton, a relative of Nigella Lawson, who represented Prince Charles in his 1996 divorce from Princess Diana and Sir Paul McCartney in his 2008 divorce from Heather Mills.
Liam, who is renting a £16,950-a-month Cotswolds mansion with his fiancée Debbie Gwyther, has previously whinged about losing money since the 90s.
While sipping a mug of tea, he said: ‘Yeah it’s good for the voice, so I’m told. Now in the 90s, I got someone else to f***ing do it but now I can’t, f***ing money is tight, too tight to mention. Got to do it yourself haven’t you? No one buys records these days. In the 90s I had about four people doing it.
‘A little geezer’s doing the kettle, R kid, some other little c*** doing that. And some other little f***ing idiot doing that. Now you gotta do it yourself these days. Because these f***ing smarta***es download tunes for nish. And you wonder why there’s no real rock and roll stars around.’
In contrast, despite Noel’s mega financial hit from the divorce, he was still able to move into the five-star Claridge’s hotel in Mayfair, where he stayed in a £2,500-a-night suite for almost a year. It’s reported that Sara kept the couple’s £8million mansion as well.
The stunning property in the South Downs National Park, near Petersfield, Hampshire, features a swimming pool, tennis court and croquet lawn.
The Wonderwall hitmaker said he was scared of his three children growing up in London after there were two stabbings near his Little Venice pad.
Before the divorce, Noel also made £125,000 in 2022 after selling his vintage Jaguar sports car to a mystery buyer, despite having never learnt to drive it over the 25 years he owned it.
He is thought to have made a £15,000 profit on the 1967 vehicle, which he purchased in 1997 for £110,000 during the height of Oasis’ fame.
Having previously dubbed it one of his ‘most expensive mistakes’, his daughter Anaïs, 22, was allegedly set to inherit the automobile, which featured red leather interior, before it was put up for sale in March.
It has been claimed that Noel had every intention to obtain a driver’s license, but gave up after taking just one lesson.
He has also admitted that although he lives a ‘normal life’, he would never lower himself to the reduced section of a supermarket because he is rich.
In an interview with BBC News in 2017, he said: ‘I don’t know anybody who’s as rich as me… apart from my wife, of course.’
‘I would never buy a bit of out-of-date fish because it was reduced. I put reduced stuff back, I leave it for the needy.’
‘People think that famous people have butlers and all the women are like Joan Collins and all the rock stars are like Mick Jagger, it’s not like that.
‘I still queue up to get in Tesco Metro. I have just a normal life, but an extraordinary job. I wouldn’t have anybody doing shopping for me.
‘If my room needs hoovering, I’ll hoover it – I don’t like relying on too many other people for anything.’
Noel’s PR executive ex-wife Sara is believed to have stood in the way of an Oasis reunion for so many years.
It’s believed that Noel’s ex-wife kept their £8million mansion (pictured), while the Oasis rocker moved into Claridge’s
A room inside Claridge’s, where nightly rates can be as much as £2,500 – not including food and drinks
Noel Gallagher and Sara MacDonald (pictured attending an after party celebrating the re-opening of the Louis Vuitton New Bond Street in October 2019) filed for divorce in December 2022 with the split being made public in January 2023
In a series of tweets in 2019, Liam said that despite his brother being ‘desperate’ to spend time with him, he would not because of his wife. ‘Your mrs won’t let ya,’ he wrote.
Sara and Liam never saw eye to eye, clashing repeatedly over many years.
The pair first met in Ibiza in 2000, ahead of Noel’s divorce from his first wife Meg Matthews a year later. Liam then failed to attend Noel and Sara’s wedding in 2011.
And in 2020, Sara revealed that Liam had never met either of his nephews – Donovan, 16, and Sonny, 14.
Earlier this year, Noel spoke about his new life as a divorced man. He told Matt Morgan’s Patreon podcast: ‘I can get on the bike and go down to the canal. And get on the canal outside my wonderful ex-wife’s house and give her a little wave, and go, ‘You didn’t take this from me!’
Speaking about his time at Claridge’s, he said: ‘I had some proper f**king good times there – it was a proper good time. I lived there for most of last year, I was there three or four nights a week.’
Oasis singer Liam Gallagher arrives at court during his huge legal battle with ex-wife Nicole Appleton. He was represented by Baroness Shackleton (right)
Liam also had a marriage with Patsy Kensit (pictured together in 1996)
Noel was also married to Meg Matthews between 1997 and 2001. They are pictured here at a party in Downing Street
Liam and Noel Gallagher have sensationally confirmed that Oasis have reformed for a mammoth tour around the UK and Ireland. They are pictured here together for the first time in several years
Announcing the Oasis Live 25 tour today, the legendary band said: ‘The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.’
When Noel and Sara announced their divorce in January last year, they said: ‘Noel and Sara will together continue to look after their children who remain their priority. Noel and Sara ask the media to respect their privacy and that of our family at this time.’
It was Noel’s split that seemingly prompted Liam to reach out to his brother in a bid to end their long feud.
Liam posted a series of tweets including a YouTube link to John McCormack’s song It’s A Long Way To Tipperary before sharing some more cryptic tunes with his followers.
After sharing links to The Beatles’ hits Two of Us and The Long and Winding Road, he then tweeted: ‘Hollies he ain’t heavy he’s my brother – Google search,’. Comments flooded below about a possible reunion.
Liam’s fiancée Debbie Gwyther has also been trying to get Liam and Noel to patch things up, according to reports.
Liam has previously been married to Nicole and Patsy Kensit. He has four children, Lennon, Molly, Gene and Gemma.
Liam and Noel Gallagher are pictured at the Knebworth Festival in 1996. They will be performing again next summer
These are the shows that Oasis will be performing at. It’s understood Glastonbury is not on the cards
The Oasis website crashed instantly after the comeback tour was announced at 8am this morning
Yesterday, Liam rejected claims that Oasis were reforming because they are ‘broke’ following Noel’s £20million divorce.
The band’s former lead vocalist told X users that ‘your attitude stinks’ after they suggested Oasis were getting back together because they need money.
He replied after one user posted: ‘It’s better off left it the 90s … they must be skint.’ Another was told the same after claiming that ‘cash is drying up’.
This morning, Oasis ended all speculation by confirming a string of gigs in Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin for next summer.
The 14-show tour will run from July 4 to August 17, kicking off at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium before the brothers pack out Heaton Park in Manchester, Wembley in London, Murrayfield in Edinburgh and Croke Park in Dublin.
Despite speculation that Oasis will be on the bill at Glastonbury 2025, it’s understood the band will not be performing at Worthy Farm. However, plans are underway for Oasis to go to other continents outside of Europe later next year.
Noel Gallagher and Liam Galllagher attend the Oasis photocall in Wembley Stadium to promote their new album ‘Dig out Your Soul’ released on October 6, and their two sold out concerts at Wembley Arena, on October 16, 2008
During his headline slot at Reading Liam performed a number of Oasis hits from their debut album Definitely Maybe to celebrate its 30th anniversary
The brothers suggested an announcement would be made on Tuesday 8am after a cryptic and identical post was shared to their social media accounts
Despite the thawing in their relations, Liam couldn’t resist a dig at his brother. When asked what he would say to Noel when they return to the stage, he said: ‘Keep up’
The band’s break-up came after a backstage bust-up in Paris, including a barrage of insults being traded and a guitar being ‘wielded like an axe’ (The Gallaghers pictured in 2003)
Announcing the Oasis Live 25 tour alongside the brothers’ first picture together in years, the legendary band said: ‘The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised.’
The Oasis website crashed immediately after the announcement as fans were sent into a frenzy. The reunion comes a day before the date the band split on August 28 2009.
Formed in 1991, the Britpop group rose to fame with hits like Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back In Anger and Stop Crying Your Heart Out.
They went on to become one of the biggest bands in British music history before their break-up in 2009.
The brothers went on to have successful separate careers, with Noel fronting the group Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.
