EXCLUSIVE: Rocker Noel Gallagher has sights set on a new project – with uncertainty surrounding whether it will involve brother Liam as they continue the mammoth Oasis tour
Noel Gallagher is writing new tunes – but hasn’t yet decided if he’ll perform them alongside his brother Liam in Oasis. Sources close to Noel, 58, say he’s been inspired by the amazing response to the band’s sell-out reunion world tour.
But he is still wondering whether to carry on working on his music alone, or just Roll With It and let Liam, 52, in on the action for a new Oasis album. An insider said: “Noel has been inspired by playing to adoring crowds, who have supercharged his creativity. But he is undecided whether his work will become a new album for Oasis with Liam on vocals.”
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Noel, who also fronts High Flying Birds, is said to be “waiting to see how things play out”. But the insider revealed: “Noel has been in an absolutely fine mood… greeting staff with smiles, super relaxed and sharing his joy about the shows.
“He’s also been strumming some new tunes in his dressing room. But, from what he has said, these tracks are not yet aligned for any project.
“There is no Oasis studio return as yet agreed by the band, and they still have a long way to go. Things are great now, but who knows what will happen given the brothers’ past troubles on the road.”
Oasis split in 2009 after the brothers had a huge fall-out. But they announced last year they would play together again and kicked off their tour in Cardiff in July.
They stand to make £50million each if they can keep the peace on their travels and have so far stayed away from each other off-stage.
In Ireland this weekend, even their hotels were reportedly 30 miles apart. Performing at Dublin’s Croke Park tonight and tomorrow, it claimed Liam is at Powerscourt Hotel in County Wicklow and Noel sis taying at Carton House hotel, Maynooth. Noel was mobbed by fans as he enjoyed a drink in a local pub.
Filmmaker Charlie Lightening shared Liam’s pre-show ritual – and how he was expected him and brother Noel to keep their distance.
“With Liam, he’ll come and do the soundcheck, then he’ll go to his hotel room and just chill all day,” he previously said. “And then most of the time, he turns up 20 minutes before he goes on stage, straight into his dressing room, finishes off his warm-up. No one talks to him.
“He comes out five minutes before the show, does the show, then goes straight off into his car. You don’t really see him.”
Charlie says the tension between Liam and big brother Noel is also what makes Oasis tick. “It will never fully go. It will still have that edge, for sure.”
After Ireland the band is off to Canada, US, and Mexico, before playing at Wembley Stadium in London again on September 27 and 28.
They will later head off to Asia, Australia and South America, with the last stop of their Oasis Live ‘25 tour in Sao Paulo in Brazil on November 22 and 23.
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